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Well Saturday started out kind of slow. I headed for the sturgeon hole early but had to wait for the sun to come up enough to see how to negotiate the rocks. I headed up the creek channel and I see trouble.





Well the current was strong enough and the channel was narrow. I was worried that I was going to be in a tight spot. Well I got through and made my way to the hole.
I got there and met up with my friend Joe. He had already caught a couple of fish before I got there. I started to rig up when we saw we had company. They were fishing from the bank so I was going to have to change my strategy for fishing because they were in my sweet spot.

After a little bit someone yells "hey Ron" I had no idea who it could be. Well it was our own Sturgeon Guru The Bug. We had been trying to get together for a fishing trip for a couple years. I made my way over to BS for a bit. We talked for a while and at the same time he caught a fish and we tangled lines. Bug and his dad were putting on a "how to catch sturgeon clinic for us. They caught a bunch of fish. Anyway I took a trout rod along with my Sturgeon rod. All the fish I have been catching have been small so I figured why not spice it up.

My first one was a small fish between 3 and 4 foot.




He was fun but didn't fight long on the heavy rod. The next one I got was the same size but I got that one on the trout rod. It was fun but it didn't jump or last long. Well after noon Bug and his dad pulled out and some kids showed up.

At first I thought they were just fishing but they were also there to cliff dive. I took off when they started to do that. I didn't want to be there when one hit a rock.

I headed for another hole and fished it for a couple hours, no luck. Then I decided to hit one last place before I called it a day.
I got to the spot and threw out a line. I knew that one 4 foot fish lived there. So I cast out the mort on the trout rod. BAM, I got a hit almost instantly. I tried it again and I was hooked up. I thought cool I got a little bigger fish to test the trout rod on. Then it jumps.



I knew I had a much better fish than the 4 footer I was thinking was there. I had a big fish.



I didn't know if I was going to be able to handle this big of a fish with a trout rod I just had to hold on. He started to drag me down river right off the bat. He was also spinning the boat like crazy. He never got a ton of line stripped out. I have maybe 40 foot of line at the most out and probably less than 20 foot for an average. After jumping a few times more he started to try to stay under the boat. That had me worried because he might land on me. Well he got way to close for comfort.
In this picture look under the reel. That is the fishes head out of the water coming at me.




I had another Jump that caused me to wonder the sanity of it all. That one he almost landed on me and went under the boat.



He drug me 400 yards down river to a shallow spot. And after one failed attempt to land I finally got him to roll over and I got it landed. I don't know the measured length. I laid the rod on his belly and it went from his nose to his bung hole. That rod is 6 foot 6 inches long. I was worn out after that one. I got the fight on video. Wow was it fun. Ron

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9icz71jT...el&list=UL
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That's so cool Ron!
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Watch the video it was cool. Ron

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9icz71jT...el&list=UL
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Congrats, you've been after a big one for a long time.

Did it feel like he would drag you off the casting platform?
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Not at all. you have a ton of control with the drag and with kicking your feet. The only real danger is them going under you and jumping, or getting your legs tangled. Keeping that from happening is not hard to do but when they are like this one he just kept at it and kept at it. It was like he knew what he wanted to do. Ron
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Way to go ron[cool]
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That was awesome Ron!![cool]

Man you have all the fun way to go!!
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You're a nut, and great report. That's crazy, you're crazy - sounds like a blast!


Good thing those fish don't have shart teeth, but I hear their ridges can rip you up purdy good!

Are the photos snaps from your vids, or do you have a still camera mounted on your rig also?

Leaping lizards - fund to catch fish that go aerial - had a few entertaining bass-bouts lately. But nothing like a 4-footer! Sheess!

Awesome report.

Thanks for sharing.

Windriver
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AWESOME!
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CS, I have been called crazy a lot lately. My wife almost cried when shot saw the video. The ridges are called scoots. On small fish they are quite sharp. When they get in the 7 foot range like this big one, they are just bumps.

The pictures are snaps from the video. That big one jumped a total of 7 times. Ron
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Saweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!
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Well done. Thanks for sharing
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Nice! Bass club tourneys are almost finished then it's time to return to the sturgeon hole. If you see prime time come over and say hi.
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Awesome!!!
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Yes that was awesome..good work with the camera
too.
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Awesome Ron! Thanks for going to the trouble to of taking all the pictures![]
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dtayboyz, what is prime time is that a boat? if so do you have a picture? Ron
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[quote forgiven]Awesome Ron! Thanks for going to the trouble to of taking all the pictures![][/quote]


I tell my wife I take videos to document my untimely demise. []
Ron
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I hope the insurance company does not use them against her!

"I'm sorry ma'am but he wasn't covered for for drowning by sturgeon. We feel he could have just let go of the pole........"
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