That's not a surfboard; it's a 100-year-old live fish that was caught and thrown back in river - Times Now

A 100-year-old live fish

KEY HIGHLIGHTS

• Fishermen in British Columbia caught the massive sturgeon, which measured over ten feet in length and was estimated to be over 100-years-old
• Steve Ecklund and Mark Boise were fishing near Lillooet, B.C., with guides from River Monster Adventures, Nick McCabe, and Tyler Speed, when they suddenly spotted the massive fish.
  
• According to reports, the men had to wrestle the fish for two hours before being able to get it onto their boat. A short clip shared online shows one of the men using his line to reel the fish out of the water.
  
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That's not a large surfboard being held by three men. It's actually an enormous 100-year-old live fish that was recently caught for the first time in Canada.

Fishermen in British Columbia caught the massive sturgeon, which measured over ten feet in length and was estimated to be over 100-years-old

Steve Ecklund and Mark Boise were fishing near Lillooet, B.C., with guides from River Monster Adventures, Nick McCabe, and Tyler Speed, when they suddenly spotted the massive fish.

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According to reports, the men had to wrestle the fish for two hours before being able to get it onto their boat. A short clip shared online shows one of the men using his line to reel the fish out of the water.

Ecklund said the sturgeon measured 10 feet and one inch long and had a girth of 57 inches.

"Our last fish of the day ends up being the largest sturgeon caught in the company's history. This beast would definitely push 700lbs (317 kg) and be north of 100 years old," he wrote on Facebook.

The fish was released back into the water after the fisherman took a few videos and photographs of it.

Sturgeon is the common name for the 27 species of fish belonging to the family Acipenseridae. The earliest sturgeon fossils date to the Late Cretaceous.

According to a Newsweek report, white sturgeon are the largest freshwater fish in North America, growing up to 14 ft long, and weighing up to 1,500 lbs.

Fraser River Sturgeon Conservation Society said they can live for over 150 years.

White sturgeon are native to several large North American rivers that drain into the Pacific Ocean. They primarily live in estuaries of large rivers but migrate to spawn in freshwater and travel long distances between river systems.