There are many heroes in our line of work, whether the
fishers waking up in the early morning hours to pluck the waters or the
conservationists who work tirelessly to make sure that the beautiful lands of this
country are healthy and taken care of, there are plenty of people doing
whatever it takes to make sure we can do what we love. Some of these heroes are
interested in learning new things about the waters of the world, one such
person being Zeb Hogan, and his quest has brought him to the Colorado River.
Hogan is famous world over for his fishing expertise.
According to this
Wired article about him, “Zeb Hogan was already familiar with the legendary
Mekong giant catfish. After all, he’d been studying the beasts, which grow to
hundreds and hundreds of pounds, for years. But when a colleague in Thailand
phoned him up in 2005 to say that fishermen had hauled a 646-pounder ashore, it
seemed…unprecedented. So Hogan, a biologist at the University of Nevada, Reno,
did some poking around. He found some records that showed that it was not only
the biggest Mekong giant catfish, but the biggest recorded freshwater fish ever
caught.”
This sent Hogan on a whirlwind tour of freshwater fish. He
has become obsessed with finding the biggest freshwater fish the world has to
offer, and that has brought him to the Colorado River. He is particularly
interested in the Colorado River and it’s little-known giant, the Colorado
pikeminnow, and has been on a quest to learn more about it. Are you familiar
with the Colorado pikeminnow? What is the largest freshwater fish you’ve come
across? Let us know in the comments below.
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