Sturgeon: Prehistoric Giants Among Us!
Sturgeon are incredible, prehistoric fish. Pacific Northwest sturgeon means the white sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus), North America’s largest freshwater fish, and the species behind the Columbia, Fraser, Willamette, and Snake fisheries.
They are among the longest-lived freshwater vertebrates, living 100+ years.
They are a true living fossil. Order Acipenseriformes traces back roughly 200 to 245 million years, first fossils ~175 million years ago (Jurassic), and largely unchanged since.
Native to the Pacific coast and its river systems, anadromous and bottom-feeding, with bony scutes and a cartilaginous skeleton.
They can be giants. BC’s Fraser River leads at ~890 pounds in 2021. The Columbia has documented multiple 500+ pound fish; historical (unverified) reports cite 1,500 to the 1,800 pound Fraser fish from the late 1800s.
Catching seven- to nine-foot sturgeon is not uncommon when clients fish with me.
Give me a call or drop me an email and let’s go fishing and catch some fish!
Ask me about guided fishing trips for:
- Salmon fishing trips
- Bottom fishing
- Steelhead fishing
- Sturgeon fishing
- Dungeness crab
- Fishing trips for groups, family events and company events
If you want to arrange a guided fishing trip and don’t see what you want email me at benparkerfishing@gmail.com or call me on 503-310-5724.