Fishing
The Fraser River is known for the fishing of white sturgeon. A typical white sturgeon catch averages between 30 to 100 pounds. A huge white sturgeon weighing an estimated 1,100 pounds and measuring 12 feet, 4 inches was caught and released on the Fraser River in July of 2012. It is believed to be the biggest freshwater fish ever caught on rod and reel in North America and possibly the oldest.
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“From time immemorial the men of the town have been famous seamen, and have divided their energies between fishing and hating the English.”
—Willa Cather (1876–1947)
“Fly fishing may be a very pleasant amusement; but angling or float fishing I can only compare to a stick and a string, with a worm at one end and a fool at the other.”
—Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)
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—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)