Okay now, I had said all Summer, that this Fall, I was not going to let those dino-fish (Sturgeon) distract me from the Stripers, as I REALLY want to stick a monster Striper.... 30's would be nice, but I have wanted a 40 plus SO bad, for SO long !

So, I spent 3 beautiful days on the water last week, and stuck a good handful of Stripers from 5 to 12 lbs, several of which were on my tiny little micro-light rod :-) That was fun.

But the whole time while I was fishing on the shallow, shelf side of the slough, I was watching BIG Sturgeon jumping about 200 feet from me, over the channel on the other side ! I mean, a lot of those fish are surely 100 lbs or more !

Geez, I know I said, "No Sturgy fishing"..... but maybe just a little ??? .....just until some big Stripers start coming ? Am I wussing out ? Come on guys..... How can you just ignore 100 jumping Sturgeon per day, for 3 days straight, ranging from 40 to 100 plus lbs ???

Just going crazy over here....

Fish

Am I wussing out ? Not!  

IMO, you are over-disciplining yourself.  Diversify.  Even if it means setting unrealistically crazy goals for plan B.  At least allow yourself to explore plan B.  Especially with the travel involved in your excursions.

I would try for sturgeon just for a day or two to get it out of your system. Than you can focus 100% on catching that monster striper. ;D

GO FOR IT!! I consider myself a dedicated smallie fisherman but if I see a school of stripers or LM busting I gotta try my luck.

I would try for sturgeon just for a day or two to get it out of your system. Than you can focus 100% on catching that monster striper.  ;D

Ditto that.... maybe 2 or 3 days...

Hey LBH, actually the travel for this fishing isn't too bad. Only 6 miles from my driveway to the launch ramp.... then about 8 miles by boat....

Hey The Jake, this sounds all fine and good.... Unless I stick a big Sturgy during that 1 or 2 days, then I'm probably just flat ruined ! I mean, I have a hard time staying away from them "when I haven't stuck one for a year".... let alone sticking a good one the day before ! :-)

I do actually have a Sturgeon goal too.... I want to stick a good one of like 75 to 100 lbs on my micro-light. My biggest so far on that gear was a 47 lb'er. That one took 40 minutes to land, and it was all about the boat chase :-)

Anyway, depending on the weather (wind) this week, I think I might try fishing for both the Sturgies and the Stripers :-)

Just two more days of this "work" garbage......

Peace,

Fish

Hey LBH, actually the travel for this fishing isn't too bad. Only 6 miles from my driveway to the launch ramp.... then about 8 miles by boat....

Hey The Jake, this sounds all fine and good.... Unless I stick a big Sturgy during that 1 or 2 days, then I'm probably just flat ruined ! I mean, I have a hard time staying away from them "when I haven't stuck one for a year".... let alone sticking a good one the day before ! :-)

I do actually have a Sturgeon goal too.... I want to stick a good one of like 75 to 100 lbs on my micro-light. My biggest so far on that gear was a 47 lb'er. That one took 40 minutes to land, and it was all about the boat chase :-)

Anyway, depending on the weather (wind) this week, I think I might try fishing for both the Sturgies and the Stripers :-)

Just two more days of this "work" garbage......

Peace,

Fish

I know how you feel fish chris. Ocasionally I will go for carp or catfish, but if I hook a huge one, I can't go back to bass fishing for a few days!

With discipline comes great reward.

Then I guess there's that thought of gettin' your cake and eating it too!

I'm sure you feel the same,I believe one should fish to his own expectations and satisfaction.You obviously have nothing to prove to anybody but yourself.

Good Luck and can't wait to see some pics of that 40 lb. striper and/or 100lb. sturgeons.

CJ

Sounds like what you want to do is catch a big sturgeon. So what's the problem? If you want to go after dinofish and have time to do so, DO IT! Just do what you want to do, there's no reason to deprive yourself of something you want to do if you have the time.

Hey LBH, actually the travel for this fishing isn't too bad. Only 6 miles from my driveway to the launch ramp.... then about 8 miles by boat....

Hey The Jake, this sounds all fine and good.... Unless I stick a big Sturgy during that 1 or 2 days, then I'm probably just flat ruined ! I mean, I have a hard time staying away from them "when I haven't stuck one for a year".... let alone sticking a good one the day before ! :-)

I do actually have a Sturgeon goal too.... I want to stick a good one of like 75 to 100 lbs on my micro-light. My biggest so far on that gear was a 47 lb'er. That one took 40 minutes to land, and it was all about the boat chase :-)

Anyway, depending on the weather (wind) this week, I think I might try fishing for both the Sturgies and the Stripers :-)

Just two more days of this "work" garbage......

