Saturday, August 03, 2019
The creature from the creek
Last week, two kids in Edina pulled a gigantic sturgeon out of the little creek by my house-- in fact, they were at a bridge just a few blocks away. They were tubing, spotted the 6-foot behemoth, and pulled it out with a rope around its tail. That's a novel fishing technique! They released it after taking some pictures.
Why there is a giant sturgeon in Minnehaha Creek is an interesting question. According to the Star-Tribune, the fish is probably about 70 years old, which is not particularly old for a sturgeon.
