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RavYak
09-01-2014, 10:35 AM
Last night I was lucky and got the chance to go night fishing for sturgeon with a couple other more experienced forum members. Barry and Wes, once again thanks for taking me out.

Once we got everything set up it didn't take too long and I had a fish on the line. It came in pretty easily but ended up being my first sturgeon. It was only a little one(24 inches) but hey beggars can't be choosers lol.

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A little while later Wes got this nice sturgeon.

http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb267/murtyl/P9010006.jpg

Then things slowed down. We were having some strikes but either missing hookups, losing fish or catching goldeye, walleye, burbot or suckers.

Finally a few hours later I get hooked up again with a sturgeon and this time it feels like I envision a sturgeon should and it put up a great fight pulling my line out multiple times. In the end I was victorious though and landed this nice 48 incher.

http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb267/murtyl/P9010009.jpg

We released her

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And then continued fishing but the bite was off with only maybe 1 more sturgeon on the line. I did catch my first shorthead redhorse sucker though so that was kind of cool, even if it was just a sucker lol.

http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb267/murtyl/P9010019.jpg

Overall it was a slower night with only 3 sturgeon landed in 12 hours of fishing but to me it was still a great night. Time to have a cat nap lol.

XxXRangerXxX
09-01-2014, 10:46 AM
WTG....Nice job.

CanadianBadass
09-01-2014, 10:59 AM
Ya it was a lot of fun , You lost one from rolling off the hook, I lost 2 from rolling off the hook, And I also broke one off FFS ,. Besides those incidents was a nice fun night out !

Oh well, it happens, it was payback for me catching so many the other night lol lol !

Og Dumi
09-01-2014, 11:21 AM
Congrats!

Lund rebel
09-01-2014, 12:22 PM
Yeah who invited that guy... :scared0018:

I thought the student wasn't supposed to show up his teacher

tight line
09-01-2014, 02:38 PM
Congrats! 12hrs fishing is a small price to pay for crossing a sturg off the list!

Lund rebel
09-01-2014, 04:38 PM
Congrats! 12hrs fishing is a small price to pay for crossing a sturg off the list!

You have obviously never spent the night on the river stranded 10 km up in the bush with cba for a night lol

RavYak
09-01-2014, 09:04 PM
Congrats! 12hrs fishing is a small price to pay for crossing a sturg off the list!

It actually took me roughly 30 hours of fishing to get these sturgeon and it may have taken a lot longer if it wasn't for CBA letting me tag along. It definitely isn't the most exciting fishing but when you get a good one on the line it makes up for all the sitting and waiting.

Alberta Bigbore
09-01-2014, 09:07 PM
Nice fish!!

pickrel pat
09-01-2014, 09:15 PM
Nice.

Geezle
09-01-2014, 10:08 PM
Nice work man :cool:

waterninja
09-02-2014, 05:10 AM
Congrats on your first, rav. Lots of them being caught this year, esp. small ones. Bodes well for the future.