Now I have to up my game.

The fish was originally tagged in Wisconsin, and it could have swum from Lake Michigan through a tributary into Wolf Lake, or a person could have transported it into Wolf Lake, Willink said. The DNAinfo archives brought to you by WNYC.Read the press release here. The 35-year-old, from East Retford in Nottinghamshire, revealed all about his Trent sturgeon and barbel catch, and his run of recent form. That includes the fish, which can grow to 9 feet long and weigh up to 300 pounds, in Lake Michigan and possibly in Wolf Lake on the Southeast Side. A giant sturgeon, as much as 240 pounds, was caught in Lake Michigan near Rogers Park in 1906. They can live upward of 150 years, he said. Copyright © 2009-2018, DNAinfo. They were found in the Calumet River, Lake Calumet and Wolf Lake, but suffered huge population declines due to overfishing. Type in the name of your neighborhood or select one from the list below. "They have no idea there are fish that big in Lake Michigan," he said. Although the last officially recorded lake sturgeon to be recorded in Chicago was five years ago this month — when one was found in a water pipe in Lake Michigan — there are others in city waters, Willink said. Although there are limited fishing seasons for sturgeon in Michigan and Wisconsin, it's illegal to fish for them here because they're endangered in Illinois, Willink said. Love catching and releasing these fish.

120-pound, 78-inch sturgeon is longest fish ever caught in MN The fish was about 120 pounds and 78 inches, or 6 and a half feet long. Sturgeon need fast-running water that moves over rocks to spawn, and Chicago's slow-moving rivers don't provide that, he said.

Willink said he believes most Chicagoans would be shocked that there are even a few sturgeon swimming in city limits. My biggest was 26 lbs. All safely returned to the water. "A Natural History of the Chicago Region,", Police Hiring Process Discriminates Against Blacks, Latinos: Ald.

A sturgeon was caught in Wolf Lake in 2009, Willink said, but it's unclear how it got there. Lake sturgeon have a special place in the city's history. What is the largest fish ever caught in Lake Michigan? Author: KARE Staff Lake sturgeon are the largest freshwater fish species in the northern hemisphere, according to the government of Alberta’s website. The lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens), also known as the rock sturgeon, is a North American temperate freshwater fish, one of about 25 species of sturgeon.Like other sturgeons, this species is an evolutionarily ancient bottom feeder with a partly cartilaginous skeleton, an overall streamlined shape and skin bearing rows of bony plates on its sides and back, resembling an armored torpedo. Sturgeon have been released recently in Michigan waters, but it's unlikely they'll be reintroduced in city waterways anytime soon, Willink said. A 62" 52lb. Beale, Twins Born At Roosevelt Red Line Station Have Names, Are Doing Well, Three Dots And A Dash Debuts New Drinks For Fall, Including Pumpkin Spice, Ald. Next in Downtown, South Loop & River North. Some sturgeon fossils have been found inside dinosaur fossils, Willink said. "They're more common to the north in Michigan and Wisconsin, but there are strays swimming along the lakeshore here," Willink said. The shock Trent sturgeon (above) and 16 lb 10 oz barbel (below) came as a rare ‘brace’ from the in-form tidal stretches. Justin explained: “I’ve never caught a sturgeon … Copyright © 2009-2018, New York Public Radio. For more neighborhood news, listen to DNAinfo Radio here.

There are a small number of lake sturgeon still inhabiting Lake Michigan off the city's lakeshore, according to Phil Willink, senior research biologist at Shedd Aquarium.

"The dinosaurs are gone, but the sturgeon are still here.". The Shedd Aquarium has a "touch pool" filled with sturgeon, where visitors can touch the fish.

So grateful that MDC has brought them back.

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Lake sturgeon are the largest fish in Lake Superior. The largest one to be caught on record weight 105 pounds and was 155 centimetres (61 inches) long.

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The largest non sturgeon fish caught is a 261.5 lb lake trout. It was seven feet, eleven inches long and weighed 310 pounds. At Roosevelt 'L' Station, Obama Closes Inaugural Summit As Inspirer-In-Chief, Common, Lin-Manuel Miranda Close Obama Summit With Epic Freestyle [VIDEO], 62-Foot Norway Spruce To Become City Christmas Tree At Millennium Park, Wild Costume Art Returns To Beverly Arts Center Stage With 'Wandering Bird', 82 Percent Jump In Police Accountability Budget Not Enough, Alds. DOWNTOWN — The largest fish swimming in Chicago waters predate some dinosaurs. All Rights Reserved.

Sturgeons, which have bony plates in their skin, are older than some dinosaurs, which reigned between 65 million and 230 million years ago. They are bottom feeders, dining on worms, aquatic insects, mussels, crayfish and even amphibians, Willink said. A giant sturgeon, as much as 240 pounds, was caught in Lake Michigan near Rogers Park in 1906. The waters in Michigan have produced some monster fish, as the 10 biggest fish on record show. Say.

The largest lake sturgeon ever caught in Lake Superior was in 1922 by Lapointe Fisheries in Batchewana Bay. Lake sturgeon.

but he caught his biggest fish ever.