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Old 05-11-2013, 09:15 PM
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Ok.. So finally back from a 3 day adventure on the ssr and thought I would share a bit of our adventure... My buddy and I spent 3 nights camped at the ssr fishing for sturgeon. It was an exploratory trip and we spent most of our time the first day gearing up and figuring out the river. On the last day we wasted most of the day away with a regretful excursion... and the wind at night made it impossible to fish... So hard the last night it collapsed our tent and confined us to the back of the truck haha... But all in all I feel we slayed em pretty good when we were able to fish... Final tally was 7 sturgeon caught with the biggest being 50" and a 15" girth...dozens of walleye sauger and bait stealing goldeye and one small pike... Also a very interesting find washed up on shore... Tilapia?!? We really felt we would get into a monster sturgeon and we did have the fish in question jump not 20 yards from us but I guess this trip it just wasn't meant to be... Oh well reason to go back and the 50"er my buddy caught I found an old broken hook in his mouthCheep hooks = lost Dino So 4 of the sturgeon we landed were tagged including the big guy so if anyone could lemmie know where I give the details it would be appreciated... Also when I first joined AO forum I remember reading about Wayne Christie getting the gear to tag and if anyone can steer me towards how I could look into that it would be greatly appreciated . Gonna get one that charts out ( length and girth) over 105#..... ... Just a matter of time...




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I'll try to get more sturgeon pics up when I can get my computer up and work on some of the photos
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Old 05-11-2013, 09:23 PM
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awesome pics thanks for posting!
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Old 05-11-2013, 09:38 PM
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Great trip report, thanks for posting. I've been saying it for years, but I unquestionably need to make the effort and knock sturgeon off my list.
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Old 05-11-2013, 09:54 PM
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Great trip report, thanks for posting. I've been saying it for years, but I unquestionably need to make the effort and knock sturgeon off my list.


STOP saying it and do it!!!! These fish will blow your mind pound for pound Diggin up Dino's is the best!!
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Old 05-11-2013, 10:08 PM
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Looks awesome. Very interesting about the tilapia!!
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Looks awesome. Very interesting about the tilapia!!
That's exactly what I thought...?! Especially cause I posted a pic of one caught in the bow ... When I seen it on shore I thought I gotta post this!.. No ones gonna believe me!... Haha
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Old 05-11-2013, 11:49 PM
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Looks like I missed out on an amazing trip! Can't wait to see more pictures
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nice looking burgers...


nice looking fish
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Old 05-12-2013, 01:14 AM
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Looks like I missed out on an amazing trip! Can't wait to see more pictures


Don't worry fishnchicks ... Like I said before this was the exploratory trip ... Next time I take u....I'll get you on your first sturg and who knows maybe it'll be that monster I've been searching for


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Old 05-12-2013, 06:55 AM
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some nice fish there. If you are interested in tagging you will have to talk to the SRD biologist
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Old 05-12-2013, 07:03 AM
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Holly dinos! Ssr is rewarding early visitors, good job fellas.

That "tilapia" is a crucian carp, same one that is found west of brooks and in serviceberry.
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Old 05-12-2013, 09:55 AM
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Hey Wayne good to see you back... I thank you for helping me out to get onto my first sturgeon last year! Since then my passion for these fish exploded! It's good to know your back ... Not sure how I was going to rep the SSR on my own 4 hours away...

Thanks to jeprli for the fish id... Crusian carp eh .. Gonna have to research that one... Weird
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Old 05-12-2013, 11:30 AM
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FAW try reporting that carp photo. Seems like they've spread all over southern alberta, from red deer river down to ssr. They make a great pike bait, freeze some for ice fishing.
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Old 05-12-2013, 11:45 AM
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Tiny little mouths on them... What would they bite on?
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