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Thursday 97+
Friday 102+
Saturday 95+
And that was just the temperatures!
19 sturgeon landed (one lost when it got tangled around the anchor rope) with the smallest at 24" (mine) and the largest 90" (Kory's).
Wildest experience -- Having my sturgeon jump entirely out of the water, approximately 5 feet from boat, right in front of Kory and Randy. Made it even more exciting, because they didn't even realize that the fish was anywhere near them, because I was reeling from the starboard side of the boat, and it jumped on the port side of the boat. And just before that, I had announced that I thought that I had on a large catfish. This was one of those rare sturgeons that put up minimal resistance until getting near the boat and then coming alive with all of its strength. Also, most sturgeon if they are going to jump, jump shortly after being hooked.
Second and third wild experiences (they ended in a tie) was when Randy's reel started loosing parts, as he was reeling in a sturgeon, and when Kory decided to almost find out if the Suburban would float.
Great time with lots of laughter and friendly kidding, as always, with Randy and Kory. Can't wait to get back up there again, but with cooler weather.
Pictures to be posted later.
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[#484848]In that kind of heat, that would really be a workout.[/#484848]
Good times.
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Ahh Kent, you have ALWAYS got interesting reports. You make me laugh out loud. You make me jealous. Love those sturgeon reports. Looking forward to the pictures.
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The 3 amigos are at it again!!!!![cool]
[quote Old_Coot]Ahh Kent, you have ALWAYS got interesting reports. You make me laugh out loud. You make me jealous. Love those sturgeon reports. Looking forward to the pictures.[/quote]
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Not quite the 107* temp we had up there years ago but 102* was plenty hot I bet. Nice going Kent, Randy and Kory, sounds like a good trip. Did you camp or stay in the motel on this trip?
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Hope it's not that hot Thursday. 
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Did Jim have the AC going? It is a high desert! Nice work.
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Here are a few pictures, Randy and Kory have others and Kory got some great video.
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[quote wiperhunter2]
Did you camp or stay in the motel on this trip?
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Stayed in the motel. Best $35 plus tax (divided by 3) a night I have ever spent. Last year they tore down the old outhouse and built a nice new one, but some fool sprayed the entire inside of the outhouse with soda pop, while we were there. Everything was all sticky.
That place has been discovered. Not like when we used to camp. There were several groups of people camping all the time we were there.
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Did Jim have the AC going? It is a high desert! Nice work.
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Yep, we arrived to a nice cooled room each night. It felt mighty good to our hot bodies, and being able to take a shower was just heavenly.
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Sweet![cool] Sounds like a great trip Kent.
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Had a funny experience with Jim. When I went in to pay our motel bill he told me. "You guys fish later than anyone else I have ever known and I have owned this place for nine years." I told him, "I don't know what to say except that we like to fish."
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Thanks Kent and Kory for the great Sturgeon trip!
For those that don't know, I went with a bulging disk in my neck and was on pain killers and anti inflammatory pills every day so I was under Docs orders to not lift anything. Unfortunately for Kent and Kory, that meant that I could not ever retrieve the anchor, which is done multiple times a day...and it's heavy. Fortunately, for them, we LOST the anchor eventually to that sharp lava rock on the bottom, so I didn't feel so guilty after that...  I think the heat was actually a little therapeutic however as I woke up this morning more sore than I'd been on the whole trip.
I did notice an interesting phenomena. Because of my disk problem in my neck , my right arm goes tingly and numb (and painful) whenever I'm standing straight up. This happens a lot when sturgeon fishing as you are mostly sitting waiting for a bite. Once you get a bite, you jump up and grab the pole and stand at the ready...this was extremely painful for me and I know I missed a lot of bites as I was focusing on my pain rather than the upcoming bite. Anyway, I did finally manage to hook a good fish (ended up being a 6 footer and was one of only TWO that I caught on the whole trip) and could tell immediately it was a big one. It took some time to get it landed (this was the fish that my reel was falling apart on me during the fight and the anti reverse mechanism broke when it came apart) but during the fight I couldn't help but notice that I was feeling NO PAIN whatsoever from my back/neck/arm. It was a pure adrenaline rush! After the fight was over and the fish swam off...my pain slowly started coming back and settled in. It was cool to notice the adrenaline phenomena!
As Kent mentioned, that room we rented was like the Taj-Ma-Jal (sp) and we all mentioned multiple times how glad we were not to be camping on the shore.
Thanks again Kent and Kory for doing all the heavy work for me this time, but you were rewarded with catching the most fish!
I've got one pretty cool video of Kory's big fish being measured and swimming off, other than that, I didn't end up with any good pictures other than the dove that we hit that was wedged tightly into the grill opening of Kent's suburban. I'll try and put the video up.
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Bummer on the pain, hope it gets better quickly. Stuff like that is not good to mess around with. Good job on the catch though...[cool]
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[quote N.E.T.O.]
As Kent mentioned, that room we rented was like the Taj-Ma-Jal (sp) and we all mentioned multiple times how glad we were not to be camping on the shore.
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Are you sure that this was the motel in Bruneau?
What were you drinking? or smoking? Although, it did beat camping.
The guy that owned the place was the most down to earth guy, I've ever met.
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Well done....19 sturgeon in 3 days is great.
Any wind??
I sent you a PM Kent.
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There was a little wind, but not too bad. That wind is a blessing and a curse. The blessing, this time of year, is that it makes the heat a little more bearable and any time of year it keeps the seaweed blown to the shores. The curse is that it makes it difficult to keep the boat lined up the same direction and makes bite detection difficult.
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Sounds like a great time. (sigh, someday for me) How
do you avoid heatstroke when you are tied into a battle with a big one in the hottest part of the day?
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Second and third wild experiences (they ended in a tie) was when Randy's reel started loosing parts, as he was reeling in a sturgeon, and when Kory decided to almost find out if the Suburban would float.
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Care to elaborate on the Suburban?
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