This fish looks like a Lillooet River fish as it has the same nose as the fish typically caught up North! Crazy to think he must have been hungry enough to brave Hell's Gate!
Earl Masse played a fish which at first sight appeared to be approx 7 ft. for over an hour. Struggling through the rapids and back eddies we landed this sturgeon at least a mile down river. Earl was really exciting to land it as no one on the boat had ever caught a sturgeon this big.As I went to pull it in I saw a huge head and a smaller body. It turned out that this fish had tried to swollow a piece of wood the size of a cantalope and it had become totally stuck between its throat and lips! Andy and I could not pull it out on the first try but eventually dislodged it. "Woody" (Earl named him) measured at 253 cm or 8'3" with a head on him the size of a 9'3" and was happy to swim off to eat in comfort. Well done guys, lots of laughs!!!Shane
