friend and I were bottom fishing the columbia river above castlegar expecting walleye or bows, when I started to get a weird bite the rod would bend quite far then pop back 3 times this happened. my first thought was I had lost bottom with my sinker. then next thing I know its heading for the water. luckly the rod was at arms length. now an epic battle ensued it was very one sided as I only had 15 lb test and we both aggreed I was into a sizable sturgeon. not wanting to prolong the enevitable I leaned into the rod, this produced the wrong result as the drag was not quite up to snapping the line by its self.I then spent 15 min gaining as much line back as possible. before snaping off. thankfully I was only running a 10 lb bottom that broke at the knot leaving just a size 10 hook for the big guys troubles. for the gear I had it felt like hooking a truck.
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