Frazer River BC Fishing

Alto Mare · July 09, 2018, 08:04:29 PM

Nice fish Larry...what a catch! Thanks for sharing.

Sal

Hardy Boy · July 09, 2018, 08:59:32 PM

Fun times and nice fish. I like fishing the Fraser and have had some great days. I love when you are sitting at anchor and look over to see a 10 footer free jump in the same pool. You are right those fish can wear you out and give you a sore back.

Cheers:

Todd

Benni3 · July 09, 2018, 09:12:03 PM

Big fish,,,,great job man!!!

theswimmer · July 09, 2018, 10:05:55 PM

Grandpa used to take the eggs and cure delicious sturgeon caviear!
Runied me forever.....

Lunker Larry · July 09, 2018, 10:43:44 PM

Quote from: Gobi King on July 09, 2018, 07:59:19 PM
Quote from: Lunker Larry on July 09, 2018, 07:46:31 PM
Quote from: whalebreath on July 09, 2018, 12:57:58 AM
Nice fish Larry-cool photo too!

The Best time to fish the Might Fraser for Sturgeon is September into early November with stable barometric conditions-the numbers we've put up are amazing and fish the size of Larry's are jumping constantly.
Exactly. We fished in Sep when we went 18 for 19 with a number over 8 feet

Wow, big fish Larry, what were you guys trolling for that beast?

Barbless circle hooks. 4 and 5 ounce led with chunks of salmon. For some reason, the head always seems to get the largest fish.
Back in 2013 there was a tourist pamphlet for Chilliwack, BC that had our guide at that time standing in the water holding the tail of a 13 footer. I could only imagine!

Barbless hooks in that system?

Lunker Larry · July 09, 2018, 10:50:31 PM

Quote from: Hardy Boy on July 09, 2018, 08:59:32 PM
Fun times and nice fish. I like fishing the Fraser and have had some great days. I love when you are sitting at anchor and look over to see a 10 footer free jump in the same pool. You are right those fish can wear you out and give you a sore back.

Cheers:

Todd

We had all sorts of big fish jumping around us that day also. Here's a pic of my 6'4" 240 lb nephew fighting his fish and first ever sturgeon with his father looking on. Afterwards he told me he couldn't believe how hard they fought and was surprised because he said afterwards: "Uncle Larry, you made it look easy". Must be experience over brawn

Gfish · July 09, 2018, 11:11:18 PM

Wow! You beat my biggest by about... 5ft.!

gstours · July 10, 2018, 03:21:16 PM

Thanks Larry for the lunker pictures. I'm glad you got to go fishing 🎣 on that visit. The look on the boys face is priceless. Great moment.
We used to fish the Columbia river mostly below bonneville dam. But it was poorly regulated and that fishery crashed. It takes a great river to make great sturgeon, you can enjoy these fish hopefully in the future every year. Thanks for the pictures. 😎
Maybe fill in some rigging and bait pictures so we,ll be educated if you got time.🤷‍♂️

steelfish · July 10, 2018, 04:21:27 PM

wow, awesome fish Larry, truly a monster

congrats buddy

Hardy Boy · July 10, 2018, 04:46:41 PM

That is a great pic of that young guy fighting that fish. Not trying to high jack you thread but here was my buddy after he landed his first sturgeon. He is not an experienced fisherman. Skill over brawn is a thing when it comes to playing fish.

Cheers:

Todd

Lunker Larry · July 10, 2018, 05:00:19 PM

Yeah. My forearms were like stone when I landed the fish.
Ref tackle and bait. Big fresh salmon chunks the size of your open hand was bait. Reels were Penn. No idea about the rods. Here's the best pics of the tackle. I'll let you forensic reel heads figure it out

steelfish · July 10, 2018, 05:40:56 PM

Quote from: Lunker Larry on July 10, 2018, 05:00:19 PM
Y..... No idea about the rods. Here's the best pics of the tackle. I'll let you forensic reel heads figure it out

because of the rods wrapping job and custom decal on them (same logo on the rod than one on the jacket ) they are for sure custom made.

Lunker Larry · July 10, 2018, 08:21:31 PM

Check out Greatriverfishing.com for some giant fish. Great guides who really know the river. Highly recommend them.

gstours · July 11, 2018, 03:18:33 AM

Thanks again Larry, those big Fish are great fighters and in some current even more. Great fishing 🎣 great post. Tanks👍💪

whalebreath · July 11, 2018, 04:30:31 AM

Quote from: Lunker Larry on July 10, 2018, 08:21:31 PMCheck out Greatriverfishing.com for some giant fish. Great guides who really know the river. Highly recommend them.

GRF used to use Quarrow rods when I fished with them in the past.

Just to let people down gently-Sturgeon don't fight all that hard- I can beat a 6' fish to the boat in five minutes easy-that's using an ancient Seeker Classic 665H and a Shimano TL20 loaded with 65# Tufline.

In the Fraser about 10% of the fish are true anadromous specimens-much sleeker & stronger those put up a real battle but my experience is that most anglers once they see a fish jump overestimate the size and back off instead of putting the wood to the fish which is what C&R is all about.

In addition most Fraser river guides have mismatched gear -too long rods/no fighting belts/no coaching since the guide himself doesn't know how to fight the fish they just let it do 'whatever' since it's probably hooked quite well with large Gamakatsu 9/0.

It's a fun fishery but you have to careful who you hire I have seen a guide take 90 minutes to C&R one 5' fish while my partner & I C&R'ed a half a dozen larger specimens out of a 14' Lund.