Posted on 01/17/2008 9:19:15 AM PST by Stoat
Reel-y big ... Nick and George with their monster catch
TWO British anglers got a reel shock while boat fishing in Canada – when they caught a TEN FOOT long sturgeon.
Nick Calleya, 36, and George Carstairs, 42, took an hour to land the 500lb fish – thought to be more than 100 years old.
Nick, of Cubert, Cornwall, and George, of Aberdeen, caught it on Fraser River in British Columbia, Canada. Nick said: “It was so strong it was lifting George off his seat.”
More on sturgeons
You and I need to go *there*!!! No more of this trout bait in little streams.
Sure, but you should have seen the one that got away.
I would hope it was catch and release, but it doesn’t look too lively in the photo.
Like a sturgeon (HEY!)
Caught for the very first time...
Well, it guess it's not a record. Here's an 11-foot, 850 pounder that was caught in 2006...also in the Fraser River
'The Big One' - My Sturgeon Fishing Adventure - FISHINGmagic Diaries & Stories
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Since those guys are in chest waders, isn’t this an issue for “roe vs. wade”?
I’ve seen some caught around here that were around that size. Good fish for smoking, beats salmon in that regard so long as it is done right.
Any caviar?
I hear it’s even better if you snort it.
When I was a kid in Oregon we used to go Sturgeon fishing all the time. If the fish was less than 6’ long you had to throw them back...well, let them go, they’re too heavy to really throw...;) At the Bonneville Dam they had ponds with 12 to 15’ers.
You wouldn’t have to twist my arm to get me there fishing (grin).
In March I am hoping you and I can troll for some walleyes here on my lake on the pontoon boat. It will be a lot more comfortable and leisurely than wading those cold mountain streams we did last summer.
There’s actually some good walleye fishing here in March.
Cool.... got your boat huh?
We’ll make the fishing trip my birthday present to myself.
“isn’t this an issue for ‘roe vs. wade’?”
LOL!
Wow, that one must be the Sturgeon General.
Anglers hook 100-year-old monster fish weighing over 35 stone the Daily Mail
Two British anglers waded waist deep into a river to land a 100-year-old monster fish weighing over 35 stone - after battling with it for over an hour.
Nick Calleya, 36, from Cubert in Cornwall and George Carstairs from Scotland landed the 500lb white Sturgeon while angling from a boat in the Fraser River in British Columbia in Canada.
The 10ft-long giant was snared using a rod and line with salmon eggs as bait.
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Nick Calleya and George Carstairs with their 10-foot catch in the Fraser River in Chilliwack, Canada. Locals say there are even bigger fish in there
Mr Calleya said: "We hooked on to it and it shot off.
"The boat was anchored so we quickly pulled it up and sped after it.
"George is quite a small guy so I had to grab him and hold him down because the fish was lifting him off his seat."
The pair grappled with the massive fish for over an hour, taking turns to hold the rod when their tired arms threatened to let their prey escape.
All the time, their fishing guide was at the controls of their jet boat trying to keep pace with the fish.
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The 100-year-old was caught using salmon eggs as bait
"We were constantly going up and down the river for half a mile or so," Mr Calleya said.
"Every now and then, the line would go dead and the fish would come back and zoom upstream.
"We managed to take it into a shallow spot further down stream and George jumped out and lassoed its tail and held it."
With the giant finally tamed, the two friends took pictures and captured their catch on video.
Their guide then microchipped the fish as part of a conservation research project before releasing it back into the river.
Mr Calleya said: "The guide said it was the best part of 100 years old.
"Although there are much bigger monsters in the river, he said it was the biggest one he had seen for more than a year."
The two friends spent a week fishing on the Fraser River, at Chilliwack, south of Vancouver.
From the update which I posted today:
Their guide then microchipped the fish as part of a conservation research project before releasing it back into the river.
That’s good to hear, thanx.
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