55″ and 60″ – back to back!

  • mark_johnson
    St. Croix River
    Posts: 940
    October 3, 2007 at 7:46 pm #1220741

    I took my neighbor out sturgeon fishing this morning and he hooked these two ‘TOADS’ 45 minutes apart. We ended up with 7 total.

    bzzsaw
    Hudson, Wi
    Posts: 3470
    October 3, 2007 at 7:54 pm #613148

    Wow. What a way to spend the morning. Awesome pictures. Thanks for posting. So what time should I plan to meet you tomorrow morning? I haven’t called in sick for quite a while. Congrats.

    dan-larson
    Cedar, Min-E-So-Ta
    Posts: 1482
    October 3, 2007 at 7:55 pm #613149

    Wow that is a pretty tall fence on shore…

    Edit… Allow me to rephrase that – Nice job hiding your secret spot, now no one will ever know where to catch a sturgeon on the St. Croix. PFFFFFT!

    mark_johnson
    St. Croix River
    Posts: 940
    October 3, 2007 at 8:02 pm #613153

    Quote:

    Wow that is a pretty tall fence on shore…



    …… tryin to be respectful of others that were fishing in the area

    …besides, forget about the fence like thing in the pic-check out the size of those fish! He did remarkably well getting both in without hooking the anchor too many times

    stcroixer
    Croix Valley
    Posts: 689
    October 3, 2007 at 8:25 pm #613159

    Nice job men, those are great fish

    outdoors4life
    Stillwater, MN
    Posts: 1500
    October 3, 2007 at 11:14 pm #613204

    I appreciate the edit job!

    I try to do that too when I post an easy to spot area. Sometimes you would never know because I change the whole background

    Nice fish!

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59988
    October 4, 2007 at 2:02 am #613252

    Nice fish and edit Mark!

    I thought you told me you were going to LOTW’s….

    dan-larson
    Cedar, Min-E-So-Ta
    Posts: 1482
    October 4, 2007 at 2:34 am #613263

    Post deleted by Jason Halfen

    bret_clark
    Sparta, WI
    Posts: 9362
    October 4, 2007 at 2:40 am #613265

    Awesome fish guys

    dan-larson
    Cedar, Min-E-So-Ta
    Posts: 1482
    October 4, 2007 at 2:47 am #613270

    Post deleted by Jason Halfen

    Ingy
    Posts: 135
    October 4, 2007 at 2:58 am #613274

    Yeah, why not be a real pal and post your GPS coordinates, too?
    Something to keep in mind is for every honest sportsman on this site there are lurkers who don’t contribute, who don’t want to find their own fish, and who don’t care about the resource-they’re the ones who aren’t going to properly handle these dinosaurs-i.e. hold them up by their gill plates, keep them out of water for too long, pratice catch and release by tieing a fish to a dock overnight through the gills so they can “release” them in the morning. Why help them out?

    By the way, Nice fishies, Swervy!
    Ingy

    steve-demars
    Stillwater, Minnesota
    Posts: 1906
    October 4, 2007 at 5:07 am #613291

    Quote:

    Perhaps I am out of line here, and certainly I will be told accordingly if I am.

    Hey Dan – You are out of line. There was no cause for the personal attack. If you don’t like the post go to another forum. You wanted to be told accordingly so just so you know – You came across as a JERK

    Mark – Congrats on the nice fish. I’m sure your neighbor appreciated the fun outing. Don’t let the comments diminish your success.

    sean-lyons
    Waterloo, IA and Hager City Wi.
    Posts: 674
    October 4, 2007 at 5:16 am #613293

    Quote:

    keep in mind is for every honest sportsman on this site there are lurkers who don’t contribute, who don’t want to find their own fish, and who don’t care about the resource

    Yep, and after one of them pillages your spot once, you start editing background, I do it all the time. Nice hoovers guys!

    haywardbound
    New Brighton, MN
    Posts: 1107
    October 4, 2007 at 6:17 am #613299

    Mark, nice job getting your neighbor on some nice fish!

    Was it his first time sturgeon fishing? I bet it was a blast for him (and you).

    dtro
    Inactive
    Jordan
    Posts: 1501
    October 4, 2007 at 10:49 am #613309

    Those are beauts! Congrats!

    That coming from a “heavy sinker friend” who isn’t confident enough to not edit photos.

    Someday, maybe I’ll be cool.

    Staff and a guide ta boot.

