2012 Sturgeon Photos

  • mplspug
    Palmetto, Florida
    Posts: 25025
    #1099100

    Nice! No wonder I didn’t get a Slotomania request last night.

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59944
    #1099103

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    Launched 3 times completely out of the water – what an amazing fight!!!


    Must of named her…”OMG”!!

    She’s beautiful!

    Jakob
    Keymaster
    Rogers
    Posts: 1282
    #1099745

    55×22

    coleycrawler
    Minneapolis
    Posts: 308
    #1099796

    Ta Da! my first Sturgeon. coolest catch of the year for me. gave me a battle of a lifetime then when I got her/him in the boat it was the most calm, docile, beautiful fish.

    I wanna do it again…

    mr-special
    MPLS
    Posts: 696
    #1099813

    congrats, the season young and there’s still many more to catch.
    Kudos

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59944
    #1099936

    Quote:


    gave me a battle of a lifetime then when I got her/him in the boat it was the most calm, docile, beautiful fish.


    The gentle giant.

    Jakob
    Keymaster
    Rogers
    Posts: 1282
    #1100271

    Amazing double last night! We both thought we had caught the same fish, until mine started peeling to the front of the boat and Robs started peeling to the back.

    56×19 was mine and 52×20 was Robs both at the same time!

    jeff_huberty
    Inactive
    Posts: 4941
    #1100291

    Two and no tangle

    coleycrawler
    Minneapolis
    Posts: 308
    #1100443

    Measured on a musky bump board. Measured 48″ without pinching tail down. My “first 48-50inch sturgeon” thank you my years best catch. Hi-5’s all over the place. Wow I couldn’t imagine one of those 65″ers. Gonna try for that for sure.

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59944
    #1100775

    More than awesome photo!!

    armchairdeity
    Phoenix, AZ, formerly from the NW 'Burbs, Minneapolis, MN, USA
    Posts: 1620
    #1100809

    Forgot to post this in the thread… from a St. Croix trip on 9/9/12.

    46×16 for 16 lbs out of 25-30 FOW on crawlers. Hooked 2 that night, only one made it into the boat. Saw the other one, it was about 36″, smaller than the one we boated… but it fought 10 times harder…

    Lost it due to a combination of aft anchor rope, bow anchor rope and operator error.

    Oh well… at least we saw the fish AND we boated the big one. For once it was the little one that got away!

    jakeh
    White Bear Twp
    Posts: 997
    #1105010

    Here is my first 60″ sturgeon out of the croix. This one came earlier this season.

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59944
    #1105037

    Another nice one!

    You’ve put in some time to Jake!

    Phil Bauerly
    Walker, MN - Leech Lake
    Posts: 866
    #1107689

    A 55″ for me, Wif-e’s first ever Sturg and me and dad’s double dinosaur dance with our Walleye gear.


    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59944
    #1107701

    I’m thinking the Wif won’t forget that fish for a while!

    Congrats!

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59944
    #1087288

    I love rod bending pictures!

    mplspug
    Palmetto, Florida
    Posts: 25025
    #1087300

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    I love rod bending pictures!



    EMAIL SENT!

    coleycrawler
    Minneapolis
    Posts: 308
    #1107945

    Quote:


    I love rod bending pictures!


    Sweet!

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59944
    #1108344

    That’s what I’m talking about!!

    dfresh
    Fridley, MN
    Posts: 3053
    #1108349

    Is the rod in the first pic an Ugly Stik Tiger rod? If so, how did it fare against big sturgeon. Sadly mine went did not get tested this year

    fish_any_time
    Champlin, MN
    Posts: 2097
    #1108394

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    Is the rod in the first pic an Ugly Stik Tiger rod? If so, how did it fare against big sturgeon. Sadly mine went did not get tested this year


    Why, yes it is. I have a pair that I have been using for 5 years or so. You can really put the coals to the larger fish, but they don’t like that a whole lot and either rip off 100 plus feet of line or jump.

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