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Title: Foul hooked sturgeon
Post by: Machias on October 13, 2009, 07:16:39 PM

A good friend of mine went fishing with the same guide I used last week and they hooked into a 8+ footer.  It took them FOREVER to get him up to the boat where they discovered he was foul hooked.  They are hard enough to get up when you hook them properly!!

(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hunt101.com%2Fdata%2F500%2Fmedium%2FIMG_0524_1_.jpg&hash=466992c4333003f0385aee6ad8e5e616c6b28fb8)

Title: Re: Foul hooked sturgeon
Post by: Alchase on October 14, 2009, 08:03:00 AM

That is one big fish! How much would an 8 footer like that weigh?

Title: Re: Foul hooked sturgeon
Post by: C-Money on October 14, 2009, 08:34:01 AM

That must have taken forever! Bet that thing pulled hard!

Title: Re: Foul hooked sturgeon
Post by: Machias on October 14, 2009, 08:46:00 AM

Probably right in the 300 pound range.  Here is a good size/estimation chart:

http://www.coastangler.com/fishing/sturgeon_weight_estimator.shtml

Title: Re: Foul hooked sturgeon
Post by: GoldTip on October 14, 2009, 09:04:46 AM

Holy moly thats a big fish, never been sturgeon fishing myself, looks like fun.

Title: Re: Foul hooked sturgeon
Post by: fishcrazy on October 14, 2009, 07:43:38 PM

300 sounds good. I've seen some much heavyer and some that are not close. 

Columbia white sturg are normally longer and not as fat. Frazer White sturg are short and fat. You will catch both in the Big C.


Kris

Title: Re: Foul hooked sturgeon
Post by: ribka on October 16, 2009, 06:04:54 PM

Can't believe that they got that big sturgeon foul hooked like that. They fight at least twice as long and harder when foul hooked
Congrats to him