Radio-Controlled Trout
The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and wildlife is so concerned about the animal uprising that they are releasing radio-controlled spy trout into lakes to keep an eye on anything, well, fishy. Oh sure, they say it's just to help manage things when one gets caught accidentally, but you'd expect them to lie to cover up the truth!
GREENVILLE, Maine - Anglers, don't be alarmed if you catch a trout with an antenna coming out of its belly. It's just a "robo-trout."
About 75 transmitter-equipped trout have been released in Moosehead Lake and its tributaries by the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife as part of an effort to track them and maintain the right mix of fish.
Three of them have been caught by anglers, including Ken Snowdon, who nabbed one of the unusual fish back in January. The fish, sans transmitter and antenna, won first place in a fishing derby and is being mounted at a taxidermist shop.
The trout Snowdon plucked from the icy waters was a trophy fish that was 23 inches long and weighed 5 1/2 pounds. It also had a thin, 10-inch antenna protruding from its orange-red belly that was transmitting a signal.
The Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife let Snowdon keep the fish but not before retrieving the $200 transmitter.
Of course they retrieved the transmitter - can't have the secrets getting out. Maine has reason to be worried, of course. They have mutant monster hellhounds wandering about already.
By K T Cat, Saturday, 2 September , 2006 @ 6:32 am
Have you let Frank J know? I’m sure this ties into Aquaman somehow.
By Gaius, Saturday, 2 September , 2006 @ 6:35 am
Frank J?