This year’s fishing season in Frasier Valley picked up with a bang, after tourism previously ground to a halt in the wake of pandemic restrictions. Chilliwack fishing guide Kevin Estrada—who’s fished the Fraser River since he was 15—had to call Guinness World Records after catching a monster sturgeon mid-August. The guide who runs Sturgeon Slayers, east of Vancouver, was out on the river with famed former NHL goalie Pete Peeters and his buddy Jake Driedger, who took turns reeling in the giant white sturgeon. After a 25-minute battle, everything lined up. The fish was caught, and Estrada had to pause to fathom if it was the biggest fish he’d ever seen. It was. It could be the largest sturgeon anyone’s ever seen. “I’ve submitted a world record for white sturgeon, and also looking into the largest freshwater fish ever found,” he told The Epoch Times, adding that it’s “going to …
‘Largest Freshwater Fish Ever Found’: Anglers Reel In 11-Foot-6 Monster Sturgeon on Fraser River
September 16, 2021
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