Missouri visitor lands giant sturgeon in British Columbia's Fraser River

CTV News reports a catch measuring more than 10 feet, with a possible record for a female angler.

Channel: CTV News Story of November 9, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? One of CTV News's most watched videos since yesterday, with 134,513 views.

Massive sturgeon caught in B.C. river

Two anglers stand in the shallows beside a white sturgeon, holding and measuring a fish that stretches well beyond either of them. The footage comes from the Fraser River north of Chilliwack, British Columbia.

According to CTV News' report, guide company Sturgeon Slayers put the fish's weight at roughly 1,200 pounds. The company's owner said a visitor from St. Louis, Missouri, landed it after a 40-minute fight.

CTV describes the sturgeon as potentially the largest ever caught by a female angler. That distinction is presented as a belief, rather than a confirmed record.

The footage has also prompted questions beyond the size of the catch. Viewers are asking whether the fish was released and whether it was tagged, while others debate fishing for such long-lived animals. White sturgeon can live for more than a century, though that does not establish the age of this particular fish.

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The numbers

CTV's sturgeon report drew about 135,000 views since yesterday, the most among its videos published in the past two days.

subscribers

2,430,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

3,400,727,589

views per day

2,007,094

typical day: 3,620,020

the video

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206,903

likes

2,499

comments

226

days online

2

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

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As of November 9, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

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