Peace,

Fish

you are jokeing about catching a 75-100lb fish on MICRO LIGHT right?

Am I wussing out ? Come on guys..... How can you just ignore 100 jumping Sturgeon per day, for 3 days straight, ranging from 40 to 100 plus lbs

Wussy Wussy Wuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuusssssssyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy  

Are you freakin crazy  

Tell me you grabbed a heavy stick and went after those monsters.

If you didn't I will personally call all your ex's and make up horrible stories and blame them all on you.  

Hey Five Pound and Avid, micro-light gear for Sturgeon ? Sure ! Why not ? :-)

I found a rod a couple years ago which was the lightest baitcaster I had ever seen. It's 7ft long, but is rated for 1 to 6 lb mono, and was designed for Kokanee trout fishing. It reminds me of like a 1 or 2 wt fly rod. Anyway, I do use a micro-braided line on it, which is 2 lb diamter, 10 lb test.... but in case somebody reading this hasn't used braid, you should know that you can't treat 10 lb braid, like 10 lb mono, as with zero stretch, you will snap it right off. It actually works great on a rod rated for 1 to 6 lb. In a nutshell, I put about as much pressure on a fish during a fight, with 2/10 braid, as I might have used to, with 6 lb mono.

Anyway, I got this 47.6 lb'er on this rod a couple years ago, and although it took 40 minutes, and a lot of boat chasing, I really think I could handle a 100 lb'er :-) I don't care if it takes a 2 hour fight :-)

This shot shows the rod... about as thick as a pencil, at the butt end....

And this is a better shot of the fish....

Cool thing about this light of gear, is that even these super finicky, ultra-sensative fish have no clue they are about to get swung on ! With heavy gear, if you get a 2" pull down, you had better swing right now, or your chance is often long gone. Where as with this gear, they will often suck on it for a full minute or more, until you do decide to actually swing :-)

Kind of funny when you actually hook them though..... Often it takes them several seconds to even realize their is a problem :-) Last year I eased a 48 incher all the way to the boat, before it even realized what was up..... of course then it went ballistic :-) ... but I landed it anyway.

And I will be chasing them in less than 24 hours ! Whooo Hooo ! Thanks for twisting my arm guys :-)

Will still be listening closely for reports of BIG Stripers though....

Peace,

Fish

Hey Five Pound and Avid, micro-light gear for Sturgeon ? Sure ! Why not ? :-)

I found a rod a couple years ago which was the lightest baitcaster I had ever seen. It's 7ft long, but is rated for 1 to 6 lb mono, and was designed for Kokanee trout fishing. It reminds me of like a 1 or 2 wt fly rod. Anyway, I do use a micro-braided line on it, which is 2 lb diamter, 10 lb test.... but in case somebody reading this hasn't used braid, you should know that you can't treat 10 lb braid, like 10 lb mono, as with zero stretch, you will snap it right off. It actually works great on a rod rated for 1 to 6 lb. In a nutshell, I put about as much pressure on a fish during a fight, with 2/10 braid, as I might have used to, with 6 lb mono.

Anyway, I got this 47.6 lb'er on this rod a couple years ago, and although it took 40 minutes, and a lot of boat chasing, I really think I could handle a 100 lb'er :-) I don't care if it takes a 2 hour fight :-)

This shot shows the rod... about as thick as a pencil, at the butt end....

And this is a better shot of the fish....

Cool thing about this light of gear, is that even these super finicky, ultra-sensative fish have no clue they are about to get swung on ! With heavy gear, if you get a 2" pull down, you had better swing right now, or your chance is often long gone. Where as with this gear, they will often suck on it for a full minute or more, until you do decide to actually swing :-)

Kind of funny when you actually hook them though..... Often it takes them several seconds to even realize their is a problem :-) Last year I eased a 48 incher all the way to the boat, before it even realized what was up..... of course then it went ballistic :-) ... but I landed it anyway.

And I will be chasing them in less than 24 hours ! Whooo Hooo ! Thanks for twisting my arm guys :-)

Will still be listening closely for reports of BIG Stripers though....

Peace,

Fish

You know if you pull that off it will be a record for line class for sure.... Infact I bet you already have some line class records that you didnt even know about....

I'm trying, really trying, but I just can't work up a tear... :'(

So,

What's wrong with fishing for striper half a day and sturgeon the other half?

Or alternating full days?

Heck, anyone that would fish for green trout

when GIANT smallmouth are an option is half crazy, anyway! :

BTW, Nice pic of the sturgeon, but I thought they were brown?

8-)

I am still envious with those sturgeon Fish Chris. After I had asked you about them a couple months ago I had to cancel the trip I had scheduled for Oregon. One of these days hopefully I can land them like you do and I don't know how I would turn them away for another species.