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Former NHL goalie Pete Peeters of Sturgeon County, Alta. (no less) and friends catch the largest White Sturgeon ever recorded :
Estrada is a fishing guide — Sturgeon Slayers is his company — and earlier this month he had Peeters and a group of friends out on the Fraser River, north of Chilliwack, when the group snagged something special: A sturgeon bigger than anything that’s been measured in modern history.The fish’s fork-length was a B.C. record: 352 cm (or 11 feet, six inches). Its girth was 141 cm (55 inches) and was estimated to weigh 890 pounds. Other recent claims to similar sizes have been dismissed upon further review, Estrada said.It took about 25 minutes for the group to reel in the sturgeon. Sturgeon bigger than 150 cm (just under five feet) don’t get lifted out of the water, but anglers are allowed to hold and pose with the fish in the water.A survivor from the age of the dinosaurs and a relative to the Sharks, the White Sturgeon can attain lengths in excess of 14 feet and weights of over 1200 pounds. Sturgeon can live for over 200 years and are true survivors.
To clear up any confusion on this post,the magnificent fish viewed was tagged and released to live out the rest of his days.

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FTRV said:
Former NHL goalie Pete Peeters of Sturgeon County, Alta. (no less) and friends catch the largest White Sturgeon ever recorded :
Estrada is a fishing guide — Sturgeon Slayers is his company — and earlier this month he had Peeters and a group of friends out on the Fraser River, north of Chilliwack, when the group snagged something special: A sturgeon bigger than anything that’s been measured in modern history.The fish’s fork-length was a B.C. record: 352 cm (or 11 feet, six inches). Its girth was 141 cm (55 inches) and was estimated to weigh 890 pounds. Other recent claims to similar sizes have been dismissed upon further review, Estrada said.It took about 25 minutes for the group to reel in the sturgeon. Sturgeon bigger than 150 cm (just under five feet) don’t get lifted out of the water, but anglers are allowed to hold and pose with the fish in the water.A survivor from the age of the dinosaurs and a relative to the Sharks, the White Sturgeon can attain lengths in excess of 14 feet and weights of over 1200 pounds. Sturgeon can live for over 200 years and are true survivors.
To clear up any confusion on this post,the magnificent fish viewed was tagged and released to live out the rest of his days.

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On a float trip down Snake River 45+ years ago I saw one near that size in Hells Canyon just upstream from the Kirkwood Ranch,which is about 80 miles down river from the Hells Canyon dam. The people in the jet boat said they had it on the hook for several minutes trying to get it to the boat so they could unhook it and let it go.
 
FTRV said:
Former NHL goalie Pete Peeters of Sturgeon County, Alta. (no less) and friends catch the largest White Sturgeon ever recorded :
Estrada is a fishing guide — Sturgeon Slayers is his company — and earlier this month he had Peeters and a group of friends out on the Fraser River, north of Chilliwack, when the group snagged something special: A sturgeon bigger than anything that’s been measured in modern history.The fish’s fork-length was a B.C. record: 352 cm (or 11 feet, six inches). Its girth was 141 cm (55 inches) and was estimated to weigh 890 pounds. Other recent claims to similar sizes have been dismissed upon further review, Estrada said.It took about 25 minutes for the group to reel in the sturgeon. Sturgeon bigger than 150 cm (just under five feet) don’t get lifted out of the water, but anglers are allowed to hold and pose with the fish in the water.A survivor from the age of the dinosaurs and a relative to the Sharks, the White Sturgeon can attain lengths in excess of 14 feet and weights of over 1200 pounds. Sturgeon can live for over 200 years and are true survivors.
To clear up any confusion on this post,the magnificent fish viewed was tagged and released to live out the rest of his days.

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I caught a 9' 450lb (estimated by the captain) on the Columbia River near The Dalles, OR. It was like 45 minutes of pulling up a log from the bottom of the river. Pretty cool, but nothing I would go back for. It looked real prehistoric next to the boat.
 
I’ve hooked into some large groupers down in Florida… feels like your pulling up the bottom of the ocean… they can get over 800 lbs.. 😮

Blue Runners albeit a smaller fish are a workout to land… they swim sideways to the boat and run like hell… zig zagging all over the place,, peeling off line,, I’ve chased them around the boat 360° several times.. fun to catch!!
 
350LUV said:
I’ve hooked into some large groupers down in Florida… feels like your pulling up the bottom of the ocean… they can get over 800 lbs.. 😮

Blue Runners albeit a smaller fish are a workout to land… they swim sideways to the boat and run like hell… zig zagging all over the place,, peeling off line,, I’ve chased them around the boat 360° several times.. fun to catch!!
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I have only caught a Lake Trout using a Herbie when fishing on Lake Ontario in 90 feet of water and it was all I could do to get it to the boat, I must be a real Pussy!
 
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