WE MADE ANOTHER TRIP TO THE FRASER, IN JUNE 2016, THIS TIME JOINED BY MY SECOND DAUGHTER JEN. SHE HOOKED OUR LARGEST STURGEON TO DATE, NEARLY 8 FEET LONG AND WEIGHING ABOUT 240 LB. YVES’ PICTURE CAP- TURES ALL FOUR OF US WITH THE FISH, JUST BEFORE RELEASE.


white sturgeon, which, in Canada, inhabit only the Fraser and Columbia River systems. Our other species, lake sturgeon, ranges from Alberta to


Quebec (a third, the green sturgeon, is essentially a saltwater dweller.) We soon have our first fish, a


youngster just over three feet long.


The tag is read, and back it goes. Then another, and another. We get a double header, followed by a triple


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