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Location: Oregon | Hopefully I won't get in trouble with the mods for posting this here.
It's not a musky but I'm sure some here will like to see this picture.
My boy and I caught this sturgeon today on the Columbia River in Oregon. The fish was 10'8" long......no idea what it weighed but it was alot!
We hooked the fish on a whole fresh shad in about 53' of water and it took about 30 minutes to land on 100# braid.
In the first minute the fish jumped one time completely clear of the water, spectacular jump.
Those are my feet in the pic, I was standing on the gunnel and wish I could have gotten the whole fish in the pic but the fish was too long. We used a rope to determine the length and then measured the rope with a tape. The fish was released unharmed.
Jed
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Location: New Hope MN | nice shoes |
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Location: New Berlin,Wisconsin,53151 | I just got done watching a tarpon tournament where this team bagged a 217lb'r. Nice big fish. Now lets get back to muskies. |
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| White sturgeon fishing is on my list of to-does. That and Alligator Gar fishing and a way up north trophy pike trip. Congrats on a monster of a fish! |
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Location: Michigan | Awesome Jed! |
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| Jed, those are nice hush puppies you're wearing. Awesome sturgeon MAn!! You'll have to have me up that way one day to tie into one of those things. |
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Location: Oregon | Sturgeon are not the cool predator that Musky are but I think most fisherman would enjoy catching a sturgeon. When you see a fish that is over 10' long and hundreds of pounds jump out of the water in front of you it is really something to see.
When this fish hit the water it sounded like someone had just dropped a piano off the bridge!!! I wish I could have gotten it all into the photo...............you are seeing a bit more than half of the fish in the photo.
Jed
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | WOW! |
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Location: Grand Rapids, MI | Catching a big sturgeon is definately on my "To do's before I die" list. Nice job! |
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Location: Land of the Musky | Jed,
You DOG! What a beast! Wow, very cool fish for you and your son. Jealous to say the least.
James
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Location: Oregon | One more pic of the 10 foot fish and then a pic of a 7 foot fish we caught earlier in the day.
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Location: Pinckney, Michigan | Jed! What a great fish! I've always thought the sturgeon as a special fish. What fun that would be to catch a giant like that. |
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Location: N.FIB | wow,that thing is a monster
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| awsome fish!!! |
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Location: Eau Claire | I think I'll need a bigger boat before my sturgeon trip. |
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Location: WI | That is rediculous! I'd love to tie in with one of those someday. |
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| jed. thats amazing man. . that shot reminds me of an old movie. pequod the capt. and a great white whale. |
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| I don't think my smoker is big enough for that fish. |
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Location: Oak Lawn, IL | Jed, I think your measurements are a little off....it doesn't look a bit over 10'5"...:) Congrats on a monster of a fish!!!! I bet it was a blast! |
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Location: Minnesota | Those fish are awesome. Congrats. |
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