700-pound sturgeon hooked on BC catch-and-release fishing trip

Two Albertans reeled in a once-in-a-lifetime story during a fishing trip to B.C.’s Interior.

After years of constant invites to do some catch-and-release fishing for sturgeon on the Fraser River near Lillooet, Steve Ecklund finally said yes, and hauled along friend Mark Boice.

And on Father’s Day, the two hooked a massive sturgeon that weighed 700 pounds, was 10 feet, one inch in length and had a girth of 57 inches. The massive fish was also thought to be around 110 years old.

“We’ve never sturgeon fished, never been on the Fraser River,” said Ecklund, adding he’s glad he finally took the advice of Jeff Grimolfson, who runs River Monster Adventures.

You read that right: On their very first sturgeon fishing trip, they landed a monster – potentially a record-breaking fish for the middle portion of the Fraser River.

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