Chris Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 Hi, thought some of you may be interested in seeing this pic of the earliest full fossil of an esox type fish on record. This fossil was found in the 70's in Alberta and is called "Esox Tiemani". It was discovered in the western portion of the province in what is known as the Paskapoo Formation from the Paleocene period (approx. 60 million yrs. ago). It is small in size at only about 13" length, but if one looks closely there is even a fossil bait fish in it's belly. Picture courtesy of Dr. Mark V.H. Wilson of the University of Alberta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccmtcanada Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 What lure would I use to catch that one??? Very interesting info! Thanks for sharing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
setomonkey Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 That's cool! I bet the fishing pressure was a lot less back then... Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherriff Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 Looks like a Rock bass to me. Sherriff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokey Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 Interesting pic, it's amazing how something can be locked into the land like that. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mason05 Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 Very interesting Chris. Thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunkerbasshunter Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 very cool pic thanks for sharing that! Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason27fish Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 nice very interesting to see stuff like that every once and a while Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highdrifter Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 Wow! Thanx for sharing that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandbag Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 Sherriff took the words out of my mouth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Urban Fisherman Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 coool - thanks man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishindevil Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 thats very interesting,to know i wonder what they looked like back then or what color they were????? cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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