Sunday, January 20, 2008
Anglers hook 100-year-old monster fish
Two British anglers waded waist deep into a river to land a 100-year-old monster fish weighing over 35 stone - after battling with it for over an hour.
Nick Calleya, 36, from Cubert in Cornwall and George Carstairs from Scotland landed the 500lb white Sturgeon while angling from a boat in the Fraser River in British Columbia in Canada.
The 10ft-long giant was snared using a rod and line with salmon eggs as bait.
All the time, their fishing guide was at the controls of their jet boat trying to keep pace with the fish. Their guide then microchipped the fish as part of a conservation research project before releasing it back into the river.
Mr Calleya said: "The guide said it was the best part of 100 years old.
"Although there are much bigger monsters in the river, he said it was the biggest one he had seen for more than a year."
The two friends spent a week fishing on the Fraser River, at Chilliwack, south of Vancouver.
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