Oh! We might have missed it but luckily we didn't.
Phew, for what a great programme it was.
Jeremy Wade, a fisherman and biologist is show casing six of the worlds largest rivers, we've missed the first three programmes on the Danube, the Yangtze and the Amazon but we will catch up with them, for they have to be seen.
What we did see was the episode on Friday which was on the Mississippi.
The health of a river is vital and many of the problems with this incredible river were brought about by man.. surprise suprise.
The Asian Carp are a variety that were brought in originally to control vegetation growth in a specific part of the river but along came a huge flood and whoosh, the fish were washed out of their section and into the main river.
They have caused chaos amongst the rivers own native fish.
Further down the river, they were not in evidence and he was on the river with a protection officer to see what was there and they netted and tagged an Alaskan White Sturgeon, this is an ancient fish that can grow to be 20 feet, yes, 20 feet long, truly a massive fish.
Then Mr.Wade went looking for a variety of fish so old, he wondered if he would ever see one in real life instead of just pictures of it.
He set out three fishing lines at night and waited.. and bingo! One took his line baited with Asian Carp and he managed to bring it to shore.
An Alligator Gar, boy oh boy, what an amazing and extraordinary fish, they are millions of years old, think of dinosaurs and put these fish right up there with them.
The biggest ever certified recorded Alligator Gar weighed 327 pounds and was 8 feet, 5 &1/4 inches and its girth ws 47 inches!
It has a mouthful of teeth, a boney head and armour-like scales, truly a wondrous species.
Next stop was further south, he interviewed a Shrimper, he is one of only two men on a section of the river where they used to be at least fifty.
The amount of shrimp he caught that day was pathetic, he had caught no more than forty in two traps, not enough for him to make a living out of.
Why are the shrimp not breeding? Well, man has everything to do with that question, for they have, for their own convenience, straightened the river in many places, this means the flow of the river is significantly faster which means that silt is washed down the river and shrimp cannot and do not spawn and breed in fast flowing water.
Man and his meddling are causing chaos and death in the Mississippi Delta, just like they've done on the Amazon, another mighty river.
GeeGee Parrot.
January 27th, 2019.
PostScript: Mighty Rivers with Jeremy Wade is available on American TV. There are 6 episodes.
Phew, for what a great programme it was.
Jeremy Wade, a fisherman and biologist is show casing six of the worlds largest rivers, we've missed the first three programmes on the Danube, the Yangtze and the Amazon but we will catch up with them, for they have to be seen.
What we did see was the episode on Friday which was on the Mississippi.
The health of a river is vital and many of the problems with this incredible river were brought about by man.. surprise suprise.
The Asian Carp are a variety that were brought in originally to control vegetation growth in a specific part of the river but along came a huge flood and whoosh, the fish were washed out of their section and into the main river.
They have caused chaos amongst the rivers own native fish.
Further down the river, they were not in evidence and he was on the river with a protection officer to see what was there and they netted and tagged an Alaskan White Sturgeon, this is an ancient fish that can grow to be 20 feet, yes, 20 feet long, truly a massive fish.
Then Mr.Wade went looking for a variety of fish so old, he wondered if he would ever see one in real life instead of just pictures of it.
He set out three fishing lines at night and waited.. and bingo! One took his line baited with Asian Carp and he managed to bring it to shore.
An Alligator Gar, boy oh boy, what an amazing and extraordinary fish, they are millions of years old, think of dinosaurs and put these fish right up there with them.
The biggest ever certified recorded Alligator Gar weighed 327 pounds and was 8 feet, 5 &1/4 inches and its girth ws 47 inches!
It has a mouthful of teeth, a boney head and armour-like scales, truly a wondrous species.
Next stop was further south, he interviewed a Shrimper, he is one of only two men on a section of the river where they used to be at least fifty.
The amount of shrimp he caught that day was pathetic, he had caught no more than forty in two traps, not enough for him to make a living out of.
Why are the shrimp not breeding? Well, man has everything to do with that question, for they have, for their own convenience, straightened the river in many places, this means the flow of the river is significantly faster which means that silt is washed down the river and shrimp cannot and do not spawn and breed in fast flowing water.
Man and his meddling are causing chaos and death in the Mississippi Delta, just like they've done on the Amazon, another mighty river.
GeeGee Parrot.
January 27th, 2019.
PostScript: Mighty Rivers with Jeremy Wade is available on American TV. There are 6 episodes.
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