04-19-2021, 01:20 PM
(This post was last modified: 04-19-2021, 02:54 PM by Gone Forever.)
1. At launch ramps as indicated on maps. I am a shore fisher for them so I am not concerned with launching.
2. On the bottom. Sturgeon are bottom feeders for the most part and their mouth is like a suckers and on the bottom of their head.
3. HOLD ON! fighting belts are recommended and reel restraints are too so you don't get a rod yanked away from you. Think of how they fight huge 8' ocean fish, because that is exactly what it is like. Pre set drag, double check knots, look for frays in the line and cut it to get them out, keep the deck clear.
4. From a stop. There is no speed. I use 8oz sinkers, bank type and 6/0 barbless circle hooks.
5. I have 2. A conventional 13' Ugly Stick surf rod with a Shimano TLD 30 spooled with 80 braid and a 50yd top shot of 50 mono and 15 mono for my sinker dropper. My other is a 12' Ugly Stick spinning mounted with Penn Battle 2 6000 spooled the same as the conventional.
6. I prefer the fall, but people fish them all year.
The question you did not ask is baits. Many will not give up their recipes for bait. Some just use mort's. I use mort's that I have pickled in a juice that I will not give the recipe for but will say that Sturgeon find their food like catfish, smell.
2. On the bottom. Sturgeon are bottom feeders for the most part and their mouth is like a suckers and on the bottom of their head.
3. HOLD ON! fighting belts are recommended and reel restraints are too so you don't get a rod yanked away from you. Think of how they fight huge 8' ocean fish, because that is exactly what it is like. Pre set drag, double check knots, look for frays in the line and cut it to get them out, keep the deck clear.
4. From a stop. There is no speed. I use 8oz sinkers, bank type and 6/0 barbless circle hooks.
5. I have 2. A conventional 13' Ugly Stick surf rod with a Shimano TLD 30 spooled with 80 braid and a 50yd top shot of 50 mono and 15 mono for my sinker dropper. My other is a 12' Ugly Stick spinning mounted with Penn Battle 2 6000 spooled the same as the conventional.
6. I prefer the fall, but people fish them all year.
The question you did not ask is baits. Many will not give up their recipes for bait. Some just use mort's. I use mort's that I have pickled in a juice that I will not give the recipe for but will say that Sturgeon find their food like catfish, smell.