Moosebunk

Luckily sturgeon, sockeye, chinooks, pinks, cohos, bows, dolly varden, cutthroat, sailfish, marlin, mahi mahi, wahoo, roosterfish, grouper, yellowfin, bonitos, permit, jacks, mackerel, needlefish, lake trout and maybe even a brown trout all are possible in the coming year. The usual pike and eyes are a good bet as well. What I really want is a brookie over 5 lbs and an arctic char. Wouldn't say no to a first muskie though.

Great job fellas. Some good fish in some crap conditions.

Can't win 'em all Copper. You'll rebound I'm sure. lol

Great outing guys. Congrats to you on your awesome day fishing them eyes.

Great day for sure man. And some eater size too, that's uncommon I'm told. lol.

Sharp spines down the backs of these fish, especially the smaller ones. Use a glove or towel if handy, and tail it. If it's a big fish, once tailed roll it over in the water belly up then stick your hand right in it's mouth. Log roll it into your arms and into the boat. Keep it subdued and don't let it thrash about in the boat so to hurt itself.

Here's a story behind the fish. The guide is definetely "FishWhisperer" Asger Michaelsen with his 11 ft. trophy sturgeon On Nov.16, 2006, we have hooked, landed, tagged and carefully released one of the largest sturgeon EVER caught in the Fraser River. In our last fishing report, we mentioned a group of die-hard sturgeon fishermen from our tour operator in Denmark, Atlantik Travel www.atlantiktravel.com This group - on their last day - wrote a piece of fishing history... When the group arrived from Denmark last week, we were approached by the group leader and asked for a very patient guide, as 3 anglers in their group could neither hear nor speak. I replied to him, that all our guides are patient, as fishing is not a job, but a lifestyle for them. He looked around at all the guides present and into the room walked Kevin, a guide of few words. His nickname is "The Fishwhisperer" (thanks for the name, Carolyn Hansen). I said "here is your guide, the 3 of you don`t talk, Kevin doesn`t either - perfect". They hugged and up they went. I`ve learned, that, after every sturgeon they`ve landed, it was "hugging time" - approx. 20 times per day average. This was their way of saying "thank you". All guides, John, Steve and Kerry, did exceptionally well, landing lots of fish and lots of big fish, but the biggest smile was mostly with "Asger Michaelsen", "Jornaa Pedersen" and "Bjarne Toft Loholt". It was in the afternoon, as Kevin called me on my speaker phone: "we just hooked a big one" ... "OK", I replied, "how big?" ... "big..." (remember, a man of few words). That`s as much information as I could get out of him. Knowing Kevin, I knew, that`s a serious fish. Almost 3 hours later, Kevin called again with the stunning news; The Sturgeon has a total length of 329 cm or less than a fingertip short of 11 ft. with a girth of 136 cm, that`s over 4.5 ft. around. We estimate the fish at 120 years old with a realistic weight of 750 to 800 lbs. The sturgeon was measured, tagged, photos taken and released carefully and unharmed. The fish was hooked and fought by "Asger Michaelsen" for 2 hours and 53 minutes - all by himself without any help. Asger is a strong man, but this fish took his toll on him.

The Kincardine fish is a hoax. That fish was actually caught by a group chartering out of Chilliwack on the Fraser River. The fish was taken just outside of Mission BC late last fall. It's a steel-welded jet boat in the pic. How often do you see those in this area??? The fish I posted was sent to me in an email only a few days ago by the owner of Fraser River Fishing Lodge. I was told who the guide was, when the fish was caught, and given the particulars as to it's length. The guide who caught this fish was the same guide who took this pic for me in 2004. Here's the link to where the pic is kept now. http://www.fraserriverlodge.com/images/gal...turg160_lrg.jpg The guides out there generally use 80-120lb test, 10/0 hooks and a variety of baits to match the forage of the season. The sturgeon are protected now, but, endangered I don't know. About 15 years ago huge fish were washing up on shore dead. I remember reading an article on this. It was a scare to some folks out there as it couldn't be explained why. Now, on the Fraser, there are supposedly about 450 guides, most w/e warriors, who will charter for these fish. I remember one guide telling me his best day was 36 fish, the same guide who chartered for the fish in this thread, and, who has also caught a 10 and 9.4 footer this season. The Ontario record 168lb would likely be about the same size as the fish in this very post. This fish being a "white," the Ontario fish being a "lake" sturgeon. Not much seems to be studied about Lake sturgeon and there really is no active/consistent fishery. In the St. Lawrence, Lake O, and parts of the Ottawa River, one could actually hook an Atlantic sturgeon which could be bigger than a lake sturgeon's max size. If you google Ontario sturgeon fishing you might come across a site that charters for the Ogoki river area on the Albany watershed. They claim their fish to be white sturgeon. It's my opinion that they would be wrong.

A 3.29m (just under 11 feet) leviathan caught 2 days ago by a Fraser River Fishing Lodge guest. Can't imagine that fight.

Hello. I'm vain. I want to see myself here.