After 40 minutes, the group managed to reel in an enormous sturgeon — and, remarkably, it has never been tagged before. “It was pretty incredible.”, Alex Kirk told Global News it was like hooking up to a truck, adding, “Wherever that sturgeon wanted to go, we went and we had to follow it. river. A fishing group on BC’s Fraser River has just broke the record for catching the largest “virgin sturgeon” — reeling in a monster that has escaped tagging for decades. He was hired at the company before it launched in the fall of 2011. The staff found it entertaining when the African grey parrots first arrived Aug. 15, and had hoped once the birds were put on public display outside that they would “kick the habit,” Jess Newton told the BBC. Kaye said the average sturgeon seen in the river is between six and seven feet long. "In the first few minutes I had it on the line I couldn't believe the weight and power of the fish," said the university sophomore. However, currently lake sturgeon still face threats of habitat loss, fragmentation, and declining water quality. [Bradley Anderson, 02/23/2011] ", "Here I am, holding a dinosaur, virtually. “It’s like hooking up to a truck and just letting it go,” he said. Similar winter gatherings of sturgeon have been documented far up the Columbia in Canada, but not at the tremendous numbers seen below Bonneville, Parsley said. river, anded a giant sturgeon weighing nearly 500 kilograms, in July, a British tourist hooked one of a similar size, CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices. A 19-year-old angler from Atlanta, Ga, fishing with his father for the first time, is the fourth person in less than two years to catch a giant Fraser River sturgeon. Fans mourn the death of legendary Latino cartoonist, Megan Thee Stallion encourages fellow hotties to vote. The fish is estimated to have weighed 800 lb. 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. But landing the sturgeon didn’t come easily. The fish, which was measured at 62 inches or one-and-a-half metres in girth, is estimated to be 800 pounds in weight and 100 years old. On Thursday, Paul Jarvis, and his dad, Don, were on the first day of a three-day father-son fishing trip when Paul hooked into one of the largest white sturgeon ever caught on the Fraser River. Fundraiser launched for trio accused of trying to stop killing of bear family, Public trust in conservation officers eroding in wake of bear killings: group, Vancouver heritage buildings now eligible for up to $4 million in city-funded upgrades. "I could only get my arms halfway around the (sturgeon's) head," he said. Doug Croft, who works for Blue Ocean Whale Watch out of Moss Landing in Monterey Bay, confessed that the images accompanying his Facebook post were not captured from either of the vessel’s two decks – but from its restroom. “It’s a bigger fish, no question,” he said. That work earned the newspaper some awards. Snell's wife, Margaret, had to hold on to his harness to keep him from being pulled into the river. Even more remarkably, Kaye says another sturgeon was caught a week before that was 10 feet long and 600 pounds. After quick measurements and photos, the estimated 100-year-old fish was released and it “swam away strong as per normal,” SturgeonHunter told For The Win. They dreamed of returning to do it again. Canada ‘The ride of a lifetime’: Calgary fishermen catch massive 11-foot sturgeon in B.C. That's exactly what center Matt Hendricks and defenseman Dustin Byfuglien did on Oct. 10 when they caught and released a 600-pound sturgeon in British Columbia's Fraser River. It looked like a shark coming out of the water.”, “Like a great white,” Jacobson added. river. Kirk’s fellow fisherman Terry Jacobson agreed. Last September, Niels Rasmussen, on a trip with friends from Denmark, landed himself a three-metre long sturgeon. U.S. tourists catch giant sturgeon on the Fraser River. © 2019 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc. Calgary fishermen catch massive sturgeon in B.C. Copyright © 2020 HuffPost.com, Inc. "HuffPost" is a registered trademark of HuffPost.com, Inc. All rights reserved. Newsletters may offer personalized content or advertisements. The fish uses its elongated, spade-like snout to stir up the substrate and sediments on the beds of rivers and lakes while feedi He also taught some journalism courses at the University of Kentucky. Alfonso also published deep dives into 4chan and Tumblr's history while hounding Reddit administrators to answer for a controversial forum. A PIT conservation tag was applied and the anglers got behind it to have their pictures taken. Currently 19 of the 20 states within the fish's original U.S. range list it as either threatened or endangered," National Geographic added. “It’s not quite the record though. The population is starting to take a downturn, though. September 06, 2015 25 lbs Pike from Kabenung Lake! It was a ride of a lifetime.”. Alfonso started his career as a crime and education reporter at The Post-Standard. Erin Stoddard, a fisheries biologist with B.C.’s Ministry of Forest, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development, said a sturgeon of this size is normally found in the area about once a year. The largest one to be caught on record weight 105 pounds and was 155 centimetres (61 inches) long. The couple, from Salisbury, England, set out onto the Fraser River from Chilliwack, east of Vancouver, on Monday. Alex Kirk, Tom Kirk and Terry Jacobson pose with the 11-foot sturgeon they caught in the Fraser River near Chilliwack on Tuesday, June 11, 2019. Nguyen estimated that the sturgeon is well over a 120-years-old, weighs around 800 lbs, and is most likely a female. Daily Hive is a Canadian-born online news source, established in 2008, that creates compelling, hyperlocal content. VANCOUVER - Three years ago, British couple Michael and Margaret Snell travelled to the Vancouver area for a fishing trip and thought they hit the jackpot, reeling in a sturgeon that was 1.5 metres long. He also produced a series of stories on a disgraced family court judge. fisherman catches rare sturgeon. The lake sturgeon, also known as the rock sturgeon, is a North American temperate freshwater fish, one of about 25 species of sturgeon. Now I Get It. "It's so big, like a wine barrel or a 50-gallon oil drum. "These were born around the time of the start of Canada.". They released the sturgeon back into the river, but not before snapping some photos with it. The luxury fishing trip company, Sturgeon Slayers, which organized the excursion posted the eye-popping catch to their Twitter account Tuesday. “When I'm on the boat for fun, I spend a lot of time below deck, in the head.