08-21-2009, 07:01 PM
Dave and all, I finally caught a nice sturgeon!
Last night, I was shore fishing at that same spot on the St Clair river. Around 9pm, just as it was starting to get dark, I was bringing in a twenty-some-inch fish. A local guy happened by and offered to help, so I told him he could grab my net and scoop it up. It was a small sturgeon, and the guy (turned out his name was also "Dave". What's up with that?
said that he had never actually seen one except in pictures.
While we were admiring the fish, I had a hit on another rod (I almost lost it, make sure your rod holders are exceptionally well planted when sturgeon fishing). I had quite a fight on my hands, it was a much larger sturgeon. To make a long story short; I finally landed it at the boat launch. It was about 53 inches, according to my tape measure and about 35 lbs according to my digital scale. Since it was about three inches over the legal limit, I was obliged to release it.
Coincidence upon coincidence. After many attempts, and no sturgeon, I finally get two at once. One too small and one too large. I guess I'll have to keep trying for that keeper....
Btw, I also caught a small/15" walleye last night and a 19" one last week, though I haven't been targeting them. The walleye are certainly in the river now. I've seen others caught and heard reports of some much larger fish being taken...
Last night, I was shore fishing at that same spot on the St Clair river. Around 9pm, just as it was starting to get dark, I was bringing in a twenty-some-inch fish. A local guy happened by and offered to help, so I told him he could grab my net and scoop it up. It was a small sturgeon, and the guy (turned out his name was also "Dave". What's up with that?
said that he had never actually seen one except in pictures.While we were admiring the fish, I had a hit on another rod (I almost lost it, make sure your rod holders are exceptionally well planted when sturgeon fishing). I had quite a fight on my hands, it was a much larger sturgeon. To make a long story short; I finally landed it at the boat launch. It was about 53 inches, according to my tape measure and about 35 lbs according to my digital scale. Since it was about three inches over the legal limit, I was obliged to release it.
Coincidence upon coincidence. After many attempts, and no sturgeon, I finally get two at once. One too small and one too large. I guess I'll have to keep trying for that keeper....
Btw, I also caught a small/15" walleye last night and a 19" one last week, though I haven't been targeting them. The walleye are certainly in the river now. I've seen others caught and heard reports of some much larger fish being taken...