04-02-2009, 03:24 AM
That's why I go sturgeon fishing as often as I can. I know how hard an 8 footer fights and I can only imagine the fight a large one must give the angler. I remember a trip a couple years back when we reeled about a 6 1/2 footer to the boat and I missed grabbing his tail a couple times and another angler reached down and grabbed the leader. Even after fighting that sturgeon for several minutes and getting it up to the boat, it still had enough strength to snap that 50 pound leader like it was 4 pound test. I have no idea how my friend didn't get his hand sliced by the leader.
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