FISHING

so friday morning i get to my buddy's house and walk in and he says "what are you doing tomorow around 4:00am ish." to wich i quickly replyed "going fishing with you it seams." I tell ya, that made my friday go a hole lot better. after work we fixed the missing rivet on the bottom of the boat, then my buddy had to go bowl at milwaukee lanes. after his return i brought back his battery and we commenced to clean out the boat. i got home that night around 11:00pm and was right back at 4:30am. we got to the launch at aound 5:30 and was back bouncing by 6:30.

it was going to be a purdy day


we didnt get or see anything all morning. till the sun hit the water, it started to pick up a bit.

id say 'bout 10:30am or so one of the rods buried like an ostrich's head. chucked the anchor rope and we were in for some fun.

who can tell me what this is. keep in mind thats a farely stout rod.







need another clue? it took two people and just over an hour.










how bout this one. erie aint it?



thats right. a 9 foot white sturgeon.
here she is trying to pick up our boat as she runs away again


here fishy fishy


this really shows the size of this beast. sturgeon this size are around 100-120 years of age. thay are known to get around 14-15+ feet in lenth


to finish off the day my buddy hooked into a 22" nookie. not big but tasted just as good.

hope you enjoyed.

Nice! I need to do some fishing in a bad way..

Damn, thats a big fish. Nice catch
-Ryan

That fish may have cought you

damn that things the size of a tarpon.

that was mine and katie's first columbia river oversize. let me tell you, when you first see it and you realize that the thing on the other side of the line is 3 times bigger than me, it is a really neat feeling.

Nice fish!!

wow, that thing must weigh more than all the fish I have ever caught combined! Good job reeling that in!

Wow that thing is awesome!

and i thought my 12" rainbow trout were huge.

where the hell is this? lake placid?

Thats one damn big fish. How big was the stick you used to kill it?
Hasta
Nice catch!

-Lyle

that was on the columbia river about .25mi down from the bonnaville dam. no killing involved. the leagal keepers are from 42" to 60".

Post the other pics you got.

of the spiders?

A few years ago a buddy and I managed to reel in an oversize sturgeon too.

They're very powerful fish. Reel them in 10' and they take out another 50' of line.

Very nice fish.....that is about double the size of the largest sturgeon I have caught.
It is a ton of fun, I have never been on the upper Columbia, only in Astoria during the month of June.....

DAHHMMM!!! That's a fish now. :yelclap:

juniorXJ said:

that was on the columbia river about .25mi down from the bonnaville dam. no killing involved. the leagal keepers are from 42" to 60".

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Wow, we are not even allowed to fish sturgeon on this side of the columbia.

That is a sweet catch!!!
I would love to have caught one just half that size
Great job!!