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08-11-2013, 09:55 PM
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No Longer a Virgin
 Caught my first Sturgeon today, amazing part about it was how I caught it on a dead worm I found on the ground, also wasn't prepared for it so my drag was quite tight (thank god for the 50 lb. braid) which didn't make the fight last, although it made my arm quite sore. Right when I was about to land the fish my dad pulled the pickerel rig up and it snapped, so like any determined angler I got in the water and grabbed the fish. Great day, had a tag on it but sadly didn't know what to do with it although the tag did look like it was just put on about 2-3 days ago. Fish measured 40" and approximately weighed 15-20 lbs. also pretty thick.
P.S. reason for the "overkill" 50 lbs. braid was because I was temporarily using my pike baitcaster instead of my walleye one.
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08-11-2013, 10:00 PM
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Nice job! That looks like hermitage bank there! Lol
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08-11-2013, 10:12 PM
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Sure is!
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08-11-2013, 10:25 PM
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Congrats!
Probably not a new tag, the taggers use pit tags injected under the skin. Probably was caught recently and the tag was cleaned off to record the number on it.
And the faster you land a fish the more energy it has when you release it, probably did the fish a favour.
Keep it up!
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08-11-2013, 10:31 PM
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Congrats on the Dino. Now to work on the other V thing....
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08-12-2013, 12:27 AM
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Originally Posted by AppleJax
Congrats on the Dino. Now to work on the other V thing....
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ha ha. stop giving that 13 yr. old ideas. lol.
good for you andre. you've told me plenty of stories about the one that got away so i'm glad you finnally landed one. at this rate i'll be the last virgin standing among the regulars at herm. congrats.
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08-12-2013, 05:44 AM
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congrats on your first
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08-12-2013, 07:46 AM
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Originally Posted by evileddie713
Congrats!
Probably not a new tag, the taggers use pit tags injected under the skin. Probably was caught recently and the tag was cleaned off to record the number on it.
And the faster you land a fish the more energy it has when you release it, probably did the fish a favour.
Keep it up!
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Well the tag that it had was actually not under the skin but it was on the dorsal. The red dot on it shows that it's on the other side. It was orange and yeah.
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08-12-2013, 08:08 AM
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Congratz, nice work!!
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08-12-2013, 08:22 AM
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50# braid is hardly overkill...especially in the river..
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08-12-2013, 10:27 AM
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Really 50 lbs. isn't overkill?
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08-12-2013, 10:32 AM
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Lightest I use is 30lb PP. Congrats on the sturg.
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08-12-2013, 10:50 AM
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Thanks, and yeah I mean the heaviest I used was 65 lbs. purposely for sturgeon, but I usually use 20 lbs. for the river.
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08-12-2013, 12:01 PM
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Great job and really happy for you. But im soooo frustrated to be a 50 year old virgin siting on the river bank??
kind of creapy 
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08-12-2013, 12:04 PM
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50 is cool manyour good
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08-12-2013, 03:14 PM
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Congrats, thats still on my list
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08-12-2013, 05:33 PM
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Right on man, Good fish
Keep it up !
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08-12-2013, 07:27 PM
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Good job andre wish i couldve been there! Ill be done working in a few weeks then ill be around again. Till then tight lines.
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08-12-2013, 09:19 PM
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Originally Posted by ThisGuyCatchesFish15
Really 50 lbs. isn't overkill?
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look at my avatar, if you are fishing sturgeon water you just may be glad you had heavy line on. I was pretty happy I had 80 pound suffix on that reel! just because you never know! except waterninja, way hes going I dont think he will need more than 10 pound test 
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08-12-2013, 11:50 PM
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Congrats on the beautiful fish.
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08-12-2013, 11:54 PM
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That's awesome. Way to go! Nuttin wrong with 50# line. Especially if the big girls are lurking.
Congrats 
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08-13-2013, 09:47 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by WayneChristie
look at my avatar, if you are fishing sturgeon water you just may be glad you had heavy line on. I was pretty happy I had 80 pound suffix on that reel! just because you never know! except waterninja, way hes going I dont think he will need more than 10 pound test |
thats exactly what i needed first thing in the morning.
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08-13-2013, 09:52 AM
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thats exactly what i needed first thing in the morning.
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Im thinking if you havent been cured by spring we are going to have to drag you down here
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Shove your masks and your vaccines
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#Trudeau must go
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08-13-2013, 06:07 PM
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is it me or is there more and more sturgeon coming out of the edmonton area? might have to head up that way to find out instead of heading to the forks. lol
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08-14-2013, 02:55 AM
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Im thinking if you havent been cured by spring we are going to have to drag you down here
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am i on the wagon? no i'm being dragged behind the sturgeon wagon.
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08-14-2013, 04:55 PM
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Originally Posted by the local angler
is it me or is there more and more sturgeon coming out of the edmonton area? might have to head up that way to find out instead of heading to the forks. lol
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Well if you're headin' up here try the Legends Golf Course, it's more productive apparently.
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