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Location: Minnesota | Never done it been trying for the last 2 weeks. First week river refroze this week we were pounded with snow. Maybe next week. Has any one done it before? Planning on using my 9 foot trolling rod with tekota line counter. 4oz flat no roll stinkers and 5.0 Circle hooks. With a gob of night Crawlers on it. Any other help Appreciated. |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Sounds like you are on the right track. It's pretty much like hooking a truck by the bumper. |
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| That is basically the idea. When I last did that fishing we did exactly what you described. It is basically a waiting game and then suddenly the truck Steve mentioned takes off with your hook in it's mouth.
The fight of the sturgeon is excellent, enjoy the ride. |
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| i'd lighten up on your weights a bit for the light biters, using a 1 or 2 oz egg sinker will probably get you more bites. |
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Location: Leech Lake, Walker MN | Yes that’s right with less current you can get by with lighter weights |
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| if we talk about 100 pounds + fish i would use a circle like gama thick 7/0. sturgeon fight like no other freshwater fish,it fight x10 like a musky. if you don't want to get trouble with panfish put your bunch of worms into nylon sock. have fun! ps your flat no roll sinker is perfect , so if there is current it stay there,egg sinker is not so good
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Location: Walker, MN | I like to move every hour if we aren't getting bites. It's hard to beat the head of a hole. Use your electronics to locate them, if you have side imaging even better. Grab them by the tail and they are easy to handle, no net needed. Please don't grab them by the gills like a muskie.
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Lake of the Woods Tourism Report we publish weekely, check the OFM News tab regularly for what's happening in the fishing world: Read about the sturgeon fishing today on the Rainy
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Location: Northern Illinois | How big do these fish get? |
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| white can reach 1000 pound
Atlantic over 600
lake must be around 150 max |
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| supertrollr - 4/17/2018 10:48 AM
white can reach 1000 pound
Atlantic over 600
lake must be around 150 max
The WI DNR has netted, tagged and released some close to 200 pounds from the Winnebago system. They are pretty amazing fish. Several spots on the Wolf river where you can see them around this time of the year as they are spawning, west of New London on Cty. X, there is a paved walking path, with rip rap put there by the state and just west of Shiocton on Hwy 54, another viewing area. Don't know what impact the weather will have on the spawning. |
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| Yep whites get huge! If any of you ever get to the Portland, OR area, check out www.nwsturgeonadventures.com ...Charlie is a sturgeon fishing nut.. Pull in a few 200Lb + beasts in heavy current and the beer goes down pretty good at the end of the day.  |
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Location: Northern Illinois | Those white sturgeon have to be pretty old to weigh 1000 pounds #*^@!! |
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| it must be ,i think the lake sturgeon has his sexual maturity at 35 years old. so can you imagine for the white one . the biggest one came from fraser river at bc .they feed on dead salmon and eggs ,300 pounder are pretty common at that river
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Location: Alex or Alek? | The guy pictured caught that one walleye fishing. I can't remember how long he told me the fight was. |
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| one thing is sure you need a min of talent to bring heavy fighter like it with light gear |
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Location: Walker, MN | 60"-70"ers are pretty common now on the rainy. One hundred pound fish are caught once and a while. They are a blast. I'm headed up in the morning, the goal is a 70"+
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Location: Minnesota | I'm headed up Sunday coming home Wednesday. Could post a update on the fishing herd the boat ramps were long waits to get boats In.hoping river opens up more so there are more fishing spots |
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| I am assuming their are guides out of International Falls or some other area that would take a newbie out to fish for these? |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | North,
Take a look at the Lake of the Woods MN Tourism website, guide links there for the resorts on the rainy out of Baudette, where the sturgeon action is crazy good. Many of the resorts have full time Captains on board, and any could refer you to a good guide.
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| sworrall - 4/19/2018 9:43 AM
North,<br />Take a look at the Lake of the <a target="_blank" href="https://lakeofthewoodsmn.com/">Woods MN Tourism</a> website, guide links there for the resorts on the rainy out of Baudette, where the sturgeon action is crazy good. Many of the resorts have full time Captains on board, and any could refer you to a good guide.<br />
Thanks Steve, this is a bucket list trip for me. Not sure if and when I will do it but I have been up there during the summer and talked to folks about the sturgeon and it sounds like a lot of fun. I would not keep one, even though I have eaten smoked sturgeon and thought it tasted a lot like a quality smoked turkey breast. |
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Location: Tomahawk,Wis | Hey John
Right in your back yard Below Crawley dam is a great place to hook in to them. Had them up to 7' down there. |
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Location: Minnesota | There giving my musky gear a work out
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Nice dino, 47! |
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Location: Ashland WI | Nice work!! |
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Location: Minnesota | 57 in her kicked mu but
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Location: Minnesota | It's over had a blast giving my Beckman a workout biggest a 65 my biggest a 61 have to return to work Thursday I'll be back next year
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| sturgeon are perfectly build for cpr.easiest fish to release after fish that can breath atmospheric oxygen .nice fish ,did you caught them with bunch of worms or cutbaits ? |
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Location: Minnesota | Nothing on cut bait all crawlers |
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