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09-03-2008, 04:23 AM
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Five Men Snare 700-Pound Sturgeon
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It took five Canadian men working in rotation nearly three hours to land a mammoth 700-pound sturgeon from British Columbia's Fraser River.
The Province newspaper in Vancouver reported Tuesday how fishing guide Rod Toth and four unidentified clients were fatigued and astounded last week by the catch in Chilliwack, some 60 miles inland from Vancouver.
The men wrestled the fish to shore, measured it and posed for pictures before tagging it and releasing it, Toth said.
The fish was 10 feet, 6 inches long and 4 feet, 7 inches in girth and was likely between 70 and 80 years old, Toth said.
Mary Sue Atkinson of the Fraser River Sturgeon Conservation Society said sturgeon are the largest freshwater fish in the world.
They're living dinosaurs from the Jurassic age, she told the newspaper, adding sturgeon can live as long as150 years, grow to 40 feet in length and weigh more than 1,200 pounds. (c) UPI
by Staff
It took five Canadian men working in rotation nearly three hours to land a mammoth 700-pound sturgeon from British Columbia's Fraser River.
The Province newspaper in Vancouver reported Tuesday how fishing guide Rod Toth and four unidentified clients were fatigued and astounded last week by the catch in Chilliwack, some 60 miles inland from Vancouver.
The men wrestled the fish to shore, measured it and posed for pictures before tagging it and releasing it, Toth said.
The fish was 10 feet, 6 inches long and 4 feet, 7 inches in girth and was likely between 70 and 80 years old, Toth said.
Mary Sue Atkinson of the Fraser River Sturgeon Conservation Society said sturgeon are the largest freshwater fish in the world.
They're living dinosaurs from the Jurassic age, she told the newspaper, adding sturgeon can live as long as150 years, grow to 40 feet in length and weigh more than 1,200 pounds. (c) UPI
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09-03-2008, 04:36 AM
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There weren't any with the story or I would have posted one.
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Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming ...."WOW! What a ride!!!!!"
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09-03-2008, 11:04 AM
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Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming ...."WOW! What a ride!!!!!"
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