First oversize of 09' !

[Hoytstaffshooter83]

Well after my worst trip EVER on sat, sunday was another day, My freinds and I went out as it was way to nice of weather and I LOVE to fish, we went for keepers first above the dam, the action was slow as we boated 10 fish, most being very close to legal but all were tossed back, then that evening I decided to go after the big boys again, we laucnhed around 5 and I ran up to the dock and asked for some shad, some guys Iknow gave me 4 and off we went, we fished 2 rods and just relaxed..... I was really starting to get upset and was thinking it would be 2 days in a row without a fish, and even though its very early in the season..... that should NOT happen, well 910 rolls around and we have about 15 min of daylight left.. the famous left rod starts to dance and a few seconds later is pinned in the holder and my 100lb power pro is screaming off the reel!!.. I picked the rod up and gave the fish a few yards and WHAMM..!!  I felt that great wall that it is when you tie into one of these monsters and the fight was on!! she took my  freinds ben and Joe 31 min to land and we drifted over 3/4 mile... we took a few pics, said thanks and made sure she was okay and sent het on her way!!! I LOVE THESE FISH!!! she has a healthy  8.5 ft of power

[beave]

nice

[TeacherMan]

now that looks like a blast, nice fish, looks like you had a fun day. The deer are starting to branch out in our end of the world I'll keep you posted.

[bowhunterforever]

Nice fish! Gotta love catching monster sturgeon. Was she a jumper?

[Hoytstaffshooter83]

No i was suprised she did not jump.. she stayed deep the entire fight

[cohoho]

Nice fish.....  Curious what is the actual ruling on fishing for Sturgeon at night?  Is it allowed?  Cause man if it is I could enjoy that, no people and nice cool nights...  Just like Catfishing as a kid...

[Dmanmastertracker]

 "Night closure in
effect for all STURGEON (except Chehalis
River). Any STURGEON not to be retained
must be released immediately. Oversized
STURGEON cannot be removed totally or in
part from the water.
Tagged STURGEON: Do not remove tags from"

[fc2038]

Nice lookin fish congrats!

[huntnphool]

"Night closure in
effect for all STURGEON (except Chehalis
River). Any STURGEON not to be retained
must be released immediately. Oversized
STURGEON cannot be removed totally or in
part from the water.
Tagged STURGEON: Do not remove tags from"

 Where did you get this night closer info Dman?

 As for the fish, another spawning adult stressed for 31 minutes.

[walt]

Where did you get this night closer info Dman?

Page 30, top right corner Statewide Freshwater Rules; Sturgeon, second paragraph.

[huntnphool]

Thanks Dman, I knew where it was I just thought I would ask the question before he did Incidentally, the official sunset in that area was around 1930hrs that day, long before

well 910 rolls around and we have about 15 min of daylight left.

[huntnphool]

He's below the dam Jerome.

[Straight Shooter]

Looks like he was out in the saltwater to me.

Reminds me of tuna/yellowtail fishing off the coast of Mexico.

[Antlershed]

Thanks Dman, I knew where it was I just thought I would ask the question before he did Incidentally, the official sunset in that area was around 1930hrs that day, long before

well 910 rolls around and we have about 15 min of daylight left.

I found that the official sunset was 8:33pm, and you are allowed to fish for one hour past that...

[huntnphool]

It does look like it was about 2030hrs, so does that mean they should have cut the line at 2130