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.
http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb267/murtyl/P8310002.jpg
http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb267/murtyl/P8310003.jpg
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
http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb267/murtyl/P9010017.jpg
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.
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.
http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb267/murtyl/P8310002.jpg
http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb267/murtyl/P8310003.jpg
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
http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb267/murtyl/P9010017.jpg
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.