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how about this monster ,caught on the last cast of the day on a guided trip on the Fraser River. 11'1' long 56" girth 1000lbs + and over a hundred years old.
roll on steelie season.

Wow! what do you do with a fish like that?

Unbelievable! Where are you gonna get a skillet big enough to fry him?!

flippin heck its a cracker, which one are you?

at 100 years old, that fish was probably just trying to remember what he was doing in that part of the river...

I would have liked to seen the worm!!!

Just a bit more info to go with this I found interesting....that's not the biggest one in the pond!!

The photograph itself is authentic. This huge sturgeon was caught on the Fraser River in British Columbia, Canada. According to information on Len's Sport Fishing Adventures website, the photograph was taken during a 2005 fishing expedition and was at the time the "Largest Fresh Water Fish caught by a British Subject". The expedition was led by Curtis Besse.

The information was also validated in an article by columnist Brad Dokken that was previously available on GrandForksHerald.com. Mr Dokken contacted Len Ames from Len's Sport Fishing Adventures who confirmed that the photograph was authentic and indeed depicts a white sturgeon caught on the Fraser River:
To get the rest of story, I called Len Ames, owner of Len's Sport Fishing Adventures, on Friday morning. He was fishing on the Fraser River at the time.

According to Ames, a party of anglers Besse was guiding caught the monstrous sturgeon last fall on the Fraser near Chilliwack, B.C. Four men battled the fish for about six hours before the sturgeon finally gave up long enough for a picture.

Catch and release is mandatory for white sturgeon, but Ames says the big fish measured 11 feet and probably weighed about 1,000 pounds.
The original version of the message (included first above) correctly identifies the location of the catch. However, there are now a number of versions circulating, many of which falsely claim that the sturgeon was caught, not on the Fraser River, but in various other locations in North America. There are versions that claim the fish was caught in the Rainy River, Minnesota, in Willamette River, Oregon, a lake in Oklahoma, a river in Texas, and various other locations, some of which do not even have fish of that size or species. It is quite common for messages featuring photographs of unusually large animals or fish to mutate as they travel as various pranksters alter details to claim regional ownership.

White sturgeon of this size are certainly not unprecedented. In fact, according to information on the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission website, the white sturgeon is the largest freshwater fish in North America. The article notes that they can grow to 20 feet (6.2 m) in length, weigh over 1500 pounds (680 kg) and live for over 100 years.

later, Tom.

Panman this picture is from 2 or so weeks ago , on a guided trip by STS guiding. the info youve given is about this fish (link below),it was claimed to have been caught in Oregon ,California,Ontario and some other place which i cant remember. the owner of the guide company Vic has been on several radio stations lately talking about this huge fish. http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http...=image&cd=1
STS website

http://www.guidebc.com/newsletter.asp

All THis Seems a Very Fishy Story to Me

for as ugly and rugged as Sturgeon look they are tasty!

As a keen angler I can just imagine the reaction when he tells the story in the pub....Well I caught a fish it was this big .....who would believe it?