VANCOUVER - A hook baited with salmon meat was enough to tempt a 318-kilogram Jurassic monster from the depths of the Fraser River and more than enough to keep a local fishing guide and his clients busy
Monk M. + Co. - wholesale and retail fish dealers, 531 Front Street. Company was owned by B.C. Packers and operated by Bill Cowie and Bob Craig. Monk's Fisheries as it was referred to was located on the wharf across from Trapp's Hardware. To indicate the size of this sturgeon which was 1200 lbs, boxes which were four feet long were placed under the fish.
I saw somebody pull an 80 pounder out of Diefenbaker and thought THAT was huge!
Monk M. + Co. - wholesale and retail fish dealers, 531 Front Street. Company was owned by B.C. Packers and operated by Bill Cowie and Bob Craig. Monk's Fisheries as it was referred to was located on the wharf across from Trapp's Hardware. To indicate the size of this sturgeon which was 1200 lbs, boxes which were four feet long were placed under the fish.