# Sturgeon report!
**URL:** https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/sturgeon-report/43791
**Category:** Utah Fishing General
**Created:** [June 27, 2004, 3:57am UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/sturgeon-report/43791 "2004-06-27T03:57:15Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@Kent](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/Kent)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2004, 3:57am UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/sturgeon-report/43791/1 "2004-06-27T03:57:15Z")
Wiperslayer1 and I just returned from sturgeon fishing in Idaho. We ended up getting six sturgeon to the boat (39 inches, 41 inches, 3 at 49 inches, and one at 52 inches). These are just pups as far as sturgeon go, but nonetheless we are thrilled to have caught them, and I have my new largest fresh water fish ever. Great time, great company and weather was great for much of the time. Pictures to be posted tomorrow.
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### Author:  [@Jedburton](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/Jedburton)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2004, 4:03am UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/sturgeon-report/43791/2 "2004-06-27T04:03:48Z")
Nice report kent. I wanted to go really bad, but I just got back from vacation and there was no way my boss would let me take more time off. Keep me in mind still though. I would really like to go. Let me know if you are ever fishing on a monday. I am pretty much always off. talk to ya later,
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Jed
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### Author:  [@Kent](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/Kent)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2004, 4:05am UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/sturgeon-report/43791/3 "2004-06-27T04:05:03Z")
Sorry, I forgot the other fish. Four channel cats and about 60 small mouth bass (we could have caught many more, but we only fished for them for at most two hours).
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### Author:  [@TheNails](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/TheNails)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2004, 4:30am UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/sturgeon-report/43791/4 "2004-06-27T04:30:33Z")
Can’t wait to see the pics. Sounds like a great trip all around! 60 smallies to boot? Awesome! Nails
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### Author:  [@icefool](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/icefool)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2004, 4:37am UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/sturgeon-report/43791/5 "2004-06-27T04:37:20Z")
Sounds like a great trip. Can’t wait to see the pics.
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### Author:  [@wiperhunter2](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/wiperhunter2)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2004, 5:35am UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/sturgeon-report/43791/6 "2004-06-27T05:35:51Z")
Way to go guys, what was the best bait this time? Kent, did you have the best luck in the same hole that we fished in last year with Craig? Can’t wait to see those pictures. What was the water temp? WH2
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### Author:  [@Bigfishrule](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/Bigfishrule)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2004, 9:24am UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/sturgeon-report/43791/7 "2004-06-27T09:24:23Z")
Congrats on your new biggest freshwater catch. So what was your biggest saltwater catch?
John
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### Author:  [@Theekillerbee](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/Theekillerbee)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2004, 1:58pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/sturgeon-report/43791/8 "2004-06-27T13:58:58Z")
Man that is awesome! Sure wish I could have gone. Lookin’ forward to seein’ the pics. Thanks for the update.
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### Author:  [@BearLakeMack](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/BearLakeMack)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2004, 2:23pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/sturgeon-report/43791/9 "2004-06-27T14:23:08Z")
Sounds like a great trip! Glad you boys hooked into a few. One of these trips you’ll slam the big boy! Get those pics posted!
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### Author:  [@FishingChamp](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/FishingChamp)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2004, 3:24pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/sturgeon-report/43791/10 "2004-06-27T15:24:39Z")
hey way to go ive always wanted to go sturgeon fishing but never get the chance well congrats on your fishing tripr
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### Author:  [@Coldfooter](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/Coldfooter)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2004, 3:32pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/sturgeon-report/43791/11 "2004-06-27T15:32:01Z")
Great report. Cant wait to see the pictures! Way-ta-go!
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### Author:  [@Kent](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/Kent)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2004, 6:50pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/sturgeon-report/43791/12 "2004-06-27T18:50:45Z")
Curt, yes we fished the same hole as last time and also caught one a little down stream from there. We tried all kinds of bait (cisco, trout, perch, shrimp, crawlers, and herring). I got several bites on cisco but never hooked anything, so not sure what was biting. Hot bait was the old standby of herring and 3 or 4 crawlers. (BTW – it is legal to fish with dead game fish as bait in Idaho.) I purchased a second pole permit for $12.50, which allowed me to keep up with Ira and his single pole! Water temperature was about 74 degrees. It is only around 2,500 feet in elevation in that area, so the air temperature will be on the warm side for the next couple of months. BTW – for those who don’t know, it is strictly catch and release of all sturgeon in Idaho, and it is also illegal to remove them from the water.
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### Author:  [@hustler898](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/hustler898)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2004, 7:06pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/sturgeon-report/43791/13 "2004-06-27T19:06:24Z")
looks like you guys had a balst!!! Great report and nice pix.
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### Author:  [@Xman](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/Xman)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2004, 9:22pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/sturgeon-report/43791/14 "2004-06-27T21:22:03Z")
sweet kent. sure wish i could have gone. hopefully sometime again this year. ive been itchin to try fur sturgeon. they are the coolest looking fish on the planet i think.
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### Author:  [@Kent](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/Kent)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2004, 1:44pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/sturgeon-report/43791/15 "2004-06-28T13:44:05Z")
“So what was your biggest saltwater catch?” Many moons ago, I caught a shark while fishing for Salmon. The deck hand reached down and cut my leader, so I am not sure how large it was, but it may have weighed a little more than the sturgeon – not sure.
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### Author:  [@PREDATOR](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/PREDATOR)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2004, 5:11pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/sturgeon-report/43791/16 "2004-06-28T17:11:25Z")
As cool as sturgeon are, I was wishing for some smallmouth pics.
I opened up all the attachments, but only found Ira. I have seen his mug before.
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### Author:  [@Kent](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/Kent)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2004, 5:25pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/sturgeon-report/43791/17 "2004-06-28T17:25:33Z")
Sorry, but after reeling in 4 feet plus fish, taking a picture of a 12" fish just doesn’t seem to be much of a priority. If you want to see smallmounths I guess that you will need to go to the Jordanelle threads.
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### Author:  [@LloydE](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/LloydE)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2004, 5:29pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/sturgeon-report/43791/18 "2004-06-28T17:29:45Z")
Kent,
Great report and great pictures! It sounds like you had a terrific time.
Lloyd
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### Author:  [@Lundman](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/Lundman)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2004, 5:42pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/sturgeon-report/43791/19 "2004-06-28T17:42:59Z")
Great Report Kent and glad the boys were biting. You have been in my thoughts since you said you were heading north and I was hoping you would connect with Herman (the monster) but with your report is proof you now have taken the torch and it is just a matter of time before you rip those big lips.
So how did the Penn 350m work?? I hope you were able to try the reel out.
I hope this post will generate interest in the gators up north and with it being a catch & release fishery, the potential will continue to be available for all.
So how big were the channel cats and what did you catch them on???
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### Author:  [@One\_eyed\_jack](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/One_eyed_jack)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2004, 6:00pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/sturgeon-report/43791/20 "2004-06-28T18:00:13Z")
Thank you for sharing your trip Kent. Glad you guys got into a few and I am glad you shared with all of us.
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