12' 1100 lb. sturgeon caught

countrybuckaroo · 07-21-12, 12:42 AM

Check out this monstrous sturgeon caught in the Fraser River in British Columbia.

http://www.chilliwacktimes.com/UPDAT...415/story.html

Kurt

HoWink · 07-21-12, 09:00 AM

What a monster! I've fished the Fraser out of Chilliwack before. Beautiful big river. The biggest sturgeon I was able to bring in was just a little more than half the size of this big boy. Thanks for sharing.

rhill · 07-23-12, 10:27 AM

I don't have NEAR enough fly line on my reel!! lol

Nitram · 07-23-12, 02:39 PM

I've only salmon fished around chilliwack. That's a monster.

RobG4 · 07-23-12, 03:23 PM

Wow! More pictures & video:

http://greatriverfishing.com/world-r...-fraser-river/

fontinalis · 07-23-12, 10:24 PM

Holy stromboli! That's one awesome fish. Glad to see there are still specimens that large out there.

Hard to believe they used to catch those things weighing up to 20 feet! Wait...what???

Cliff Speed · 07-24-12, 01:18 PM

Do you think he caught it on an Adams?

fishnpreacher · 07-24-12, 02:03 PM

More likely a wooly booger, I think sturgeons are bottom feeders

fontinalis · 07-24-12, 02:25 PM

I've heard the Adams is the ticket...but only if skated across the surface, not a drag-free drift. They are very picky when exhibiting the "inverted surface maneuver." All you see is that big white belly and those whiskers sticking out of the water.

07-21-12, 12:42 AM	#1
countrybuckaroo Native Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Cleveland, GA Posts: 323	12' 1100 lb. sturgeon caught Check out this monstrous sturgeon caught in the Fraser River in British Columbia. http://www.chilliwacktimes.com/UPDAT...415/story.html Kurt

07-21-12, 09:00 AM	#2
HoWink Native Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Roswell/Mineral Bluff Posts: 328	What a monster! I've fished the Fraser out of Chilliwack before. Beautiful big river. The biggest sturgeon I was able to bring in was just a little more than half the size of this big boy. Thanks for sharing. __________________ HoWink "I fish all the time when I'm at home, so when I get a chance to go on a vacation, I make sure to get in plenty of fishing." -- Thomas McGuane

07-23-12, 02:39 PM	#4
Nitram Native Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 219	I've only salmon fished around chilliwack. That's a monster. __________________ “If people don't occasionally walk away from you shaking their heads, you're doing something wrong.” ― John Gierach

07-23-12, 03:23 PM	#5
RobG4 Native Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Athens, GA Posts: 269	Wow! More pictures & video: http://greatriverfishing.com/world-r...-fraser-river/ __________________ Piscor ergo sum

07-24-12, 02:03 PM	#8
fishnpreacher Hall of Fame Member Join Date: Oct 1998 Location: Just this side of Heaven Posts: 4,652	More likely a wooly booger, I think sturgeons are bottom feeders __________________ BE DIFFERENT AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE! <IXOYE>< When the going gets tough, shut up and do your job!

07-23-12, 10:27 AM	#3
rhill Stocker Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Jonesboro, Ga Posts: 10	I don't have NEAR enough fly line on my reel!! lol

07-23-12, 10:24 PM	#6
fontinalis Native Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 456	Holy stromboli! That's one awesome fish. Glad to see there are still specimens that large out there. Hard to believe they used to catch those things weighing up to 20 feet! Wait...what???

07-24-12, 01:18 PM	#7
Cliff Speed Native Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Commerce, GA Posts: 382	Do you think he caught it on an Adams?

07-24-12, 02:25 PM	#9
fontinalis Native Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 456	I've heard the Adams is the ticket...but only if skated across the surface, not a drag-free drift. They are very picky when exhibiting the "inverted surface maneuver." All you see is that big white belly and those whiskers sticking out of the water.

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