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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
Thu May 14, 2020, 12:39 AM May 2020

9-year-old boy in Tennessee catches 80-pound lake sturgeon

A nine-year-old boy in Tennessee became the third child in his family to catch a monster fish, reeling in an 80-pound sturgeon that outweighed him by far.

Coye Price was eager to catch something big after his 11-year-old sister Caitlin hooked a 40-pound striper and his 8-year-old sister Farrah reeled in a 58-pound blue catfish a while back, the Tennessee Wildlife and Resource Agency said Tuesday in a Facebook post.

Coye, who weighs just 55-pounds, was targeting catfish in Old Hickory Lake before he hooked the sturgeon. It took him 15 minutes to get the fish in the boat, where they weighed it and took some pictures before returning it to the water, the Tennessean reported.

The endangered lake sturgeon are some of the largest and longest-living fish in Tennessee, the state’s wildlife agency said. There have been efforts to restore the species, which can grow up to eight feet and live up to 150 years, after their population declined due to reasons including overfishing and habitat loss.

The agency said more than 220,000 lake sturgeon have been stocked into the Cumberland River and portions of the Tennessee River since 2000.

https://abcnews.go.com/Weird/wireStory/year-boy-tennessee-catches-80-pound-lake-sturgeon-70655329

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9-year-old boy in Tennessee catches 80-pound lake sturgeon (Original Post) left-of-center2012 May 2020 OP
Good job Jake Stern May 2020 #1
"Fish is almost as big as him!" left-of-center2012 May 2020 #2
A 55-lb boy cannot possibly land a 80-lb sturgeon ... mr_lebowski May 2020 #3
kid more likely to end up as fish food rampartc May 2020 #5
There is a huge one in the Hudson River, called Henrietta. Historic NY May 2020 #4
My question is why is it legal to remove an endangered species from the water, weigh it, and Nitram May 2020 #6

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
2. "Fish is almost as big as him!"
Thu May 14, 2020, 01:21 AM
May 2020

From the OP:

“... 80-pound sturgeon that outweighed him by far. Coye Pice weighs just 55-pounds.”

rampartc

(5,835 posts)
5. kid more likely to end up as fish food
Thu May 14, 2020, 04:36 AM
May 2020

why am i imagining a scuba guy hooking big dead fish to the children's lines?

"the last time i saw a mouth like that it had a hook in it" dangerfield

Historic NY

(37,851 posts)
4. There is a huge one in the Hudson River, called Henrietta.
Thu May 14, 2020, 04:33 AM
May 2020

14ft long and 1000lbs. Imagine getting that one on the line.

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Nitram

(24,604 posts)
6. My question is why is it legal to remove an endangered species from the water, weigh it, and
Thu May 14, 2020, 11:22 AM
May 2020

take selfies with it?

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