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BringCash 07-21-2012 06:32 PM
Gigantic 1100-pound sturgeon caught in Fraser near Chilliwack
 

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Three years ago, British couple Michael and Margaret Snell travelled to the Vancouver area for a fishing trip and thought they'd hit the jackpot, reeling in a sturgeon that was 1.5 metres long.

But that trophy pales in comparison to the massive fish the retired couple caught in the Fraser River during a return trip this week, hauling a white sturgeon out of the water that measured nearly four metres and weighed half a tonne - believed to be one of the largest fish ever caught for sport in North America.

The couple, from Salisbury, England, set out onto the Fraser River from Chilliwack, east of Vancouver, on Monday.

Michael Snell, 65, said he saw his rod tip, but he struggled with his catch for nearly 45 minutes before he actually saw the fish surface.

It was 3.8 metres long. "We just saw a tail fin come up, then a bit later we saw a middle fin, and eventually, as it got tired, we saw the head come out as well," he said in an interview on Friday.

"We realized the sheer length of this fish - next to the boat, it's nearly as big as the boat."

The couple's guide, Dean Werk, estimated the sturgeon was at least 100 years old, weighing roughly 500 kilograms. Based on a database kept by the Fraser River Sturgeon Conservation Society, Werk said it could be the largest fish ever caught in the continent.

They released the sturgeon back into the river, but not before snapping some photos with it.


http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/...ntures_003.jpg

Hondaracer 07-21-2012 06:41 PM
they say sturgeon grow about a foot a year

what a catch, the head on it alone

racerman88 07-21-2012 06:44 PM
nice catch

BringCash 07-21-2012 06:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Hondaracer (Post 7981874)
they say sturgeon grow about a foot a year

what a catch, the head on it alone
this one is over 100 years old :ahwow:

vafanculo 07-21-2012 07:13 PM
I've caught little ones out of the fraser in richmond, and they give quite the fight. Can't imagine getting one this big.

kwy 07-21-2012 07:16 PM
Crazy that they managed to catch a fish this big..something's a little fishy about this story

firebird79_00 07-21-2012 07:21 PM
Pretty badass, i went on a guided sturgeon fishing trip a couple summers ago. It was through Sturgeon Slayers though. The one i pulled in was 630lbs, cant remember how big. It took a little over an hour to bring in and finally jumped into the water to get a photo with it. Amazing the strength of those friggin things.

FerrariEnzo 07-21-2012 07:24 PM
that fish does look old too.... damn... 45mins and the 65 year old guy still have strength to real in a fish that huge.. Catching fish like a BOSS!!

MG1 07-21-2012 07:26 PM
Seen bigger, dead ones floating down the Fraser, but to catch one that size is pretty nice.

Excelsis 07-21-2012 07:28 PM
all that meat sent back :tears:

MG1 07-21-2012 07:33 PM
I believe it's catch and release only for sturgeon.......... thank god, it's not a Chinese delicacy.

yray 07-21-2012 07:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Alpha v2 (Post 7981910)
all that meat sent back :tears:
I don't think you want to eat a 100 year old fish swimming in the fraser ... LOL

One guy caught a sturgeon and ate it back home, fisheries got tipped off and tracked down the tag to the guy's garbage can :lawl:

bananana 07-21-2012 07:46 PM
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Originally Posted by yray (Post 7981921)
I don't think you want to eat a 100 year old fish swimming in the fraser ... LOL

One guy caught a sturgeon and ate it back home, fisheries got tipped off and tracked down the tag to the guy's garbage can :lawl:
Worth it. Sturgeon steaks are fucking amazing.

MindBomber 07-21-2012 07:54 PM
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Originally Posted by yray (Post 7981921)
One guy caught a sturgeon and ate it back home, fisheries got tipped off and tracked down the tag to the guy's garbage can :lawl:
I know which incident you're referring to, he was fined $5000; a separate group caught cooking a sturgeon under the Alex Fraser was fined $22,500. Fines can go up to $100,000 for more serious offences.

Sturgeon populations around the world are endangered or already extinct because the value of the caviar makes them a prized target for poachers, and because they reproduce on average only once every ten years beginning at between 15-25 years of age, so taking even one sturgeon has a serious impact.

hirevtuner 07-21-2012 08:51 PM
reminds me of when Homer catches the fish

EvoFire 07-21-2012 09:08 PM
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Originally Posted by MindBomber (Post 7981928)
I know which incident you're referring to, he was fined $5000; a separate group caught cooking a sturgeon under the Alex Fraser was fined $22,500. Fines can go up to $100,000 for more serious offences.

Sturgeon populations around the world are endangered or already extinct because the value of the caviar makes them a prized target for poachers, and because they reproduce on average only once every ten years beginning at between 15-25 years of age, so taking even one sturgeon has a serious impact.
Some of my coworkers were talking about the incident under the Alex Fraser, apparently it was them lol. It was more than $22,500 according to them. They had something like 10 or 12 people, and each of them got a $8000 fine.

