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Title: Springers!!! At John Day dam area
Post by: cohoho on May 03, 2014, 10:42:45 PM: We went 6 for 9 take downs.... Problems -a few natives in the mix, but hey were eating....

Fought a 10ft Sturgeon for about 30minutes till we had to cut it off, that destroyed my favorite Kwik Fish. The rod I had, was a G-Loomis noodle rod and there was no way to budge it off the bottom, never going to happen.. Nor did I want to break my buddies rod either... Estimated at 10ft, as it tail walked behind the boat and caught enough to realize how big it actually was...
Title: Re: Springers!!! At John Day dam area
Post by: HUNTINCOUPLE on May 04, 2014, 08:43:36 AM: Good work boss!!! :tup:
Title: Re: Springers!!! At John Day dam area
Post by: PolarBear on May 04, 2014, 08:52:30 AM: :tup:
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Post by: h2ofowlr on May 04, 2014, 09:07:05 AM: Good times right there!
Title: Re: Springers!!! At John Day dam area
Post by: fisheral87 on May 04, 2014, 09:16:50 AM: Hey, at least you got to fight it and see it. Sorry about your Kwik fish, there will be others... :chuckle:
Title: Re: Springers!!! At John Day dam area
Post by: cohoho on May 04, 2014, 11:55:02 AM: Normally, I would of said heck with Springers and went for the Sturgeon, but I hooked it on my buddies G-Loomis noodle mooching rod and Shimano Calcutta reel, not sure how well I would have liked smoking the reel and rod during the battle... Or the cost to replace the set-up it as once it hit bottom it wasn't moving with that set up.. :yike:
Title: Re: Springers!!! At John Day dam area
Post by: wildmanoutdoors on May 05, 2014, 08:56:08 AM: Nice job! Fishing has been red hot up there!