2012 Sturgeon Photos

  • Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    January 2, 2012 at 4:16 am #1222503

    Lake or Shovelnose Sturgeon and if you happened to snag into a paddlefish and get a photo, post her here as well!

    salmo_trutta
    River Falls,WI
    Posts: 661
    January 11, 2012 at 5:47 pm #1026824

    sweet, I get to take first honors for a sturgeon in 2012. caught this 40″ lake sturgeon in 38 fow while chasing centrarchids

    biggill
    East Bethel, MN
    Posts: 11321
    March 29, 2012 at 10:01 pm #1053944

    Rainy River March 21-24.

    Does the walleye count if I cought it fishing for sturgeon?





    Jerry Hochhausen
    Madison, Wisconsin
    Posts: 275
    March 30, 2012 at 7:27 pm #1054328

    Those are great sturgeon and wow what a nice walleye.

    wisccatguy
    Blair wI
    Posts: 51
    April 18, 2012 at 3:31 am #1059999

    Got my first sturgen today. I was Fishing the black river today and stumbled across this guy. Lost a bigger one I couldnt even turn after I hooked it. It was my birthday what a great present. trying to upload photos of motorola electrify but not alot of luck

    rschmidty
    Posts: 173
    April 23, 2012 at 4:39 pm #1061636

    My wife’s first Rainy River sturgeon from this past weekend. 56 inches!

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    April 23, 2012 at 5:48 pm #1061663

    Wow! That’s beautiful!

    A picture for the wall!!

    finman
    Posts: 277
    April 24, 2012 at 1:15 am #1061773

    69 inches long, 32 inches girth
    Caught 4/22/12

    MN DNR sheet says 99lbs.

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    April 24, 2012 at 1:23 am #1061775

    I think you could call that an even 100!

    finman
    Posts: 277
    April 24, 2012 at 1:30 am #1061778

    It sure felt like it!!!

    mplspug
    Palmetto, Florida
    Posts: 25026
    April 24, 2012 at 9:48 pm #1062151

    Hope you don’t mind finman…

    I used your photo to punk a co-worker who thought he was cool sending me a picture of a sturgeon someone he knew caught.

    finman
    Posts: 277
    April 24, 2012 at 10:16 pm #1062158

    It’s all good!!

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    April 25, 2012 at 2:02 pm #1062341

    It wasn’t that long ago when we would go nuts by landing a 50+ incher.

    Congrats!

    flatheadwi
    La Crosse, WI
    Posts: 578
    April 25, 2012 at 2:54 pm #1062359

    Quote:

    It wasn’t that long ago when we would go nuts by landing a 50+ incher.

    Congrats!

    I’d still go nuts with a 50+ incher but those are sure some beasts. Nice fish, finman!

    Phil Bauerly
    Walker, MN - Leech Lake
    Posts: 866
    April 25, 2012 at 8:34 pm #1062508

    I am learning that I need to keep my fingers out of these fishes gills. Old Muskie habits die hard but I won’t be doing that again F.W.I.W.

    mplspug
    Palmetto, Florida
    Posts: 25026
    April 26, 2012 at 11:57 am #1062689

    Is your Extreme Net Man the Norwegian?

    Nice fish.

    jon wheeler
    Posts: 4
    April 27, 2012 at 2:32 am #1063074

    Still frames from the video, thus the facial expressions. Rdwheeler landed this 66″+ (measuring stick went no further) last weekend at the Sturgeon Excursion. A girthy beast to be sure; a real chunky girl. Met some great IDO folks up there.

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    April 27, 2012 at 3:25 am #1063089

    Awesome captures!

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    August 29, 2012 at 12:28 pm #1095491

    Bump for this weekends Sturgeon Opener on the Croix.

    swollen-goat
    Nicolet County
    Posts: 222
    August 29, 2012 at 4:55 pm #1095561

    We were warming up for the St. Croix sturgeon opener last weekend on the Minnesota. My Girlfriend caught this 3 lb Shovelnose shortly after making her first cast of the day. Can’t wait to hit the big water for the Lakers this weekend!!

    Gary Sanders
    Lake Wisconsin
    Posts: 434
    September 2, 2012 at 2:06 pm #1096254

    A number of sturgeon have accidentally made it into my boat over the years but this is the first time I’ve targeted them. BK has offered up some nuggets of wisdom from time to time on targeting these and I paid attention.My angler for the day Jerry had never caught one before and after two hours of dunking worms on the Wisconsin River on day one of Wisconsin’s sturgeon season 2012 he got this one. Not the 7 footer we were after but he was proud.

    swollen-goat
    Nicolet County
    Posts: 222
    September 3, 2012 at 3:08 pm #1096363

    Well we got out on the St. Croix early at 7:00 to beat the traffic. It was slow all day, but we managed to find a few. This one bit on a crawler/fathead combo in about 20 FOW. We fished transitions near 40 foot holes closer to shore to avoid the tuna boat traffic. We weren’t able to fish more ideal spots, but some persistence and a good nap paid off.

    dfresh
    Fridley, MN
    Posts: 3053
    September 3, 2012 at 3:28 pm #1096367

    I got one too Joe! Just a small one compared to the 45″er above, but fun nonetheless.

    Note to self, next year pay attention when BK says ‘LOL weekend traffic’ about the St. Croix. What a freakin’ sideshow that thing was yesterday!

    swollen-goat
    Nicolet County
    Posts: 222
    September 3, 2012 at 7:51 pm #1096396

    If I remember correctly I believe you got 3 Doug.

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    September 4, 2012 at 3:05 am #1096456

    It fought bigger then it looks.

    Jakob
    Keymaster
    Rogers
    Posts: 1282
    September 15, 2012 at 10:36 pm #1099044

    15 fish last night – biggest was this monster and my personal best at 60×23. Launched 3 times completely out of the water – what an amazing fight!!!

    armchairdeity
    Phoenix, AZ, formerly from the NW 'Burbs, Minneapolis, MN, USA
    Posts: 1620
    September 15, 2012 at 11:03 pm #1099046

    Eh, you can do better.

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