Nice sturgeon down

[Ripper]

I may not be able to put down a spring bear but I got the sturgeon's number. I went out with FC today during our shortened sturgeon season, and was able to connect with a 53 inch 45 + lb piggy. It put up a great fight and as you can probably see it has lived a rough life. All of it's fins have been nipped and chewed by seals and sealions. Damn those worthless beast's!

[runamuk]

sweet.....and yeah he/she/it is pretty chewed up.....congrats

[Huntbear]

 

YUM!

[BOWHUNTER45]

nice one Ripper... one of the few fish I have not caught !

[ShaneTyTrey]

Good job RIPPER

[Gringo31]

I'm jealous.  This spring I caught them from 28" to 7' 8" but no keepers.... 

Nicely done!

[carpsniperg2]

I have fished for them more then a few times and never caught a keeper in season. I have caught legal length fish but not been able to keep them because the season has been closed. One of these days I will het one! I have burned my arms out on tons of shakers and a few OS'ers but never any monsters.

[FC]

That was probably as much fun for me as it was for Ripper, I still can't get over how we bent that big Frabill net right over like that trying to haul it into the boat!

[Limhangerslayer]

Nice fish, I've landed around 35 the last two trips and over 70 this season with no keepers yet.

[Blacklab]

great looking fish 

[mrmoskillz]

Good eats and nice hogg!

[singleshot12]

Good one Ripper!!   Glad to see there was atleast one out there with your name on it. I noticed the commercials were out there monday and tuesday tho.

[h20hunter]

Awesome job.....maybe we should chat about a swap...........a bit o' sturgeon meat for a few crab pots!

[h2ofowlr]

Nice fish.  White boat, with black soles.  That should be fun for cleaning.   

[Ripper]

The commercials have been hitting them hard. I used to see them swimming around all the time. It wasn't unusual to see 20+ fish a day out there. Now I rarely see one, not to mention catching one. There were so many crab pots out there it was hard to navigate and find a spot open enough to fish in. I have never seen so many commercials out there before. I hope 1 or 2 keepers make it till our season.
The black soles are non scuffing and my deck is all nonskid so it's not a problem h2ofowler.