Feast your eyes on what is believed to be the first of its kind - a rare golden sturgeon.
It was just another day on the Fraser River for Francis Mai, owner of RodTuggerz Fishing Adventures, and a good friend. But shortly after taking that first cast of the morning on April 30, a fish would be landed that would get the angling world buzzing. You see, Mai hooked into a sturgeon - but not the usual run-of-the-mill fish. No, he hooked a rare golden-hued one.
The fish, measuring just shy of six-feet in length and estimated to be 20 years of age, was covered in golden spots and plates. An unusual color variation that even has the experts stumped.
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And here is a video of the fish:
This reminds us of a story we previously featured on an extraordinary-looking golden bass, caught and weighed during a tournament in Ontario, Canada. (Read that story HERE.)
Without a scale sample, the true reason for the color variation will probably never be known. Chances are, it is a genetic mutation of some sort, but, that is just a guess.
The golden sturgeon was released to fight another day - and one lucky angler has one heck of a fish story for the ages.
Images Courtesy of RodTuggerz.com
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