{"id":4135,"date":"2025-06-30T06:31:16","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T06:31:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/?p=4135"},"modified":"2025-06-30T06:31:16","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T06:31:16","slug":"blake-shelton-didnt-just-catch-a-fish-he-caught-a-prehistoric-beast-with-a-paddle-for-a-nose-over-the-weekend-the-country-superstar-hauled-in-a-massive-paddlefish-while-casting-li","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/?p=4135","title":{"rendered":"Blake Shelton didn\u2019t just catch a fish \u2014 he caught a prehistoric beast with a paddle for a nose. Over the weekend, the country superstar hauled in a massive paddlefish while casting lines in his beloved Oklahoma, then took to social media with a grin and a challenge: \u201cBet some of y\u2019all have never even heard of a paddlefish!\u201d he laughed. Proud of his home state, Blake added, \u201cY\u2019all come to Oklahoma, where the outdoors are always open!\u201d Turns out, when he\u2019s not on stage, Shelton\u2019s reeling in hits of a different kind."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"hero-wrap clearfix hero-2 no-par mask-loaded\">\n<div class=\"hero\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"flipboard-image wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.whiskeyriff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/blakeshelton-1.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 735px) 100vw, 735px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.whiskeyriff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/blakeshelton-1.jpg 735w, https:\/\/www.whiskeyriff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/blakeshelton-1-293x199.jpg 293w\" alt=\"Blake Shelton holding a fish\" width=\"735\" height=\"499\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">Blake Shelton\/Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content-wrap clearfix\">\n<div class=\"entry-content body-color clearfix link-color-wrap\">\n<p>BEHEMOTH.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Blake Shelton<\/strong>\u00a0snagged a monster paddlefish while fishing in his home state of Oklahoma over the weekend, saying\u00a0<strong>\u201cI\u2019ll bet some of y\u2019all have never heard of a paddlefish. We got them here in my home state! Y\u2019all come to Oklahoma where the outdoors are always open!\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-4\"><\/div>\n<p>Paddlefish are prized for their roe (that\u2019s caviar) which can set you back a pretty penny.<\/p>\n<p>One stand-out comment on his Instagram post came from a woman named Loretta Carrharty who told Blake\u00a0<strong>\u201cyou need to go vegan!!!!\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The response drew 73 responses, as the Blake stans don\u2019t play games.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-5\"><\/div>\n<h4><em>Guy Almost Loses His Head When Group Of Vegans Lock Themselves To Duck Farm Machinery<\/em><\/h4>\n<h3>The catch.<\/h3>\n<p><iframe id=\"instagram-embed-0\" class=\"instagram-media instagram-media-rendered\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CNfxeWmrPq1\/embed\/captioned\/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=675&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Flitaupdate.com&amp;rp=%2Fmaiplinh%2Fblake-shelton-didnt-just-catch-a-fish-he-caught-a-prehistoric-beast-with-a-paddle-for-a-nose-over-the-weekend-the-country-superstar-hauled-in-a-massive-paddlefish-while-casting-li%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIw#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A1159.0999999046326%2C%22ls%22%3A1043.2000000476837%2C%22le%22%3A1120%7D\" height=\"987\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-instgrm-payload-id=\"instagram-media-payload-0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The\u00a0U.S. Fish &amp; Wildlife Service\u00a0with more info on the paddlefish:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-6\"><\/div>\n<p><em>Paddlefish are a primitive fish that have occurred in North America since the Cretaceous period, 65 million years ago. It is thought to have historically used Tippo Bayou, which runs through Tallahatchie NWR, as a spawning area.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Paddlefish can live up to 55 years (though average lifespan is 20-30), growing to be over seven feet long and up to 200 pounds. However, the average paddlefish will grow to five feet in length and 60 pounds. Like sharks, paddlefish have skeletons made of cartilage, not bone. Paddlefish are easy to identify, with long, flat blade-like extended upper jaws that are almost one-third of their entire body length. This is known as a rostrum. The underside of the \u201cpaddle,\u201d or rostrum, is covered with electrorecepetors which gather information about the surrounding environment. It is thought that their larger snouts help detect prey, direct plankton into the mouth, or facilitate migratory behavior.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>As filter feeders, they have no teeth and instead use large gill rakers to strain zooplankton out of the water. They feed by swimming through the water with the mouth held wide open, scooping up tiny animals in the water (zooplankton). This is a rare behavior among freshwater fish.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Blake Shelton = BIG outdoors guy.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"instagram-embed-1\" class=\"instagram-media instagram-media-rendered\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CNdSSo-rK5q\/embed\/captioned\/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=675&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Flitaupdate.com&amp;rp=%2Fmaiplinh%2Fblake-shelton-didnt-just-catch-a-fish-he-caught-a-prehistoric-beast-with-a-paddle-for-a-nose-over-the-weekend-the-country-superstar-hauled-in-a-massive-paddlefish-while-casting-li%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIw#%7B%22ci%22%3A1%2C%22os%22%3A1160.8999998569489%2C%22ls%22%3A1043.2000000476837%2C%22le%22%3A1120%7D\" height=\"887\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-instgrm-payload-id=\"instagram-media-payload-1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blake Shelton\/Instagram BEHEMOTH. Blake Shelton\u00a0snagged a monster paddlefish while fishing in his home state of Oklahoma over the weekend, saying\u00a0\u201cI\u2019ll bet some of y\u2019all have never heard&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4136,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4135"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4135\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4137,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4135\/revisions\/4137"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}