Fishing with Rod Discussion Forum
Fishing in British Columbia => Fishing Reports => Members' Fishing Reports => Topic started by: allwaysfishin on April 25, 2005, 04:14:05 PM
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wooohooo
my first big sturgeon damn near took my rod off the dock last night. into my last bag of oolies, i cut one in half and out she went. 1/2 hour later my rod was waving like a wind blown wheat stalk. I set the hook and well..... felt like a brick wall.
I tweaked my line a little by flicking it above the real and up she came, 100 yards out, full breach, 7 feet of sturgeon in the air. the splash looked like someone dropped a small car in the river.
Estimated at about 200lbs.
what a beauty!!!
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Wow that's a big sturgeon :o sounds like fun. Bout how long did it take you to bring em in? The only one I ever hooked into was about 3 feet but man what a fight! I got em in close and he tore the hook right out of his mouth sending a piece of his flesh into the air! Ever since I've been eager for more sturgeon action. What type of rod/reel are you using? I'm thinking of buying a new set up for Bar Fishing the Lower Fraser for salmon and sturgeon. With the proposed change in the status of White Sturgeon I may just get a new rod for tossin' large weights and use my calcutta 400 or my old Penn Long Beach 60 reel until they make up their minds. The rod I have my eyes on is a Trophy XL 12ft. 40lb test rod and the reel which I may put on hold is the Shimano TLD 20. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.
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Eagle Eye, great choice in reels. I run TLD 20s and Penn 330GTIs on my boat. If your fishing from shore you may concider the 12' ugly stick . Nice sensitive tip but lotsa' back bone on that bad boy.
I had a group out last Saturday and we boated 10 sturg. even managed a double header. I'll post some pics. latter.
Allwaysfishing, congrats on the big Dino, hows the arms feelin'?
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Sounds like a beauty Allwaysfishin', get her to the beach?
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I had a group out last Saturday and we boated 10 sturg. even managed a double header. I'll post some pics. latter.
(http://www.ultimatesportfishing.ca/photo/015.jpg)
(http://www.ultimatesportfishing.ca/photo/016.jpg)
Happy first timers. :)
Some of the other recent trip photos are at http://www.ultimatesportfishing.ca/photos.html
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been away a few days....
In answer to questions, Yup, we got her to the beach, couple of low light, no flash pictures. when i get to the end of the roll I'll try and post a pic. The rod i'm using isn't ideal but the reel is a penn 320 gti loaded with 100 lbs tuf line plus and 50 dacron leader. we were using 5/0 gami's but use bigger (up to 9/0) for the big boys above mission.
as far as the location of this catch...... sworn to secrecy ..... sorry ;D , but it is in the surrey/patullo area.
incoming tides near the high slack has been the best bite.