08-23-2010, 06:05 AM
My personal best is 8 feet caught bank fishing below strike took about an hour with 2 of us taking turns. I use a 12 foot ugly stick with a penn 330 loaded with 50 pound test, and I feel like thats about the most that setup can handle from the bank. I know you can land bigger fish from a boat and I'm sure people have landed bigger fish from the bank but sometimes even a spunky 6 foot sturgeon who's pissed off enough can make me feel like I'm not fishing heavy enough gear. I've lost a few fish that ran like a runaway 18 wheeler screaming down a mountain that made be feel like I lined my reel with floss instead of 50 pound line. It is a bummer never getting a chance to see what beast was on the other end. So who knows what monsters lurk down there. I've seen a picture of one landed out of a boat below strike that was over 9 feet, but I've heard alot of talk about bigger fish. PLEASE PLEASE someone take a Bleeping picture the next time you catch a monster. I wanna see what is hiding down there. Just for fun I've posted some pics of the biggest sturgeon I could find online both I believe were caught in the Fraser River in Canada. Now lets get an Idaho fish to compete with these. I'm trying [
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