05-17-2018, 03:12 PM
I had a sturgeon trip planned for today through Saturday and cancelled it over the weekend because of the forecast of strong winds.
A year ago, I took a newbie sturgeon fishing and he has caught the “sturgeon fishing fever” really bad (or is it good?). He contacted me a day after I cancelled my trip and asked if I wanted to join him on a sturgeon trip on the first three days of this week (the only days that the wind forecast looked favorable for the entire week). I answered yes and it was a done deal.
We had a great trip with little wind, until about 10 minutes after we got off the water yesterday, and then the gale-force winds hit. It wasn’t a great trip catching wise (but I’ve seen much worse), with only 13 sturgeon landed, 2 break offs at the boat, another got off at the boat and another came unhooked shortly after the hook set. I finished second in the fish count and my former student finished next to last in the fish count.
I caught the largest one, but it was only 8’ long, and he caught the next largest one at only 7’ 7". Sorry, no pictures, but everyone has seen pictures of 8 feet sturgeon before. My fishing partner took some video that he might post.
Fun trip with my former student and I can’t wait for my next sturgeon trip, which is coming up really soon.
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A year ago, I took a newbie sturgeon fishing and he has caught the “sturgeon fishing fever” really bad (or is it good?). He contacted me a day after I cancelled my trip and asked if I wanted to join him on a sturgeon trip on the first three days of this week (the only days that the wind forecast looked favorable for the entire week). I answered yes and it was a done deal.
We had a great trip with little wind, until about 10 minutes after we got off the water yesterday, and then the gale-force winds hit. It wasn’t a great trip catching wise (but I’ve seen much worse), with only 13 sturgeon landed, 2 break offs at the boat, another got off at the boat and another came unhooked shortly after the hook set. I finished second in the fish count and my former student finished next to last in the fish count.
I caught the largest one, but it was only 8’ long, and he caught the next largest one at only 7’ 7". Sorry, no pictures, but everyone has seen pictures of 8 feet sturgeon before. My fishing partner took some video that he might post.
Fun trip with my former student and I can’t wait for my next sturgeon trip, which is coming up really soon.
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