Fraser River White Sturgeon

White Sturgeon were also over-fished in the Fraser River from 1880 to 1915 with a peak harvest of half a mil-lion kilograms in 1897.

Fraser river white sturgeon. This is why the many holes along the bottom of the Fraser River serve as Sturgeon habitats. When to fish for Sturgeon. Home Giant 12 foot Sturgeon caught on Fraser River July 20 2012 Chilliwack BC In June 2009 a retired couple from Salisbury England flew to Canada and fished on the Fraser River with a BC fish guide charter company for two days.

The Fraser River White Sturgeon is North Americas largest freshwater game fish. They caught a five foot sturgeon and they were hooked. Three Three Calgary men caught an 11-foot long white sturgeon in British Columbias Fraser River.

Provincial Fisheries legislation has established guidelines and conservation practices that have contributed to a world-class catch and release fishery that has earned acclaim across the globe. Locally sturgeon are found primarily in the Fraser and Harrison River systems. White Sturgeon are fished for in the lower river from Hells Gate which is between Boston Bar and Hope right down to the mouth where it enters the ocean.

White Sturgeon are among the largest and longest-lived of the many species and of freshwater fish in North America sometimes attaining weights of up to 1000lbs. There are nine critical habitat areas identified for the Upper Fraser River population of White Sturgeon totalling a combined river length of approximately 719 kilometres and a combined river area of approximately 197 square kilometres. Unfortu-nately White Stur-geons dont appear to be maintaining their numbers anywhere in the British Colum-bia part of the Co-lumbia River system and their long-term prospects there are exceedingly poor.

They dreamed of returning to do it again. They tend to be concentrated around seams holes and drop-offs at. This week it was the site of an exceptionally large catch.

However they can also be found in some of the other tributaries of the Fraser River. The back and upper sides of the White Sturgeon vary in colour from dark to medium grey often with obvious white markings. You never know what you will reel in.