MICHI-CAN
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What make and model is that.? Long time since I did V bottoms on Lake MI. 16' scared the hell out of me in 6' swells. Sold my 14' 30horse flat bottom jet finance my kid. Been getting wet since. LOL.
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Star Dog
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I'm not surprised that it scared the hell out of you lol.
The boats a 16ft coulam with a 4hp engine, it's designed primarily for Loch fishing/drifting so they're fairly safe in a chop.
MICHI-CAN
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I can only assume it is calmer on the Eastern lakes. 4HP? No. I have to head west to beach. You can ride the prevailing wind. Distance and borders suck. We could have some fun. LOL.
BarnBuster
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'Once in a lifetime' sturgeon, nearly 7 feet long, caught in Detroit River
The ancient "river monster," as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service referred to it, was processed and released back into its home waters, the Detroit River.
www.detroitnews.com
Herb & Suds
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And still...lurking'Once in a lifetime' sturgeon, nearly 7 feet long, caught in Detroit River
The ancient "river monster," as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service referred to it, was processed and released back into its home waters, the Detroit River.www.detroitnews.com
raratt
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Why the hell did they take it out of the water? I hope it survives. In this state you can't remove it from the water unless it is in the slot for harvest.'Once in a lifetime' sturgeon, nearly 7 feet long, caught in Detroit River
The ancient "river monster," as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service referred to it, was processed and released back into its home waters, the Detroit River.www.detroitnews.com
‘Real life river monster’: 240-pound fish believed to be over 100 years old caught in Detroit River
Now that’s a whopper — a very old whopper! A 240-pound (108.8 kilograms) sturgeon that could be more than 100 years old was caught last week in the Detroit River by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife…
ktla.com
MICHI-CAN
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That would be Northern Pike or Snapping Turtles here.
Southernontariogrower
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Live on Grand river Ontario, supposed to be 120 species in this river.. didnt know they were that diverse. Browns, rainbows, speckleds, bass large and smallies, pickerell and catfish are all lve caught. Anyone cstch any snakeheads? Good eating apparently!
MICHI-CAN
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I caught a 6# fantail goldfish in a farm pond. Seriously they have caught piranha in Muskegon Lake at the power plant discharge. Been years.
Southernontariogrower
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Lake Michigan has sharks, so does Lake Ontario.
MICHI-CAN
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I would not be surprised to be honest. Bull sharks defy natural laws.
And after the pike I've seen that were scary. And the 5' musky, "freshwater Sharks", that prevent me from swimming in a few inland lakes. There are monsters out there.
Southernontariogrower
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Big pike will f with your day too! Grab you by foot, tear it up up good.
BarnBuster
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I needed to repair my favorite folding camping chair that had torn and the coat/button thread they sold at Walmart didn't look heavy duty enough. Sub'd some of my 20# braided SpiderWire line, worked great!
Wizzlebiz
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Every thing I just looked at says not a chance pal. There was one report from 1955 but of course no one can contact the guy who got bit by said shark nor his rescuer.
There are also electric traps to make sure invasive species dont get into lake Michigan.
Although sharks have been found on the beach outside of the lake Michigan none have been found in lake Michigan.
Same for lake Ontario
Budley Doright
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Hahahaha you all are smoking way to much and watching way to much Facebook lol. Sharks do not live in the Great Lakes lol.
The Bull shark has been found 2,500 miles up the (freshwater) Amazon river and as far north in the Americas as "far upstream in the Mississippi River as Alton, Illinois,[26] and up the Ohio River as far as Manchester, Ohio."
And those are only the ones that are confirmed, the possibility that they have made it into the Great lakes through the St. Lawrence Seaway is very believable.
en.wikipedia.org
And those are only the ones that are confirmed, the possibility that they have made it into the Great lakes through the St. Lawrence Seaway is very believable.
Bull shark - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
Budley Doright
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Well I would love to hear/see proof. They would have to either get through 15 sets of locks or a bunch of very powerful rapids but sure anything is possible lol.The Bull shark has been found 2,500 miles up the (freshwater) Amazon river and as far north in the Americas as "far upstream in the Mississippi River as Alton, Illinois,[26] and up the Ohio River as far as Manchester, Ohio."
And those are only the ones that are confirmed, the possibility that they have made it into the Great lakes through the St. Lawrence Seaway is very believable.
Bull shark - Wikipedia
raratt
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"Bull sharks are able to regulate themselves to live in either fresh or salt water. It can live in fresh water for its entire life, but this does not happen, mostly due to the reproductive needs of the shark. Young bull sharks leave the brackish water in which they are born and move out into the sea to breed. Whilst it is theoretically possible for bull sharks to live purely in fresh water, experiments conducted on bull sharks found that they died within four years. The stomach was opened and all that was found were two small, unidentifiable fishes. The cause of death could have been starvation since the primary food source for bull sharks resides in salt water."
From Wiki.
From Wiki.