I made two one-day sturgeon trips this week. It was nice to have the weather finally cool down enough that I was comfortable going after them again. I fished a new area and we caught a few. The first trip we managed to land 10 (also lost 4), with the largest going 76". The second trip we landed 13 (also lost 3 and had 1 break off), with the largest going 78". On both trips we missed far more bites than we hooked.
The first trip was all sturgeon; however, the second trip was extremely unusual. I have been fishing for sturgeon for ~15 years and never caught a carp. On this trip I caught 3 carp (all mirror carp), two Utah chubs and a perch. The carp were all caught on pickled herring (Having used herring on all of my trips I figured carp didn’t like pickled herring).
Attached are a few pictures for your viewing pleasure.
Kent, looks like you were catching the babies this trip. Next year when I go up to Burley, there are a couple of spots that I am going to try and see if there is a left over sturgeon hanging around. Thanks for the pics, those are neat fish !!!
Well Kent looks like I will need to take you fishing to find out where your new fishing place is.
but with the sturgeons we got this week I don’t think we would have had enough time to pull in 13 sturgeons.
I forgot to mention, my fishing buddy was quickly reeling in, and after he had reeled maybe 15 or 20 feet, he had a 6 to 7 foot sturgeon on. I have watched videos of sturgeon chasing bait, on the Columbia River, and we have occasionally experienced it, but it is a rarity. Unfortunately, when he got it close to the boat his line snapped. Apparently, the line had been previously damaged and we were not aware of it.
