Daren made a trip out from Arizona to B.C. to cool off in our climate only to break out into a muscle testing tilt with some sturgeon including an end of trip one that was closing in on 7 ft long. We were able to fish the mouth of one river where Daren started off with two nice "research fish" and then switched to the Fraser just in time for the critical tide change where Daren picked up two more. To quote Daren, "if we get a big one now we go home". Little did Daren realize what the next cast would bring. He had been tested by the tricks of the other fish including one that just sucked on the bait but didn't bite so when Daren pulled he suddenly had a fish one. However, we saw some big ones breaching and rolling so we pulled anchor and went searching for the leviathan. A few minutes after the anchor and cast rod #2 started to dip down somewhat gently so Daren when to see if the tug would develop. A few more subtle dips in the tip and he hit the hook home. What happened next surprised us all. In typical fashion the line started streaking away and then into the evening sun a giant white shape erupted out of the water in a classic horizontal fully out of the water sturgeon breach. After the battle was done we did a quick boatside tag check and measurement and let the just under 7 foot fish go to fight another day. As Daren said later, "that fish was starting to get the best of me!" Tight lines.