09-28-2015, 12:53 AM
WOW !!!
What a great outing. My son and I went on our annual sturgeon trip to Idaho this past week and had a great time. The weather was awesome....little or no wind the whole time. We arrived at camp Thursday around 6 pm and headed for our favorite hole. We caught 4 sturgeon the smallest 6' and the longest 7'4". The trip is off to a good start. Gazed at the stars on a beautiful clear sky. Next morning we are on the water fishing by 7:00 am. We fished our favorite hole until 10:00 am with no love. Decided to try a new hole and caught 8 sturgeon. In the afternoon went back to our favorite hole and caught 4 more. Headed back to camp at 8 pm. 13 hours in the boat seems to go by a lot faster than 8 hours at work !! Friday morning back to the favorite...caught 3, the biggest 8' 2". Tried the new hole again in the afternoon and caught 8. Biggest 7' 3". Headed back to our favorite hole and caught 6. Back to camp...listened to the coyotes howl then hit the sack. Saturday fished the favorite and caught 6 sturgeon.....4 sturgeon before 9 am and had a double. The double was a problem....with two 6' plus fish pulling the boat different directions it was a losing battle for us .....we lost 1 to the anchor rope.
38 surgeon caught with 19 over 6'. We caught a few 2 footers which was nice just for the sake of knowing there is a younger generation coming.
Hats off to those that manage these magnificent Idaho state treasures. All of the fish we caught looked fat and healthy...they had lots of life. Many of the big ones gave us a good 15 to 20 minutes of battle.
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What a great outing. My son and I went on our annual sturgeon trip to Idaho this past week and had a great time. The weather was awesome....little or no wind the whole time. We arrived at camp Thursday around 6 pm and headed for our favorite hole. We caught 4 sturgeon the smallest 6' and the longest 7'4". The trip is off to a good start. Gazed at the stars on a beautiful clear sky. Next morning we are on the water fishing by 7:00 am. We fished our favorite hole until 10:00 am with no love. Decided to try a new hole and caught 8 sturgeon. In the afternoon went back to our favorite hole and caught 4 more. Headed back to camp at 8 pm. 13 hours in the boat seems to go by a lot faster than 8 hours at work !! Friday morning back to the favorite...caught 3, the biggest 8' 2". Tried the new hole again in the afternoon and caught 8. Biggest 7' 3". Headed back to our favorite hole and caught 6. Back to camp...listened to the coyotes howl then hit the sack. Saturday fished the favorite and caught 6 sturgeon.....4 sturgeon before 9 am and had a double. The double was a problem....with two 6' plus fish pulling the boat different directions it was a losing battle for us .....we lost 1 to the anchor rope.
38 surgeon caught with 19 over 6'. We caught a few 2 footers which was nice just for the sake of knowing there is a younger generation coming.
Hats off to those that manage these magnificent Idaho state treasures. All of the fish we caught looked fat and healthy...they had lots of life. Many of the big ones gave us a good 15 to 20 minutes of battle.
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