As I had hoped, I made back from college for one more weekend of sturgeon fishing. My dad and I hit the water friday night for a few hours using fatheads for bait. Things started out slow and then I caught the first one of the night, a 35in. After that I caught a nice channel cat(5 or 6 lbs.) followed by another sturgeon. My dad had not landed anything by now, but he caught his first fish right after my 2nd sturgeon, a small gar. He ended up catching two sturgeon before the night was through, including the big one for the night at 42in. All in all a total of 3.5 hrs fishing with 4 sturgeon(35,38,38,42), 2 sheephead, 1 channel cat and 1 gar.
Saturday we woke up and were fishing by 5:30, and again things started out slow, but then from 6:30-6:45 my dad landed 3 sturgeon. After another 45 minutes of waiting I finally got one. For the next 2 hours action was pretty good. My dad was able to land 3 flatheads and I lost another one, and we caught a couple more sturgeon along with a few whiffs. For the day a total of 4.5 hrs fishing with 7 sturgeon(27,30,32,34,35,38,38), 3 flatheads(31,31,32) and a couple of sheephead. This was more than likely my last trip back for fishing with hunting season just two weeks away, so all I can say is that I can’t wait for next year!
September 21, 2008 at 10:48 pm
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