Real River Monster! Legendary 'Pig Nose' Fish Finally Caught By Canadian Fisherman

For over 40 years, locals have been talking about this massive fish with bizarre bulging pink nose. Despite its popularity among the fishing and sporting crowd, no one has really managed to haul it until Nick McCabe managed to do so.

On Tuesday, the 19-year-old fishing guide based in Lillooet was traversing the Fraser River. They have already finished gathering their tour when the sturgeon suddenly appeared.

"We had fished all day pretty hard and struggled to get something to a good size for my group of friends that I had out," Nick told CBC News.

"The last hole of the day there, we pulled in and it happened right away. The fish jumped right out of the river and I said, 'Well, that looks like a 10-footer, so strap on, we're going to be into at least a two-hour fight.' And it ended up being two hours, two hours and 15 minutes."

Daily Mail notes that the sturgeon which is estimated to be 80 years old got its "pink snout" in an accident 40 years ago.

This is not the first time that someone has seen Pig Nose. In fact, he has already been tagged with a microchip several years ago, but this is the first time someone has managed to haul it. Pig Nose is estimated to be 10 feet long and to weigh 650lb.

Jeff Grimolfson, who works along side McCabe at the fishing tour company River Monster Adventures, told Global News that they followed the same protocol that's used on all its fishing trips which is taking the length and the girth of the fish and recording it.

"Take some photos, videos, scan the fish with a scanner to see if he's been tagged then as soon as it beeps, we know it's been tagged," he said. "Take some measurements, make sure the fish is healthy then let him go.