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Fishing in British Columbia => Fishing Reports => Members' Fishing Reports => Topic started by: Funeral Of Hearts on August 07, 2010, 05:06:34 PM
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Well i got up early this morning and thought i would check out a few bars i have never been to. I ended up at two bit, poplar and duncan. I bar fished duncan for a couple hours with nothing to show. I decided to pack up and head somewhere else for a different species, sturgeon. When i got to my next spot i was happy to see no one else there, although it didn't remain that way for long. A couple more people showed up looking for sockeye, but thankfully gave me lost of room to comtinue fishing for sturegon. An hour or so went by with nothing and i was almost ready to go when the bite started. The bite consisted of a few taps followed by nothing... not enough to set the hook i thought. I sat back down to relax and then tap tap tap, a few more small hits. I wait..... and ..... .. nothing.... .. so i sat back down.... well a few minutes later... tap tap tap.. somehting is playing with my bait... at this point im hoping its not some pike minnows. This went on for about 45 mins until finally it took the bait, i set the hook and had a fish on. The fish didn't seem too big, maybe 3-4 feet. The line began to rise and i awaited the leap of the prehistoric looking fish. Well, it turned out to be bigger than 3-4 feet as it exploded out of the water followed by an attempt to drag me to the ocean as it peeled line down stream. After its initial hard run it seemed to be coming it quite easily. I worked the fish in thinking, well this is a bit of a disappointment. And then the battle began.... As the fish got closer it changed its mind and decided it wanted to go in the other direction. Well there was little i could do to stop it and my line peeled off my reel at a thumb burning rate. This cat and mouse game continued for a number of hard runs, coming up near the surface a few times and then saying good bye ... .. finally after a long hard battle and some very tired arms the sturgeon gave in and allowed me to get a look at him and unhook him. The fish ended up being 76", a new record for me and my first fish bigger than me (only by 2" though).
A good day out, despite the rain.
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Great story love it! what were you using for bait?
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For bait...? something stinky.. ;)
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awesome. what rod and reel and line you using?
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Penn 321 reel
Trophy XL Sturgeon rod 8'
100 lb power pro line
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We were in a boat in that area yesterday. It was on fire for the larger fish, albeit we lost all of ours, including a fish that was well over 8' that snapped my buddies rod and bent out his 9/0 hook.
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But that didn't stop him from fishing. He fixed his rod with electricians tape and zap-straps and was back fishing in no time.
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He ended up landing a 5' and 3' fish on the broke rod.
I only hooked two fish all day and they were both at about 7', and both snapped brand new 96lb leaders.
All in all we lost 3 fish well over 6' and landed two at 5' and two at 3'.
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Wow, i can't believe he landed a fish that size on that broken rod...
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Use Salt&pepper Tuff 130 for leaders you will never have a problem again, that "96lb sturgeon leader" is unreliable.
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Use Salt&pepper Tuff 130 for leaders you will never have a problem again, that "96lb sturgeon leader" is unreliable.
thanks for the tip stealth... quick question i have my 320gt spooled with 100lbs tuff line should i beef it up to 150lbs so my main line is heavier ? i got 150lbs on my 330 that will be fine... thanks in advance D.W.C. ::) ::)
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Just be done with the lighter line and run 150 main and leader. Tie good knots are you are set..
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Then hook a snag and never break off.
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Weird. I've never snapped off a fish using 97lb leader, including this 9'4"er landed in 45 minutes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCcbtlhcXqg
I wonder if your leader is bad.
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It is old but its been kept dry, out of sun light and in a cool area.
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Then hook a snag and never break off.
All you have to do is tie off the line to the cleat of the boat or rap it around a piece of tubing and the current will do the rest...
Not to hard to figure out..
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Dion i think you must have some rotten leader.
Shouldnt be breaking fish off at that rate.
Buy some new leader and save a few Sturgeon.
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Well it held up to a skinny 4'er last night. But I think you're right. I'll be getting a new spool this week.