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Sturgeon Fishing

Available: June - September

Sturgeon Fishing Video

REO and the Boothroyd First Nations offer an exciting adventure: fishing trips and charters for giant white sturgeon on the Fraser River. This amazing trip includes a 17 km float trip on the mighty Fraser River upstream of the wild canyon section. This river section is Class 1 with no significant rapids, but is a beautiful float trip. We will float the Fraser to our special fishing beaches that can only be reached through Boothroyd land. Here we will meet our native guides who will set us up for sturgeon fishing.

On a recent trip, we caught and released three sturgeons in just two hours of fishing. The largest fish was about 3.5 feet in length, weighed in at 40 pounds, and took about 15 minutes to reel in. The largest sturgeon fish ever caught from the eddies and pools above the Fraser River Canyon was 6 feet in length and took over an hour to land!

Sturgeons are giant fish with a very long life cycle. Many of the larger sturgeon are estimated to be many generations old. Given the long reproductive cycle, sturgeon fishing on the Fraser River is catch and release only. However, sturgeons are relatively abundant in the pools that we access. Based on our success to date, we will guarantee to catch and release at least one sturgeon on your fishing trip.

REO Resort is a 3-hour drive from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Whistler, Kelowna BC, Vancouver Island and Seattle are within a 4-hour drive. BC fishing licenses are required by regulations to fish for sturgeon. Day licenses are available in Boston Bar and Hope, BC.