We were going to hire a guide…don’t ask which one because this was at least 7 years ago. My partner passed away on me and I haven’t had the itch since.
I went to some websites and searched for sturgeon. Once I started asking questions, there were plenty of people that were against fishing for the big girls and they made no bones about it. (pardon the pun, sturgeon don’t have bones).
The Fraser River in Canada has by far the largest population of large fish for the trophy catch and release fishermen. They can’t be taken out of the water, but then who has a crane on their boat anyway.
The hard part for me was to get a guide to answer an email.
Best time to go? Fall or whenever you can. You won’t catch a 20 footer around here.
Jacob was in British Colombia a few years back and reported this.
Jacob’s Trip