2015 Lake Sturgeon Season Photo Thread~ New C&R Season!

The C+R season for lake sturgeon will begin on March 1st, 2015 and run until the prescribed spring closure date (April 14th in most or all cases). Check rules when they become available.
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Added:

The C+R season closure for the MN Canada border waters including the MN portions of Lake of the Woods and the Rainy River will definitely be different than April 14th. Currently catch and release is open on those waters from Oct 1, 2014 – April 23, 2015. So are legally open right now. Dates for the remainder of 2015 will be available soon when the 2015 MN Fishing Regulations are published.

Nick Schlesser Large Lake Specialist (Lake Pepin) Minnesota Department of Natural Resources 1801 S. Oak Street Lake City, MN 55041 651-345-3365 x235 [email protected]

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41# 56″

Ya baby! Let the games begin.

Sharpest lake sturgeon I’ve ever handled.

Looks like a shovel to me. Of course I’ve never caught one.

Just looking to see who was paying attention.

WHere’s all these sturgeon pics??

I’m stuck in the short flathead season. Once August comes….

FishBlood&RiverMud wrote:

WHere’s all these sturgeon pics??

fine ill start…..first of the year 41″ can only go up from here

The sturgeon were Happy and jumping friday/saturday.
Hit boomsite landing and didn’t take 3 minutes before i saw the first sturgeon launch into the air.

Seem them jumping from boomsite all the way to andersen bay.

I ended up leaving saturday early afternoon due to bimini mechanical failure (Whoops). Biggest for me was ~20 pounder that i released boat side 2:30am saturday.

Good to see they’re still there are ready to be caught

Bait of the day?

I have a number of requests asking what to use for bait this time of year.

Brian Klawitter wrote:

Bait of the day?

The most abundant forage, of course.

Here are a couple from my last few times out on pool 4.

Welcome to the ranks of Sturgeonaire Josh!

There’s so many new people getting into the sport this year!
It’s fantastic!!

Just a little 23# from yesterday during St. Croix rush hour.

Pretty girthy.

Forgot to add this one from a couple weeks ago on the croix. 48″ I think. Looking forward to that cooler weather and bigger fish.

I may have posted these already…but I’m in the picture posting mood.

It’s been a good year so far.

Holy. That’s a big shovel!!
many big and girthy p4 fish.
No reason to come up here for them!
Nice job Brian.

FishBlood&RiverMud wrote:

many big and girthy p4 fish

P4? These all came from Sucker Creek.

The last two State record shovels came from P4, I’m certain the next one will as well.

A few from last weekend as tonight.

A Sturgeon catching Machine!

Some nice fish there FBRM!

Might have to break out the sunflower heater for this weekend Brian.

Sno Suit and charcoal warmers. Just need to get acclamated…then we’ll be good. It’s just that first night that I dread the cold…more so if it’s windy.

Great bite tonight.
173# of fish fight, 8 fish, 120 minutes

Hair over 200# in 4 hrs including a 46# and 40#, many in the 18-20# and a 16# flat.

Great night.

That’s awesome!

Nice ones FBRM!

Our fish were on the smaller side tonight.