Neither Susie nor i have ever been Sturgeon fishing, so it was a great new experience. G Brown has a 20' jet boat and it had one of the best engines i've ever heard! He uses the boat for all kinds of fishing, and likes to use it as a ministry. He often takes kids from under-privileged homes out, and is a staple for the ACS auction. He's a model for taking this things he's been blessed with and using them to bless others. It was a pleasure being out on the river with him and Kevin.
We started fishing at some seemingly random spot on the river and almost immediately after Susie had put her line in the water, she got a bite. We all watched anxiously for a follow-on nibble, but no dice.
After almost an hour in that spot, one of the lines started bouncing, so elbowed my way past Susie and grabbed the fishing rod. We had been instructed to set the hook like we mean it, so i gave it a grand jerk and started reeling the bad boy in. It didn't take all that long, but it was a fun reel. I could feel that he wasn't a huge fish since i was able to muscle him when i wanted to. I got him to the boat fairly easily and we popped him into the boat to see if he was a keeper. Keeper length is 46" and he was slightly under 40", so we took a couple pics and released him back into the water. (ok, i'm kidding about the elbowing, but it makes for a better story.)
Unfortunately that was the only fish we caught all day. We got a couple other nibbles, but none that resulted in a fish. We changed spots a couple times and saw a couple other boats bring in fish. About mid-afternoon the wind came on strong and started whipping up whitecaps, so we packed it up and headed in. It sure was fun being out on the water and away from work for the day. It was also great to meet and fish with G Brown and Kevin.
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Nice fish--Jonathan correctly identified it as a "big fish."
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