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Title: 1000lb sturgeon/video included!
Post by: saltwaterhillbilly on September 26, 2012, 09:59:12 AM
This is unreal ! id love to hook into this or atleast half that size!

http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Thousand+pound+sturgeon+caught+near+Chilliwack+with+video/7297413/story.html (http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Thousand+pound+sturgeon+caught+near+Chilliwack+with+video/7297413/story.html)
Title: Re: 1000lb sturgeon/video included!
Post by: Tyler_C on September 26, 2012, 10:12:20 AM
the girth on that thing is enormous!  i couldn't imagine fighting that thing.
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Post by: saltwaterhillbilly on September 26, 2012, 10:15:53 AM
My arms and hands would be like jelly after reeling that sucker in!
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Post by: NWBREW on September 26, 2012, 10:22:00 AM
Beautiful fish.
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Post by: h20hunter on September 26, 2012, 10:37:12 AM
Trip for sturgeon on the Fraser is a solid addition to the bucket list. One could probably do a double trip....sockeye/sturgeon in the same day. Awesome fish and you are right...the girth is massive.
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Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on September 26, 2012, 10:39:25 AM
WOW...THATS CRAZY !!!  :fishin: :brew: :kneel:
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Post by: woodywsu on September 26, 2012, 10:50:42 AM
There have been multiple fish caught in the mid-Columbia that are this size and larger. Recently, a local guide caught one 144" in length and 109" in girth. Unreal. I get the video from him and see if he wants to share it here. His biggest is 14' in length.
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Post by: Bean Counter on September 26, 2012, 11:11:51 AM
 :yike: Caught by an accountant!
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Post by: cohoho on September 26, 2012, 11:54:36 AM
Have had several in the 108" - 120" range via tape measure and one at 10.5ft...   estimated at about 400-500, the one they got at an estimate of 1000lbs holy freaking cow....   :tup: Even on the ones we were able to get close to the shore and jump in with they were full of piss and vinegar.  That one is so mellow and poses nicely for the picture....  Must have fought it for a long time...
Title: Re: 1000lb sturgeon/video included!
Post by: woodywsu on September 26, 2012, 12:00:56 PM
We estimated a sturgeon with a 144" length and 109" girth comes out just under 800 lbs. I could see this one coming in around 600 lbs with a 60" girth.  :twocents:
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Post by: GEARHEAD on September 26, 2012, 03:09:19 PM
hooked one on the columbia maybe 14 feet four years or so ago, as soon as i saw its head, i offered the rod to another, and soon after it got off. we were both pretty happy about it.
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