Vintage vehicle wrecked on Yale Road at approximately 3 p.m. But with a fish over 800 pounds on a fishing line tested to 150 pounds, you have to play things right.”. Another giant sturgeon caught in Fraser River, A Kamloops, B.C., man landed one of the biggest fish ever caught in the Fraser River, In July, a British tourist hooked one of a similar size and reeled it in after a 90-minute struggle, CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices. A Kamloops, B.C., man is celebrating after landing one of the biggest fish ever caught in the Fraser River — the second giant fish caught in the river in recent months. Closed Captioning and Described Video is available for many CBC shows offered on CBC Gem. 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Alan Urmeneta, Darren Auramenko, Brant Craig, and Frank Koch were on a fishing trip as part of a corporate team-building exercise. “Everyone gets so amped up and excited it’s easy to lose concentration. Daley and his team tagged the massive sturgeon and released him back into the waters. “It was a true fish of a lifetime,” guide Darren Mulrooney said about the never-before-tagged sturgeon they estimated was at least 100 years old. @CHWKjournojfeinberg@theprogress.comLike us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter. But until we see more fish, I guess the question is whether there is a lot more that are just going to magically appear. A fishing guide with Lang’s Fishing Adventures said the white sturgeon caught last Friday tied for the largest specimen ever tagged and released in the Fraser River. They scanned it repeatedly from tip to tail looking for radio tags. Nguyen estimated that the sturgeon is well over a 120-years-old, weighs around 800 lbs, and is most likely a female. 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Every year he learns more about the iconic fish of the Fraser. Four anglers from Vancouver caught the humongous fish last Friday afternoon, in the Hatzic flats section of the Fraser, east of Mission. It’s pretty cool to think a fish like this could have been around during both world wars,” Mulrooney said. 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. Fishing guide Darren Mulrooney measures the massive sturgeon at 11 feet, four inches, and weighing in at about 800 pounds. They caught a five foot sturgeon and they were hooked. (Lang’s Fishing Adventures). Clients of Lang’s Fishing Adventures pose with a white sturgeon on Aug. 16, 2019. The humongous sturgeon was 345 cm long with a girth of 61 inches, tying it with the largest “‘tag and release’ white sturgeon on the Fraser River,” according to Lang Nguyen, the owner of Lang’s Fishing Adventures. It was “organized chaos” after they realized a big fish was on the line. Box 500 Station A Toronto, ON Canada, M5W 1E6. First and foremost they make sure the fish will be released uninjured, using barbless hooks, and gloves for measuring. "The first thing we saw was its tail and we went ‘Holy smokes, that's a monster fish,’" said Daley. It took 2 hours to reel in and it's the largest he's got into in his 18 years guiding. (Lang’s Fishing Adventures), Sturgeon was so enormous it tied for largest specimen ever tagged and released in the Fraser. It took them 40 minutes to bring the prehistoric fish in. "These aren't fish that were just born, last week, last year, last decade, last half century," said Rosenau. I mean I hope I do,” he said. "It was just, you know, humbling experience to be able to catch an animal that large.". READ MORE: The most recent account of an enormous sturgeon, READ MORE: Another incredible fish encounter.

They dreamed of returning to do it again. Measuring in at 11'2", he guessed that it weighed around 750 pounds and was over 100 years old. Werk estimated the sturgeon was at least 100 years old, weighing roughly 500 kilograms.

He also claims it's the largest caught by anyone on the river so far this year. Norman Daley was out on a company fishing tour near Chilliwack Friday when he landed a white sturgeon more than three-and-a-half metres long and weighing nearly 500 kilograms. “I don’t know if I’ll ever see one that big again. For me that’s the best part,” Mulrooney added.

In July, a British tourist hooked one of a similar size and reeled it in after a 90-minute struggle. Get local stories you won't find anywhere else right to your inbox. "The fact that we have seen these two fish may be random, or maybe it says something. A Kamloops, B.C., man is celebrating after landing one of the biggest fish ever caught in the Fraser River — the second giant fish caught in the river in recent months. Rare albino sturgeon, possibly the world’s biggest, caught on Fraser River Chad Helmer (center) poses with what he claims is the world record albino sturgeon, and he might be right. After landing and tagging it for the Fraser River Sturgeon Conservation Society’s monitoring and assessment program, they were amazed to see that the fish measured 345.44 cm in length (fork length) and 154.94 cm in girth, which is a whopping 11 feet, four inches long. It was tied with another catch for being the largest ever tagged and released in the Fraser River. “Then after we make sure they are fully revived, so they can swim off on their own power.

"These were born around the time of the start of Canada.". A fishing guide with Lang’s Fishing Adventures said the white sturgeon caught last Friday tied for the largest specimen ever tagged and released in the Fraser River. Mulrooney says he’s been guiding for six years, but never came across a sturgeon this large that’s never been previously tagged. "That was the third time I had ever been sturgeon fishing and the biggest one I had seen before that was a couple hundred pounds," he said.

It is a priority for CBC to create a website that is accessible to all Canadians including people with visual, hearing, motor and cognitive challenges. Rosenau said it's unusual to see two record-worthy sturgeons caught in one year.