Fraser river sturgeon 700lb?

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Uploaded by on Mar 14, 2009

Brian Westwood fishing for sturgeon on the Fraser River at Lillooet BC with Chris Gage of Fraser River Fishing Charters on 16th June 2008. The fish was 9ft 3ins long with a girth of 5ft 6ins. Estimated weight of 700lbs. The fish took a suprisingly short but arm aching 25 minutes to land.

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  • Since sturgeons are bottom feeders what do you use for bait? Also what is the range of white sturgeons? Awesome catch by the way!

  • @devinhester47 The sturgeon was caught on a golfball sized lump of salmon eggs whipped to the hook with bait elastic. I'm no expert on Sturgeon - just a holiday angler - so i couldn't accurately tell you the range of the white sturgeon. However from memory of my conversations with the guide Chris Gage i believe that in Canada and USA the Fraser and St Lawrence river systems are the places to try. Good luck if you get to have a go for them

  • A surprisingly short 25 minutes. Luck was on my side!!

  • Hello FishingBrian, i want to catch some sturgeon but i don't know what is the bait to use. Please Answer :)

  • @shadowrslayer . Hi there, i'm no expert so i suggest taking the advice of a guide on what ever river you are fishing. My beastie was caught on a golfball sized lump of frozen salmon eggs tied on the hook with bait elastic. This was my one and only sturgeon fishing trip so researching on guideing websites would probably give you more info than i can. Good luck with your trip, Brian

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  • thanks for releasing!!

  • BIlly ray cyrus is a fishing guide?

  • @FishingBrian Can grow 2" to 45'

  • @TheGoldenTeacher to eat, thats y. lol...

  • woww... i dont know if im ready to tackle a dino that size.. lol.. and to all people questioning bait, it kind of does matter where you live becuase of what theyre customed to eating. Ive lost a dino off sardine. And many catch them off roe, or grass/ghost shrimp...eel, or pile worm. goodluck. All this is common where i live

  • Holy. FUCK.

  • priceless!!!

    

  • @jeramie78 wow i posted a comment 8 months ago i never said dont release it quick nor anythingabout making it thrash, thank you for your input tho.

  • @xxzipitxx I take it you never handled a sturgeon then. They have no bone structure so they cant support their own body weight. So when you land one on shore you have to release as quick as possible to not hurt the fish. And that was a big fish weighing over several hundred pounds .... if it thrashed real bad in that shallow of water it would do alot of damage to itself. The guide released properly in the conditions he had.

  • what type of rod did you use

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