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A couple from England may have nabbed the biggest fish ever caught in North America
when they reeled in a 12-foot white sturgeon weighing 1,100 pounds.
Michael Snell, 65, and his wife, Margaret, both of Salisbury, England, caught the giant fish
during a trip to Chilliwack, British Columbia in Canada earlier this week.
Mrs Snell had to hold on to her husband during the hour-and-a-half hour long battle to bring
the mammoth sea creature to shore.
Mr Snell said he couldn't believe his eyes when they got a good look at the enormous creature:
a white sturgeon 12 feet, four inches in length and a girth measured at 53 inches.
Mr Werk, the professional tour guide, inspected the fish and saw that it hadn't been tagged
before - a sign that this was the first time the fish had ever been caught.
The guide told the news agency: 'I’ve been a professional fishing guide on the Fraser for 25
years and I’ve never seen a sturgeon this big.'
Records from the local conservation society show that the sturgeon the Snells caught may be
the biggest ever recorded in North America, according to Werk.
The guide tagged the fish and the group released the fish back into the water.
Mr Snell told The Canadian Press he will never forget the catch of a lifetime.
A couple from England may have nabbed the biggest fish ever caught in North America
when they reeled in a 12-foot white sturgeon weighing 1,100 pounds.
Michael Snell, 65, and his wife, Margaret, both of Salisbury, England, caught the giant fish
during a trip to Chilliwack, British Columbia in Canada earlier this week.
Mrs Snell had to hold on to her husband during the hour-and-a-half hour long battle to bring
the mammoth sea creature to shore.
Mr Snell said he couldn't believe his eyes when they got a good look at the enormous creature:
a white sturgeon 12 feet, four inches in length and a girth measured at 53 inches.
Mr Werk, the professional tour guide, inspected the fish and saw that it hadn't been tagged
before - a sign that this was the first time the fish had ever been caught.
The guide told the news agency: 'I’ve been a professional fishing guide on the Fraser for 25
years and I’ve never seen a sturgeon this big.'
Records from the local conservation society show that the sturgeon the Snells caught may be
the biggest ever recorded in North America, according to Werk.
The guide tagged the fish and the group released the fish back into the water.
Mr Snell told The Canadian Press he will never forget the catch of a lifetime.