MindBomber 07-21-2012 09:25 PM
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Originally Posted by EvoFire (Post 7981977)
Some of my coworkers were talking about the incident under the Alex Fraser, apparently it was them lol. It was more than $22,500 according to them. They had something like 10 or 12 people, and each of them got a $8000 fine.
I'm rarely surprised by the sheer ignorance and self-absorbed idiocy of some people anymore, but if your coworkers were indeed bragging about poaching an endangered species.... well, I'm glad I don't have to work with them.

If these are your coworkers, they're exaggerating.

Han Ly - pleaded guilty to molesting and injuring a sturgeon, possession of a dead sturgeon, fishing without a license; fined $8000 and banned from fishing for one year.
Raymond Ouyang - pleaded guilty to molesting and injuring a sturgeon, possession of a dead sturgeon; fined $7500 and banned from fishing for one year.
Hung Nguyen - pleaded guilty to molesting and injuring a sturgeon; fined $3000 and banned from fishing for one year.
David Boriboune - pleaded guilty to molesting and injuring a sturgeon; fined $3500 and banned from fishing for one year.
Charlie Tran - pleaded guilty to fishing without a licence; fined $500 and banned from fishing for one year.

The fishing bans should have been lifetime given the seriousness of the crimes, and the fines higher as well.

http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/media/charg...9/pr18-eng.htm

SturgeonHunter 07-21-2012 09:32 PM
http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/6897/39252096.jpg

pinn3r 07-21-2012 09:58 PM
^ LOLOLLLOLO fuckin guy

BossFrancis 07-21-2012 10:08 PM
:suspicious::fulloffuck:
"Molesting and injuring a surgeon"

mac25 07-21-2012 10:24 PM
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Originally Posted by MindBomber (Post 7981986)

"...If these are your coworkers, they're exaggerating.

Han Ly - pleaded guilty to molesting and injuring a sturgeon, possession of a dead sturgeon, fishing without a license; fined $8000 and banned from fishing for one year.
Raymond Ouyang - pleaded guilty to molesting and injuring a sturgeon, possession of a dead sturgeon; fined $7500 and banned from fishing for one year.
Hung Nguyen - pleaded guilty to molesting and injuring a sturgeon; fined $3000 and banned from fishing for one year.
David Boriboune - pleaded guilty to molesting and injuring a sturgeon; fined $3500 and banned from fishing for one year.
[B]Charlie Tran[/B][I] - pleaded guilty to fishing without a licence; fined $500 and banned from fishing for one year..."

most be related to Johnny Tran, lol

EvoFire 07-21-2012 10:31 PM
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Originally Posted by MindBomber (Post 7981986)
I'm rarely surprised by the sheer ignorance and self-absorbed idiocy of some people anymore, but if your coworkers were indeed bragging about poaching an endangered species.... well, I'm glad I don't have to work with them.

If these are your coworkers, they're exaggerating.

Han Ly - pleaded guilty to molesting and injuring a sturgeon, possession of a dead sturgeon, fishing without a license; fined $8000 and banned from fishing for one year.
Raymond Ouyang - pleaded guilty to molesting and injuring a sturgeon, possession of a dead sturgeon; fined $7500 and banned from fishing for one year.
Hung Nguyen - pleaded guilty to molesting and injuring a sturgeon; fined $3000 and banned from fishing for one year.
David Boriboune - pleaded guilty to molesting and injuring a sturgeon; fined $3500 and banned from fishing for one year.
Charlie Tran - pleaded guilty to fishing without a licence; fined $500 and banned from fishing for one year.

The fishing bans should have been lifetime given the seriousness of the crimes, and the fines higher as well.

Hefty Fines for Delta-Area Anglers Who Illegally Killed and Ate an Endangered White Sturgeon
No they weren't bragging about it, they told some other ppl not to do it because they didn't know at the time and got ass raped by fines. Some other people were discussing about fishing they were talking about what to do and what not to do.

I think he said the fines were something like 40k total for everyone.

trollface 07-21-2012 10:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Alpha v2 (Post 7981910)
all that meat sent back :tears:
It's protected and it would taste like poo anyways. They eat all the crap off the bottom.

bananana 07-21-2012 11:38 PM
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Originally Posted by trollface (Post 7982042)
It's protected and it would taste like poo anyways. They eat all the crap off the bottom.
Uh. A lot of extremely tasty fish eat crap off the bottom. They taste like mussels. Texturally it's similar to halibut, but denser and less flaky. Probably one of the tastiest fishes. :drool

yray 07-21-2012 11:44 PM
^ there are farmed sturgeon, people can stop failing him

I would still advise against eating anything from the fraser tho LOL


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