Sturgeon

Jay Woiderski (left) presents a trophy to Austin Dreifuerst, who was crowned the 2025 Black Lake Sturgeon Shivaree King. Photo courtesy Jay Woideroski

All I know about sturgeon is that they are big fish, and that's where caviar comes from. Don't think I've ever seen either one, much less eaten any. But I'm old, it could have happened. The fish in the photo weighed 78 pounds, which is a chunk.

I'm posting this because of the weirdness of the sturgeon fishing season at Black Lake in Michigan. The department of fish set the opening time and then closed it by notifying all the registered sturgeon fishermen by text message. Each time someone caught a fish, they had to notify the government that they had done so, also by text message. When the government got their 7th notice, they closed the season. It took 17 minutes.

Gotta keep a tight rein on the planet's apex predators or they will kill everything.

OutdoorLife has the story. Via The Shekel.