FishWisher wrote:
I dunno... this is about catching sturgeon, not Bush or sex or
commies. Is
fishing considered OT on rec.boats?

Anyway, I finally caught my first sturgeon of the season on my fifth
try. I
cruised down to Suisun Bay (on the California Delta) Wednesday
afternoon to
spend the night near Garnet Point. About 10:30 I had a feisty, tough
sturgeon on that seemed a lot bigger than he turned out to be. He
weighed in
at 43 pounds and measured 58". It took me nearly twenty minutes to
get him
to the boat. He was a very slender, tough male.

He took lamprey, a bait I haven't used in a couple of years. In fact,
both
sturgeon (one 3' shaker that I released) that night took lamprey. I
alternated the 2nd hook with shad or ghost shrimp and both sturgeon
chose
the lamprey. I reckon I'll keep using that for awhile.

Photo at my homepage:
http://groups.msn.com/FishWishersHom...stfishing.msnw

--
Dale Gillespie

I spent awhile in Martinez, and never got a chance to go sturgeon
fishing. Seen a nice one caught off of the Martinez pier, though.