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Fishing in British Columbia => Fishing Reports => Members' Fishing Reports => Topic started by: legend on July 03, 2005, 09:11:40 PM

Title: Member of the 8 foot club
Post by: legend on July 03, 2005, 09:11:40 PM

Went out this morning to fish for trout when i realized i had forgotten the trout gear at home. Piss me off oh well a sunny day none the less. I did have my Sturgeon gear and was fishing a body of water which was known to contain Sturgeon. So instead of not fishing at all decided to anchor in a highly unlikely spot not a hope i was thinking. I baited up with my week old dew worms and played the waiting game 10 mins went by tap tap tap, BOOM FISH ON a nice weight to it and good pull 20 min fight a nice 5 footer. Re bait 10 min later WHAM ! fish on this one's a freight train runs hard for over a minute down river. Then it turns and starts to come up off the bottom I yell it's going to jump all 8 feet plus erupt from the depths when it hits the water it goes on a torpedo like run in the top ten feet of water then leaps clear out of the water again. 30 minutes passes by and it's not out of gas but i'm nearly out my arms are pumped veins bulging when it decides to jump two more times back to back I have caught 6 footers a few times but nothing compared to this beast 45 min battle incredible. I had an audience a few boats seen it leaping and pulled in to watch they were in awe. To top it off we hooked another 3 footer not bad considering I intended to trout fish. Maybe next time ill leave the trout rods at home by mistake.

Title: Re: Member of the 8 foot club
Post by: oddjob on July 03, 2005, 09:21:26 PM

Good show!!!!! If I had luck like that I would leave my trout gear at home on purpose.

Title: Re: Member of the 8 foot club
Post by: allwaysfishin on July 03, 2005, 09:45:24 PM

way to go man, that's what battlin dinosaurs is all about. sturgeon are like a cross between a shark and a alligator, just thank god they got no teeth hehehe  ;D

Title: Re: Member of the 8 foot club
Post by: DragonSpeed on July 04, 2005, 11:09:36 AM

Sweet Work....stuff Legends are made of :D

Title: Re: Member of the 8 foot club
Post by: leaseman on July 05, 2005, 09:15:56 AM

nice fish...great battle...any pictures!

Title: Re: Member of the 8 foot club
Post by: legend on July 05, 2005, 07:31:08 PM

Negative on the pics it was supposed to be a trout day not a kodak moment day. I forgot the trout rods not to mention the camera. But it sure paid off having the sturggie gear.

Title: Re: Member of the 8 foot club
Post by: BigFisher on July 06, 2005, 12:53:27 AM

Oh your referring to the 8 foot Sturgeon club, and not my 8 foot leader club. :) Man an 8 footer, arnt they rare to come by?

Title: Re: Member of the 8 foot club
Post by: legend on July 10, 2005, 08:48:33 AM

Went back to the same spot yesterday not even a sniff.