In my Nov.-Dec. 2024 column, I wrote about bucket lists and rattled off some locations and fish species that I’d like to check off mine. Sturgeon was suspiciously absent. It’s not that they haven’t been on my angling radar. It’s just that that my to-do list has always leaned more toward salmon and trout. At heart, though, I’m a river rat, and prefer anything that swims in moving water. Sturgeon fit that bill. I was fortunate enough to be invited last summer to fish for them on the Fraser River in British Columbia. You can read about my adventure, “Chasing dinosaurs,” along with OFAH Fisheries Biologist Adam Weir’s insights on Ontario sturgeon. Without spoiling the ending, we caught fish bigger and more powerful than anything I’ve experienced in freshwater. I came away with immense respect for those dinosaurs that swim among us. Your thoughts What are some of the most memorable angling experiences you’ve had? Email me your thoughts in 150 words or less, include a photo, and we’ll run some responses in the next issue. Originally published in the Ontario Out of Doors Fishing Annual 2026 Click here for more outdoors news For more fishing click here Discussing the 2026 fishing and boating regulation changes with Adam Weir on OFAH Stream
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