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Sorry, I had left the camera on shore so I didn’t get any pictures.

I’ve experienced very similar circumstance on several different pieces of property. My advice is to just move on and be grateful of the times you had there. Life is dynamic and the next spot may be as good or better!

Over the years we’ve noticed slowdowns after a cold front. We also noticed they bite well in the rain. We were out Monday during and after the storm. We pounded them on Monday. We had a triple and several doubles. We quit at 10 with a double. Last week we fished in the rain and also did well. Last year our best night was in the rain and two years ago we had our best night ever also in the rain.

Having our drag set with sufficient line on the spool is the most important piece. Personally I use 14 lb fireline with a 10 inch 20 lb mono leader. I prefer rods with a soft tip. I have caught several sturgeon over 50 lbs and haven’t had any trouble. I have a St. Croix cat rod that I use once in awhile but I found it is too stiff and I miss alot of bites with it. My two best sturgeon rigs consist of $30 rods with $30-$40 spincast reels. Go with what works for you. Good luck!

9/22/03 St. Croix Length 66 inches Girth 27 inches

It was caught a short distance from Beanies. We quickly raced into Beanies to weigh it but he din’t have a sling and we would of had to hang the fish by its mouth. We took a quick picture and got her back in the water. It took about 35 minutes to revive her but she did strongly swim away. Did I mention she did a dolphin and came completely out of the water? It was a sight we will always cherish in awe!

I use kahle 5-0. I pinch the barb down. I set and 99% it’s in the lip. They are easy to pull out. I rarely lose a fish. I tried circles but they can remove the crawlers before you wait for them to move with the bait.

Fished 6-18-07 – Pool 3 Mississippi
Live Suckers – 7:00/11:00 pm
Caught 3 small flatheads <6 lbs
1 Channel ~ 4 lbs
1 40 inch Flathead ~ 32 lbs

She was 46 inches long, 44 lbs. Pool 3 Mississippi,sucker minnow, barbless hook.

I had one and had to send it back to the manufacturer twice and then it broke again. There is probably a reason it is so cheap. I wouldn’t but another one!

I usually put the tom out with two hens. I put the tom at 10 yds facing the blind so he lines up in the window I shoot out of. I leave the window open to shoot. I’ll put one hen within 5 yds of the blind and the other off to the side of the tom. I have always hunted the G and H season in MN and have never had trouble decoying birds. Usually when a gobbler sees the strutting tom they come right to him and ignore the hens. They will often circle the strutter before they attack it.

I usually put the tom out with two hens. I put the tom at 10 yds facing the blind so he lines up in the window I shoot out of. I leave the window open to shoot. I’ll put one hen within 5 yds of the blind and the other off to the side of the tom. I have always hunted the G and H season in MN and have never had trouble decoying birds. Usually when a gobbler sees the strutting tom they come right to him and ignore the hens. They will often circle the strutter before they attack it.

St. Croix Sturgeon Tips:
-Fish the drops from 20 ft to deep water pools. We usually set up in 30ft of water to reduce the sheepshead.
-Crawlers work fine
– the majority of the fish are in the 30-35 inch range
– use a rod with a soft tip, sometimes the bite is incredibly light, you miss a lot of bites with a stiff rod tip
-the drag setting on your reel is important (I caught a 66in fish on 12 lb test line), they don’t have teeth and there are really no obstructions in the river other than your anchor rope for them to wrap the line around (they love to do that)
– never put your fingers in their gills
– I prefer to pinch the barbs down on my hooks because its much easier to pull the hooks out
-the MN DNR has only tagged 400 sturgeon in the river, so MN tagged fish are hard to come by
– pull those lamprey off of them and kill them parasites
– they seem to prefer sandy or soft bottoms