‘Largest Freshwater Fish Ever Found’: Anglers Reel In 11-Foot-6 Monster Sturgeon on Fraser River

Kevin Estrada and company pose with the monster sturgeon in the Fraser River Aug. 15. Valley News/Sturgeon Slayer photo
Michael Wing The Epcoh TimesThis year’s fishing season in Fraser 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,
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