10-18-2011, 01:52 PM
Only with sturgeon would a two foot fish be considered a "little guy".[laugh][laugh]
Good catch and good release. I think it counts as a first catch. My first and only sturgeon that I didn't even fully catch was on a fly (gold ribbed hare's ear nymph). I was in a float tube in Riley Pond, sitting still with my fly resting on the bottom while I searched in my vest for another fly. He must have just vacuumed it up off of the bottom. I couldn't believe it when I picked up my rod and he was on. I let it pull me around the pond for awhile before I realized there was no way I was going to get it all of the way up and in hand, so I got it up as much as possible and reached down to my tippet and snapped it off. An interesting experience, I am not sure it even felt the tiny hook much because it never did take off in any kind of run, or even act very concerned.
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Good catch and good release. I think it counts as a first catch. My first and only sturgeon that I didn't even fully catch was on a fly (gold ribbed hare's ear nymph). I was in a float tube in Riley Pond, sitting still with my fly resting on the bottom while I searched in my vest for another fly. He must have just vacuumed it up off of the bottom. I couldn't believe it when I picked up my rod and he was on. I let it pull me around the pond for awhile before I realized there was no way I was going to get it all of the way up and in hand, so I got it up as much as possible and reached down to my tippet and snapped it off. An interesting experience, I am not sure it even felt the tiny hook much because it never did take off in any kind of run, or even act very concerned.
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