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 While angling from a boat in the Fraser River in British Columbia, Canada, anglers Nick Calleya and George Carstairs hooked a monster fish. "George is quite a small guy so I had to grab him and hold him down because the fish was lifting him off the seat," Calleya told the Daily Mail.
The pair had a 500-pound, 10-foot sturgeon on their line, attracted to the salmon eggs they had used as bait. "We hooked on to it and it shot off," Calleya said. "The boat was anchored so we quickly pulled it up and sped after it."
They battled the fish for over an hour, switching off between holding the rod when their arms became too tired from fighting it. "We were constantly going up and down the river for half a mile or so," Calleya said. "Every now and then, the line would go dead and the fish would come back and zoom upstream.
"We managed to take it into a shallow spot further down stream and George jumped out and lassoed its tail and held it."
After taking photos of their catch, the fish was microchipped by their fishing guide as part of a conservation research project and released back into the river. "The guide said it was the best part of 100 years old," Calleya said. "Although there are much bigger monsters in the river, he said it was the biggest one he had seen for more than a year."
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