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The longest fish in Lake Erie is reportedly the sturgeon which can grow to 10 feet (3.0 m) long and weight 300 pounds (140 kg), but it is an endangered species and mostly lives on the bottom of the lake. [118]
Here's a list of the state records for Ohio's biggest fish ever caught. ... Lake Erie. Randy Van Dam of Kalamazoo, Michigan, on June 16, 1993. ... Long Lake. Ronald P. Kotch of Akron, on March 25 ...
The lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens), also known as the rock sturgeon, [7] is a North American temperate freshwater fish, one of about 25 species of sturgeon.Like other sturgeons, this species is a bottom feeder and has a partly cartilaginous skeleton, an overall streamlined shape, and skin bearing rows of bony plates on the sides and back.
Colton Alex, 18, of Erie, was fishing in a tournament in Lake Erie when he hooked into a large Atlantic Salmon. ... Alex reeled in a 10.4-pound fish that measured 30 inches long.
[4]: 16 Yellow perch is one of the easiest fish to catch, and can be taken in all seasons, and tastes great. Therefore, it is a desirable sport fish in some locations within the US and Canada. It even makes up around 85% of the sport fish caught in Lake Michigan. [4]: 16
In comparison, a drop of water from Lake Superior, Lake Erie's cousin, spends 191 years in the lake before moving on. 3. Lake Erie and the other Great Lakes hold a LOT of water
The world record was caught on Nickajack Lake in Tennessee, and weighed in at 54 lb 8 oz (24.7 kg). [12] The freshwater drum is frequently gray or silvery but may be more bronze or brown colored, common in the Lake Erie population. [13]: 4 It is a deep-bodied fish with a divided dorsal fin consisting of 10 spines and approximately 30 rays. [14]
Lake Erie is the shallowest of the Great Lakes but bests its cousins in several other ways. Find out more about all the Great Lakes.