    Maybe we can all help out by recommending your guide service to our friends

    mplspug
    Palmetto, Florida
    Posts: 25026
    October 4, 2007 at 10:55 am #613311

    Nice fish, but please don’t call them toads.

    What a beautiful morning to get out and catch a couple of beauts! Nice work and nice picts.

    stuart
    Mn.
    Posts: 3682
    October 4, 2007 at 11:06 am #613315

    Great fish Real crappy the way this post went though

    col._klink
    St Paul
    Posts: 2542
    October 4, 2007 at 11:23 am #613319

    Quote:

    Easy big fella. You are 100% out line. No reason to attack another member for hiding his/her spot. In fact your comments coming from a staff member are odd.

    Those are two huge fish that were caught and released with sucess. Thanks for not tagging one and chopping it up for the grill!

    rushing
    Mn
    Posts: 67
    October 4, 2007 at 11:55 am #613321

    I didn’t notice it was edited…I just just though…Finallly..they put up a fence to keep those cheeseheads locked in!

    BTW Nice Fish!

    bzzsaw
    Hudson, Wi
    Posts: 3470
    October 4, 2007 at 12:09 pm #613327

    Yep, I agree with everyone else on this thread.

    Dan,
    I’ve enjoyed your posts as well as conversations on the musky forum. Your insight has been appreciated. I can’t understand why you would come off as such a SOB on this thread. A lowly member would not get away with those comments and hopefully a staff member will not either. Maybe you had a bad day guiding yesterday, maybe not. Maybe SR schooled you on the lake of your choice? Who knows. Hope you didn’t kick your dog yesterday too.

    bret_clark
    Sparta, WI
    Posts: 9362
    October 4, 2007 at 12:18 pm #613329

    Quote:

    I didn’t notice it was edited…I just just though…Finallly..they put up a fence to keep those cheeseheads locked in!

    BTW Nice Fish!

    Now even this cheese head thought that right der was funny

    stuart
    Mn.
    Posts: 3682
    October 4, 2007 at 12:37 pm #613336

    Jason,Why did you delete Dans post?Maybe we all needed to see what kinda Field staffer he is.

    farmboy1
    Mantorville, MN
    Posts: 3668
    October 4, 2007 at 12:51 pm #613341

    Nice Fish guys

    Glad to see those cheeseheads wrapped up

    bzzsaw
    Hudson, Wi
    Posts: 3470
    October 4, 2007 at 12:51 pm #613342

    Stuart,
    I saw the post and am not surprised it got zapped.

    Quote:

    Maybe we all needed to see what kinda Field staffer he is.

    With posts like the ones he made, hopefully a “former” field staffer.

    mplspug
    Palmetto, Florida
    Posts: 25026
    October 4, 2007 at 1:00 pm #613347

    I’ll just say one thing about it. At first I thought he was kidding around, like they were acquaintances. But it became obvious after the 2nd or 3rd post that this wasn’t just some ribbing going on. I am glad it got deleted (I deleted my response too) as it would have just taken away from the thread.

    It’s all about those beautiful toads! Had he not deleted it, as the darksiders awoke this morning the thread would have gone off in the wrong direction.

    david_scott
    Twin Cities
    Posts: 2946
    October 4, 2007 at 2:27 pm #613381

    Great fish Mark! Glad to see you are finding some of those bigger fish!

    I dont even want to know what happened when I was away from the computer! It sounds like something hit the fan somewhere.. It looks like someone cleaned up the mess, I hope we can all leave it behind and get on with better things.

    bigfritzzz
    hudson
    Posts: 70
    October 4, 2007 at 2:28 pm #613382

    I didnt get to see Dans comments before they were deleted. By the sounds of everyones responses it must of been garbage! Hey Dan, you attacked one of the straightest shooters on this site!!!

    Mudshark
    LaCrosse WI
    Posts: 2973
    October 4, 2007 at 3:44 pm #613413

    Nice fish!!! ……..
    I’m REALLY gonna have try this sturgeon fishing someday

    tyler_holm
    Rochester, MN
    Posts: 260
    October 4, 2007 at 4:11 pm #613417

    Awesome, Awesome fish.

    I’m all for editing photos on that I’m going to post on a public fishing forum. I do it all the time. I’m certainly not going to let a landmark ruin a spot. I think you did the right thing, and man those are some great fish. Thanks for sharing the photos.

    life1978
    Eau Claire , WI
    Posts: 2790
    October 5, 2007 at 2:37 am #613587

    I’d like to know how to edit my pictures like that on photo shop myself. That looks a lot easier than cutting the back ground out and replacing it with something else like I do.

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