Sturgeon Fishing
 

Anyone ever go Sturgeon fishing in the Fraser river ? My son has been bugging me for years so last weekend we gave it a try. We never hooked up but we had a solid hit I just couldn't get to the rod in time to set the hook. We had a huge sturgeon rise a foot from the stern when I started up the the o/b it must have been a seven footer . After that I'm hooked we will be heading out this Saturday to see if we can hookup with a Dino :twised:

We went Sturgeon fishing in the Fraser in early May 2011 with STS Guiding Service out of Mission. Our guide told us the best time of year is October, but the spring season is also pretty good. There were 4 of us with lines in the water, and in 6 hours (that's marina to marina, not 6 hours fishing) we caught 7 Sturgeon. The biggest one in the boat was about 5 1/2 feet. I caught the biggest one -about 7 feet, but he got caught in the lines before everyone could get them out of the water and we got him to the boat and cut the lines off and let him go. He fought for about 20 mins, I was SO tired! It was awesome, and we would like to go back in the fall sometime.

I had friends go this spring and they caught 4 Sturgeon the smallest was 4 feet long and about 250 lbs and the largest caught by his wife and it was just over 7 ft long and 650 lbs. Not sure how long they were out for but the big one took just over an hour to reel in all caught on video too was entertaining to watch.

All the fish they caught were catch and release as well

Pics or it didn't happen...

realize letting go but long fight times got to be hard on the fish

Wow!! That's pretty good. I went fishing same place Mindy's talking bout and we all caught sturgeon. They all averaged 5' and all averaged 60lbs. Your friends telling you a fish tale.

Imagine a 4 foot person weighing 250lbs.....I don't think sturgeons are shaped like barrels :)

It was all caught on video and I watched it and that sturgeon was fricken huge and took 4 to hold it as it was weighed

Being a fisherman I can easily believe someone marking up the weight lol.

Haha damn you. You beat me to it.

I have no doubt a White Sturgeons can get way over 250lbs, just not at 4 feet.

Average weight chart for White Sturgeon:

http://www.riverfishingbc.com/WhiteS...ndAgeChart.pdf

At 4'1", average weight is 35lbs.

You both beat me to it.....

My company goes on a fishing trip every year. I'm not that keen on fishing (I prefer my fish in a tank) and I usually only go every second year or so. Here's a few beauties we pulled out of the water 2 years ago in August, upstream of the Mission bridge.

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https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5572/...8bd3899f_z.jpg

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3881/...6bd696ac_c.jpg

Nice fish man!!!

That last one was about 7 feet. Our tourney record is 10 foot 5 inches, about 4 years ago.

Fishin
 

Lots of fun fishing for sturgeon, I caught 4 last year, hoping to go again soon

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I finally got one !!! What fight she jumped clear out of the water and put up a good 20 min fight. All that time watching wicked tuna definitely helped :smile:
http://i1343.photobucket.com/albums/...psdhfr59ns.jpg

Anyone know a good spot from shore for the Dino's ?
I don't have a car so public transit would be my only option .
Thanks :)