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It has started again...... Yee Haw... Sturgeon
« on: January 22, 2009, 09:04:41 PM »
Well made a trip today on a last minute invite to fish with a friend from Portland that wanted to get some practice in for the upcoming derby and show me a few decent holes, fished for four hours and 6 to the boat 3 keepers... Yummy... Seriously light bitters as the water temp was 40 degrees...

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Re: It has started again...... Yee Haw... Sturgeon
« Reply #1 on: January 22, 2009, 09:11:53 PM »
When's dinner  :dunno: Nice fish

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Re: It has started again...... Yee Haw... Sturgeon
« Reply #2 on: January 22, 2009, 09:14:15 PM »
Maybe a trade for some of those Elk Medallions... :drool: :chuckle: 

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Re: It has started again...... Yee Haw... Sturgeon
« Reply #3 on: January 22, 2009, 09:16:34 PM »
Surf and Turf! Let's do it!

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Re: It has started again...... Yee Haw... Sturgeon
« Reply #4 on: January 22, 2009, 09:28:45 PM »
     Sorry to interupt your candle light dinner you two

 but ... nice fish!
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Re: It has started again...... Yee Haw... Sturgeon
« Reply #5 on: January 22, 2009, 09:44:18 PM »
 :chuckle:

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Re: It has started again...... Yee Haw... Sturgeon
« Reply #6 on: January 22, 2009, 09:45:41 PM »
 :rolleyes:
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Re: It has started again...... Yee Haw... Sturgeon
« Reply #7 on: January 22, 2009, 10:01:45 PM »
Sounds like Sturgeon envy to me  :dunno:

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Re: It has started again...... Yee Haw... Sturgeon
« Reply #8 on: January 22, 2009, 10:08:15 PM »
Something envy but not sturgeon envy!  :chuckle:
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Re: It has started again...... Yee Haw... Sturgeon
« Reply #9 on: January 22, 2009, 10:09:01 PM »
looks tasty!

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Re: It has started again...... Yee Haw... Sturgeon
« Reply #10 on: January 23, 2009, 06:06:53 AM »
congrats, those are some nice lookkin fish, good luck in the derby! :)

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Re: It has started again...... Yee Haw... Sturgeon
« Reply #11 on: January 23, 2009, 11:31:58 AM »
good lookin fish! we need some fatter ones come derby time!

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Re: It has started again...... Yee Haw... Sturgeon
« Reply #12 on: January 23, 2009, 11:45:50 AM »
I never fished for gators, I need to do that one of these days, Nice Fish!

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Re: It has started again...... Yee Haw... Sturgeon
« Reply #13 on: January 23, 2009, 11:55:04 AM »
gators with a bow...................

sorry for hi jacking thread.

Nice fish, I need to get out and fish for them again.

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Re: It has started again...... Yee Haw... Sturgeon
« Reply #14 on: January 23, 2009, 12:07:43 PM »
if you have not fished for gators then you really have never fished..........

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Re: It has started again...... Yee Haw... Sturgeon
« Reply #15 on: January 23, 2009, 04:21:21 PM »
Those are nice fish.  Wish I knew how to catch them.  Congrats.

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Re: It has started again...... Yee Haw... Sturgeon
« Reply #16 on: January 23, 2009, 05:26:39 PM »
Nice!
Someday I hope to catch a legal one.




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Re: It has started again...... Yee Haw... Sturgeon
« Reply #17 on: January 23, 2009, 09:16:24 PM »
Awsome Mike, better pace yourself though you only get 4 more this year ;)
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Re: It has started again...... Yee Haw... Sturgeon
« Reply #18 on: January 23, 2009, 10:48:10 PM »
Nice looking keepers! 

Are we under the new measuring rules yet (measuring to fork in tail vs. tip of tail)?  If so, would any of your fish been keepers under the old rule but not under the new rule?  Just curious.

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Re: It has started again...... Yee Haw... Sturgeon
« Reply #19 on: January 23, 2009, 11:17:36 PM »
I believe the new way of measuring to the middle of the fork in the tail is now in effect and different parts of the river have different minimum measurements now too!
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Re: It has started again...... Yee Haw... Sturgeon
« Reply #20 on: January 23, 2009, 11:38:29 PM »
The new measuring really doesn't change the legal size of the fish only a different measuring point.  Last year 42-60 to tip of top tail, this year to fork 38-54, still almost the same fish.  The tail will grow in porportion to the fish so of course it will be longer on the upper end of size versus smaller fish.  Mine was 46 or 47 and the other 45 or 46, add 5 inches or so and you got a 50 or 51 and 51 or 52 incher from last year..  And folks don't have to worry about if the fish was held a certain way, was the tip pulled, straight or at an angle, etc.....  It is surely easier to measure and alot quicker, less stress on the fish, well not these two but you get the picture..

Huntnphool, Since I had alot of tag soup this year for red meat decided to go on a fish diet, besides I was hungry and they looked so tasty...  Is this the official count? :chuckle:  I'm hoping before the tourney to tagged out...  I'm going to be on the big boys too often to worry about the eating size ones...... :chuckle:

Besides Springers are just around the corner, the other red meat, well sort of pink fleshy toned...

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Re: It has started again...... Yee Haw... Sturgeon
« Reply #21 on: January 24, 2009, 11:18:15 AM »
nice fish. i havent been sence i was 15 and man it was fun on light tackle.

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Re: It has started again...... Yee Haw... Sturgeon
« Reply #22 on: January 29, 2009, 06:14:12 AM »
Mike, I noticed you seem to be struggling with those two. Maybe you should be dragging along someone to help you with those.  :chuckle:
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