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Old 08-06-2013, 07:31 PM
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Had a good weekend down on the river, the weather was great, barely any wind most of the time. Fishing was fairly slow with the rising waters from the upstream rains. Met another forum member and his crew and got to watch an unscheduled diving demonstration by another camper. Moral is, dont get too drunk to stand and hang out on a riverbank I managed 5 sturgeon over the weekend, from 50 to 53 inches, as well as the usual bait stealing moon and goldeyes. one sturgeon I caught had some serious damage, thought at first it was line cuts, but it looks like maybe something happened in the flood. other than the gory details the fish seemed otherwise perfectly healthy.



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Old 08-06-2013, 07:44 PM
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sounds like a blast
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Old 08-06-2013, 08:05 PM
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Amazing scenery pics Wayne can't appreciate these pics unless your on the river at these hours of of the day gettin serious,definatly not from line scaring,dedication is a powerful thing Wayne keep the fire lit
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Old 08-06-2013, 08:15 PM
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boooooorrrrrrring!




has the steelhead rod made it this far or is it now only good as a whipping cane?




glad you had no wind,, I was fighting a head-on gale with 5 foot rollers,, fishing wasn't bad,, not good,, not bad.
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Old 08-06-2013, 09:03 PM
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Way to go sorry it was a bust but it was a good weekend for a lot of us with no complaints or it's called fishing with no regrets wasn't steel headin this a sturgeon thread so please don't confuse anybody and slow down a good thread
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Way to go sorry it was a bust but it was a good weekend for a lot of us with no complaints or it's called fishing with no regrets wasn't steel headin this a sturgeon thread so please don't confuse anybody and slow down a good thread
Wayne and I are friends, one of his rods is a 40 year old steelhead rod I traded him for a 10 foot medium light moochin rod (we both had needs that couldn't be met),, his other rod is a deal I got him on an Ugly Stick Tiger.

He knows I'm joking when I say BOOOOOOORRRRRRIIIIING!!!!!

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Old 08-06-2013, 09:21 PM
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Lol my regrets feelin like a fish out of watter raight now sorry sir will tread with a little lighter water feelin like a dumb ass raight now sorry havnt been here to long enough to now friends and lingo quite long enough will tread a little lighted
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Old 08-06-2013, 09:49 PM
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Lol! My regrets feelin like a fish out of water right now. Sorry Sir will tread with a little lighter, feelin like a dumb ass raight now sorry havn't been here to long enough to know friends and lingo quite long enough, will tread a little lighter
No apologies and none accepted,,, I didn't notice how long you've been on here.

It's all good as they say.

It takes awhile to get into the flow of AO - hey that rhymes, I should tell Leonard Cohen.

Start posting pics and stories Secret Coulee, then we can start picking on you in the friendlier older way of doing it.

And, welcome to AO Fishing Forums, a place you will soon forget and forget why you came back.
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Old 08-06-2013, 10:01 PM
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Gust only problem is the flood washed away a lot of the bottom, so its snags trees and rocks now, so a stout rod is sometimes needed, definitely time to use light line for the weights, had a few hooks stuck and breaking 80 pound braid is not much fun! still have to hook me a 5 footer on the steelhead rod, Im sure it will be up to the challenge, Id hate to break a rod with a lot of history. pretty sure my 6 foot monster is still hanging about, saw her jump a week ago, or her sister. that one I want the tiger for!
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Gust only problem is the flood washed away a lot of the bottom, so its snags trees and rocks now, so a stout rod is sometimes needed, definitely time to use light line for the weights, had a few hooks stuck and breaking 80 pound braid is not much fun! still have to hook me a 5 footer on the steelhead rod, Im sure it will be up to the challenge, Id hate to break a rod with a lot of history. pretty sure my 6 foot monster is still hanging about, saw her jump a week ago, or her sister. that one I want the tiger for!
I'd be ok with it breaking on a beast.

I was thinking about different weight setups for situations that you and dago mention and was thinking either about little sacks of sand or a long sheet of chainmail. Sacks of sand made with durable, super LOW sensitivity, army grade condoms would be good, just enough to tear and let the sand go but not the rubber in the process (for the youngins on right now,, we used to call condoms rubbers). This way you wouldn't lose your rig and could actually fish in the rootier rockier areas.
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Old 08-06-2013, 11:27 PM
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Love it there. Can't wait to go back! That poor sturgeon looks sore but somehow I doubt it slowed him down even a little Can't wait to catch my first.
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Old 08-07-2013, 12:40 PM
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WAY TO GO WAYNE. You mentioned the other AO member and his crew. He is my friend Steve and he was raving about you. He is an awesome dude and so are the girls they brought with them.
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Old 08-07-2013, 01:20 PM
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slow day? only 5 dinos? i wish.
every time i see some of your landscape pics. i can't help thinking of those old westerns where they are going to cross the rio grande into mexico. do you also have sagebrush and cactus down there?
not knocking your part of the country, it does look beautifull but i don't think i could ever get used to living somewhere with no trees.
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Old 08-07-2013, 03:11 PM
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Ninja a lot of those westerns could have been shot anywhere around here, cacti, sagebrush and rattlesnake country, I love it. That was 5 over a couple days, its slowed right down for a while. Jacen they are good people Id hang out with them anytime and hope to again soon. Btw no way those girls with them were dudes
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Old 08-07-2013, 05:06 PM
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A little polysporin and that fish will heal right up. Good to see you're still getting a few Wayne.
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Old 08-07-2013, 06:17 PM
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Have any of the AO sturgeon fishermen looked for the
ID tag on their fish?. A few years back, some of us caught & tagged
a number of lake sturgeon, look along back near fin.
The Government biologists would probably really appreciate the
number if you do see a tag. Numbers are really small and hard to read.
Thanks for the great stories & pics.
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Old 08-07-2013, 11:52 PM
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Hey what river is this? looks like a very peaceful place to fish!
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Hey what river is this? looks like a very peaceful place to fish!
it really is the rio grande. waynes been fooling us all this time.lol
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Old 08-08-2013, 08:59 AM
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Have any of the AO sturgeon fishermen looked for the
ID tag on their fish?. A few years back, some of us caught & tagged
a number of lake sturgeon, look along back near fin.
The Government biologists would probably really appreciate the
number if you do see a tag. Numbers are really small and hard to read.
Thanks for the great stories & pics.
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Wayne is part or thr tagging program....
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Old 08-08-2013, 10:15 AM
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Been tagging for a year now. Not using the floy tags anymore so you need a scanner to be sure. Couple under 30 inches so far this morning and the green
snotweed the flood washed away is back, yay
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Old 08-09-2013, 02:02 PM
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Pleased to meet you Wayne. I was not aware of the new tags.
I've fished only the NSR & Snake in Idaho for sturgeon.Must admit tho to a 75 year walleye chasing addiction. Do you shore fish?.
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Old 08-09-2013, 05:58 PM
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At the moment Im shore fishing, til I get a new foot for my jet. My addiction is sturgeon, havent found anything else that compares
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Old 08-10-2013, 12:40 PM
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Like to catch the larger whites, but they are all super fishing. Never have caught one surfacing & doing the 360, getting old and slower reflexes
I guess, or blame it on a slow camera.
Used to know a Don Christie EPS, any relative?
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Old 08-10-2013, 04:41 PM
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No relative as far as I know. Unless he just won the big lottery
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