Went out to go out for a Dino hunt with my dad. Launched out of Sherman
around 0900 and anchored at the power lines to catch the beginning of
the incoming. Fished roe, shad, and sardines. My roe got picked up
pretty quick, but not by the intended species.
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Cool to get hit, but I'm hoping for something bigger especially on my roe.
Moved around the power lines a bit, looking for a bigger bite.
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Waiting on a bite
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My sardines and shad is pretty old so it wasn't getting any love, but my
roe sure was getting pecked to death. I was able to stick one of the
guys picking my roe apart.
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Well I've got a striper and a
kitty
now, eventually a sturgeon will come around right? Maybe 5 minutes
later my dad's rod doubles over. He swings and that rod is bent, Alright
we got our first sturgeon on! I clear the lines and I pull my
camera
out to take an action shot of my dad fighting the fish and the second I
get my phone out the line snaps. Damn, well that's what happens when
your fishing for sturgeon with 12lb test that you haven't replaced in
probably 3 years. My dad likes the challenge of landing a sturgeon on
the lighter line and has been too lazy to replace it. Oh well, sucks,
but life goes on. Kept at it here for a while, but we didn't get
anything else except a few more bait steeling bites. Picked up and made a
run down to broad to try our luck there.
Spotted a couple of fish on the graph, dropped anchor in 45 ft of water
towards the end of the slack tide and dropped the roe down in hopes of a
big one.
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About a minute after getting our baits in the water my dad gets a small
pick
up. I see him pick up his rod and drill into a fish and sure enough he
is hooked up again. Right on new spot haven't even been here 5 minutes
and we're hooked up. I
started
clearing the other rods and once got the last on reeled in his line
went slack. Barbless hook fell out, damn lost two on one day. Nothing we
can do about that one though it happens. Baits back in the water, about
10 minutes later the boat finally swings and the outgo begins and the
second it did I saw my rod dip. I reach over and connect into a fish.
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That thing stuck to the bottom good and was bull dogging me like no tomorrow, I was positive that I had an oversized fish on.
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While I was fighting the fish the coast guard came by and watched me
fight my fish. Got it boat side and my dad and I were sure that it was a
couple of inches over. My dad held it by the lips while I grabbed the
tape measures and the tail trying to get a measurement on it. Mean while
the coast guard boat is telling my dad "Hold it by the gills to get a
better hold on it!" Come on man we know that's not how you handle a fish
you might be letting go. Got the tape on it and it reads 55 at the
fork, that's legal baby! The fish comes into the boat and that's how we
end our successful day.
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Chatted with the coast guard for a bit while I tagged my fish. They said
they were escorting a boat through here and they were going to need use
to move while that happened. No worries were leaving, ran back in and
got the boat back on the trailer before the sun went down to get back
home at a decent hour with plenty of time to clean fish and get the boat
cleaned up and put away.
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A great day on the water and looking back we hooked into three sturgeon
today. Even if we only landed one that's a great action packed day as
far as sturgeon goes. Couldn't ask for a better day. All fish, and bites
for that matter, came on roe.
Till Next Time Guys
Mark
