I really hate it when death is fatal. That's like the worst kind of death - no do-overs and no re-spawns. It's almost like having to live and die in the real world!
My money is on some kind of sturgeon. The video doesn't specify whether it is a saltwater lake or freshwater, but there are sturgeons who live in both, as well as saltwater sturgeons that spawn on brackish waters.
The hold back is that it would be a REALLY big sturgeon. The largest sturgeon on record was a beluga sturgeon clocking in at just over 23 feet long. 30 feet is a bit of a stretch, even for that, but some white sturgeons from the Pacific do get up to 20 feet or so, so who knows? maybe even a new, unrecognized as yet species of sturgeon.
Back in early colonial days, Atlantic sturgeon used to come up into the Chesapeake Bay and the mouth of the James River (called "Powhatan Flu" at the time), about twice a year. John Smith is recorded as having fished for them (and sturgeon scutes have been found archaeologically at Jamestowne) to feed the Jamestowne colony, and as I recall some of those were reported at about 20 feet or so, but nowadays Atlantic sturgeon max out at about 12 feet.
So, it could be an as yet unrecognized new species of sturgeon, or it could be what sturgeon get to there when left unmolested for a lifetime.
Man! You could eat for a few days on a 30 foot fish! As an added bonus, sturgeon have a cartilaginous skeletal structure, so no tiny bones to worry over choking on! On the downside, I'd hate to try to haul one of those in, either on a hook and line or even with a net. I'd probably have to harpoon it like a whale, and hope it didn't capsize my boat while towing it in to the beach.
.
My money is on some kind of sturgeon. The video doesn't specify whether it is a saltwater lake or freshwater, but there are sturgeons who live in both, as well as saltwater sturgeons that spawn on brackish waters.
The hold back is that it would be a REALLY big sturgeon. The largest sturgeon on record was a beluga sturgeon clocking in at just over 23 feet long. 30 feet is a bit of a stretch, even for that, but some white sturgeons from the Pacific do get up to 20 feet or so, so who knows? maybe even a new, unrecognized as yet species of sturgeon.
Back in early colonial days, Atlantic sturgeon used to come up into the Chesapeake Bay and the mouth of the James River (called "Powhatan Flu" at the time), about twice a year. John Smith is recorded as having fished for them (and sturgeon scutes have been found archaeologically at Jamestowne) to feed the Jamestowne colony, and as I recall some of those were reported at about 20 feet or so, but nowadays Atlantic sturgeon max out at about 12 feet.
So, it could be an as yet unrecognized new species of sturgeon, or it could be what sturgeon get to there when left unmolested for a lifetime.
Man! You could eat for a few days on a 30 foot fish! As an added bonus, sturgeon have a cartilaginous skeletal structure, so no tiny bones to worry over choking on! On the downside, I'd hate to try to haul one of those in, either on a hook and line or even with a net. I'd probably have to harpoon it like a whale, and hope it didn't capsize my boat while towing it in to the beach.
.
“Trouble rather the tiger in his lair than the sage among his books. For to you kingdoms and their armies are things mighty and enduring, but to him they are but toys of the moment, to be overturned with the flick of a finger.”
― Gordon R. Dickson, Tactics of Mistake
― Gordon R. Dickson, Tactics of Mistake