03-17-2013, 02:47 PM
Yesterday I went fishing in the wind. It started out to be a good day so I took the long ride into the sturgeon hole. I stayed for about 2 hours and left. On the way back I found a spot that had a couple fish on the fish finder.
The wind was so bad I couldn't control my boat so dropped one bait close to the spot I marked the fish at and I nosed in to the bank.
I cast out with the other rod and started to get hit. Soon I had a tiny little sturgeon on. It didn't take long to reel it in. I just cast that one back out when my clicker started to go. I grabbed the rod flipped the lever and set the hook hard. At the hookset the sturgeon stated to strip line like crazy. I was still against the bank and my feet were on the ground. In seconds I was down to almost no line on the reel left. I hopped on to the foot deck and raised my feet up and clamped down on the spool with my thumb.
The fish drug my boat out into the waves and wind then started to drag my up wind. I was somewhat relieved because I got the uncontrolled situation back in my corner.
After dragging me up wind for about a 1/4 of a mile the fish turned around and drug me back up river (down wind) for about 1/2 mile. This was the first sturgeon I have caught that I have felt like I was in no control. The wind and waves didn't help. The fight and everything combined was about an hour long. I ran out of video at the end but you can see how big the fish was. It was way longer than my 7 foot rod. The wind in the video was bad so I made it as short as I could. Ron
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cr5T55Ko...DQ&index=2
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The wind was so bad I couldn't control my boat so dropped one bait close to the spot I marked the fish at and I nosed in to the bank.
I cast out with the other rod and started to get hit. Soon I had a tiny little sturgeon on. It didn't take long to reel it in. I just cast that one back out when my clicker started to go. I grabbed the rod flipped the lever and set the hook hard. At the hookset the sturgeon stated to strip line like crazy. I was still against the bank and my feet were on the ground. In seconds I was down to almost no line on the reel left. I hopped on to the foot deck and raised my feet up and clamped down on the spool with my thumb.
The fish drug my boat out into the waves and wind then started to drag my up wind. I was somewhat relieved because I got the uncontrolled situation back in my corner.
After dragging me up wind for about a 1/4 of a mile the fish turned around and drug me back up river (down wind) for about 1/2 mile. This was the first sturgeon I have caught that I have felt like I was in no control. The wind and waves didn't help. The fight and everything combined was about an hour long. I ran out of video at the end but you can see how big the fish was. It was way longer than my 7 foot rod. The wind in the video was bad so I made it as short as I could. Ron
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cr5T55Ko...DQ&index=2
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