GIANT Fraser River Sturgeon

vanillagorilla · **Joined:** Mon Oct 30, 2006 8:24 pm **Posts:** 26

I have just returned from an amazing fishing trip on the Fraser River. Our primary target was STURGEON and the Fraser delivered. The average fish was 6' long and weighted 200 pounds. Our largest fish weighted about 275 pounds and was just short of 7' long. This is a catch and release fishery so the only way to determine their size is by a length and girth measurement. These fish are without a doubt the kings of freshwater fishing. I have traveled to many exotic fishing destinations and I have never experienced fish averaging over 200 pounds jumping through the air and fighting on 150 pound test and heavy action rods and turning them into spaghetti strings. If anybody ever gets the chance to experience fishing for Sturgeon on the Fraser I would highly recommend it! Here are a couple of photos of the trip.

The serenity of the River in November

The Fight Begins

The Rewards

Another Crazy battle

The Prize

Too Big to Bring in the Boat We Had To Bring It To Shore

Another 250 Pound + Fish

The GIANT @ 275 Pounds +

A Beauty From The Clear Waters of the Harrison Tribuatry

Vanilla Gorilla.

Sam at Carra's · **Posted:** Tue Nov 06, 2007 2:04 pm

WOW.........................very impressive. Thanks for sharing and a great report.

Regards,
Sam

FatPat · **Posted:** Tue Nov 06, 2007 2:17 pm

Awsome!!

Beautiful pics of the catches also......I always wanted to try them monsters,

Cheers,
FatPat

Superdad · **Posted:** Tue Nov 06, 2007 5:56 pm

Those are terrific pictures of the true monsters on the waters.

What a great trip to BC.

Just had a note from a former Quinte fisher living on Vancouver Is and catching nice rainbows and dearly missing the Big Mamas of the fall.

Congrats on your fishing trip of a lifetime.

Don Stokes · **Posted:** Tue Nov 06, 2007 6:18 pm

Those sure are a heck of a lot bigger than any I have caught here...lol. My own best has been a touch over 5 feet. I have met the guide you used and actually saw a big rod bent with what was likley a sturgeon a few days ago.

A local note, I have mentioned in the past, is a 217 pder, that was taken in a net near Adolphutown. I have a photocopyed picture of it, that sure can spark ones imagination. A local rodmaker from the Hay Bay area claims to have been towed around in the Trent R., by an unknown fish one fine evening many years ago....a sturgeon?

Donald Stokes

wayne · **Posted:** Tue Nov 06, 2007 7:52 pm

Back in 1987 we were fishing pickeral in the Trent river in between the high railroad and the lower railroad bridge when I hooked into a sturgeon,it towed us up and down between the two bridges twice,then headed toward the lower car bridge,we seen it twice,guessed to be around 6 ft. long we were in a 14ft, lund,I was using a yellow bucktail jig and it actually bit it,the second time we seen it it layed on its side we could see the jig in the corner of its protruding mouth.I finally lost it going under the lower car bridge,snapped my line.

Big Swede · **Joined:** Fri Nov 12, 2004 12:02 am **Posts:** 48

Sweet Jesus!

Those are big fish!

Nice work guys, thanks for sharing those great images!

Stanley20footer · **Joined:** Mon May 23, 2005 8:00 am **Posts:** 112

What other exotic places have you been fishing and do you have any photos to share?

Hooklineandsinker · **Joined:** Sun Sep 24, 2006 9:34 pm **Posts:** 270

wow!! I would so love to try that!!!!!

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