Fishing with Rod Discussion Forum
Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: hrenya on June 21, 2015, 10:21:05 PM
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did anyone have a situation when you hook a 7+feet sturgeon , he jumped 2 to 3 times , runs for a bit and then it feels like a snag .
my buddy told me that sometimes they do that and all you need to do is just wait till they start moving again .
but today it took over an hour and he didn't move , after pulling and just about to say goodbye to gear , all was returned back , but hook was bent .
any suggestions how to act in this kind of situations ? its not a first time its happening to me .
(100lbs main/80leader)
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Big sturgeon are very good at finding structure and tangling up in it. I have lost many big fish that seem to know exactly where to go, to free themselves.... Not a lot you can do, little bit of luck is involved landing the big guys. I like minimum 100lb mono leader and 150lb braid mainline. Try to keep em off the bottom as much as possible.
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thanks , I was thinking the same