Question to ponder… Why do these sturgeon seem to often times wrap up into your line? I’m not saying it happens every time, but in our last outing of 60+ fish I’d say half of them back in with the line somehow wrapped around them. We even had a few fish that were wrapped up like a Christmas present (5+ wraps). Once in a while you could feel the fish unwrap it’s self as you brought it in, but my question still stands….WHY?
I didn’t notice this problem on the Rainy / LOTW as much, nor as often as on the St. Croix.
Is it the angle of the dangle? Current? Eddies/backcurrent? Seams? Boat Sway? Late bite detection? Leader length?
On this particular day we had very little boat sway as there was virtually no wind and 2 25# richter anchors off the front and back…cinched. We had these wraps no matter which direction we placed our bait in respect to our boat (upstream, downstream, cross current). I’ve got to believe that I’m prompt with bite detection as I hold both rods all day long (and these are fairly sensitive rods). I’m setting the hook within a few seconds of recognizing the bite. My leader were 8-10” on a 2oz no roll sinker.
The wrapped fish don’t fight near as well, and really buger up the line so if you find yourself in a similar scenario, check and replace line often.
Have you had this problem, and better yet does anybody have any suggestions on how to avoid Christmas present sturgeon?
