What a catch, I've never seen a fresh water fish that large, but I've heard that sturgeons can grow that big and now I know that it's not fake news. The mouth is huge and it's a good thing they don't have any teeth, or do they.
The bottom feeding fish seem to grow very large. Our son once caught a Channel Catfish that was just over four feet long, I thought that was a big fish.
Late night shenanigans, what happens on the Columbia River stays on the Columbia River. 😁