On Sat, 26 Nov 2011 18:47:22 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:

On Nov 26, 8:21*pm, Dale Gillespie wrote:
Good yarn Dale. I think those smaller stripers are the best eating. What did you catch them with,
bait or lures?

I bait fish when sturgeon fishing - and I use only eel. Stripers
aren't too fond of it and don't hit it very often, but sometimes
they'll try to steal it. It's so tough that they never succeed with
their nips and rips.

Odd that they'd try to steal bait they don't really like.

===

Yes, and up in New England they fish for Stripers with eels, both real
and artificial.

On Sat, 26 Nov 2011 23:33:24 -0500, Wayne.B wrote:

On Sat, 26 Nov 2011 18:47:22 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:

On Nov 26, 8:21*pm, Dale Gillespie wrote:
Good yarn Dale. I think those smaller stripers are the best eating. What did you catch them with,
bait or lures?

I bait fish when sturgeon fishing - and I use only eel. Stripers
aren't too fond of it and don't hit it very often, but sometimes
they'll try to steal it. It's so tough that they never succeed with
their nips and rips.

Odd that they'd try to steal bait they don't really like.

===

Yes, and up in New England they fish for Stripers with eels, both real
and artificial.

Same in the Chesapeake. Foot-long artificial eels are used regularly, although I never caught a
striper on one. I never tried live eels. Didn't have a place I could leave a trap, and was too cheap
to buy them. They like quartered peeler crabs a lot, and for lures either bucktails or parachute
rigs, in tandem.

I wonder if sturgeon go after eel chunks or whole eels.

Dale, if you're watching, could you answer that? I've caught lots of catfish in the Potomac on
salted eel chunks, but I'd think sturgeon would have 'better taste'.

"John H" wrote in message
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On Sat, 26 Nov 2011 23:33:24 -0500, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Sat, 26 Nov 2011 18:47:22 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:

On Nov 26, 8:21 pm, Dale Gillespie wrote:
Good yarn Dale. I think those smaller stripers are the best eating.
What did you catch them with,
bait or lures?

I bait fish when sturgeon fishing - and I use only eel. Stripers
aren't too fond of it and don't hit it very often, but sometimes
they'll try to steal it. It's so tough that they never succeed with
their nips and rips.

Odd that they'd try to steal bait they don't really like.

===

Yes, and up in New England they fish for Stripers with eels, both real
and artificial.

Same in the Chesapeake. Foot-long artificial eels are used regularly,
although I never caught a
striper on one. I never tried live eels. Didn't have a place I could leave a
trap, and was too cheap
to buy them. They like quartered peeler crabs a lot, and for lures either
bucktails or parachute
rigs, in tandem.

I wonder if sturgeon go after eel chunks or whole eels.

Dale, if you're watching, could you answer that? I've caught lots of catfish
in the Potomac on
salted eel chunks, but I'd think sturgeon would have 'better taste'.


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Lamprey eels are the eel of sturgeon choice. They eat them when they come
in to the rivers to spawn. As to using Lamprey eel for bait, we have a
major problem with Mitten Crabs. An invasive species. Seems they are not
as bad as a few years ago, so maybe the local fish have decided they are
good to eat. They will clean the hooks of expensive shrimp baits and
threadfin Shad very quickly.

I wonder if sturgeon go after eel chunks or whole eels.

Dale, if you're watching, could you answer that? I've caught lots of catfish in the Potomac on
salted eel chunks, but I'd think sturgeon would have 'better taste'.

CalifBill got it right I think. I've never caught or seen a live
lamprey eel in the delta, but they're likely there. Wish I knew how/
where to catch some it would save a lot of bait money!

Sturgeon do not have good taste when it comes to what they eat. One
was found with a license plate in its belly some years ago. The smell
of an eel is putrid but sturgeon go right after them. Can't say that
I've ever caught a cat fish on eel, and that might say a lot about
eel!

Dale

In article e9c5a185-8e6b-42f3-bd14-c4a25f0fdc73
@p7g2000pre.googlegroups.com, says...

I wonder if sturgeon go after eel chunks or whole eels.

Dale, if you're watching, could you answer that? I've caught lots of catfish in the Potomac on
salted eel chunks, but I'd think sturgeon would have 'better taste'.

CalifBill got it right I think. I've never caught or seen a live
lamprey eel in the delta, but they're likely there. Wish I knew how/
where to catch some it would save a lot of bait money!

Sturgeon do not have good taste when it comes to what they eat. One
was found with a license plate in its belly some years ago. The smell
of an eel is putrid but sturgeon go right after them. Can't say that
I've ever caught a cat fish on eel, and that might say a lot about
eel!

Dale

Dale, I understand that they are trapped

http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/48...Eel_trap_.html

"Dale Gillespie" wrote in message
...

I wonder if sturgeon go after eel chunks or whole eels.

Dale, if you're watching, could you answer that? I've caught lots of
catfish in the Potomac on
salted eel chunks, but I'd think sturgeon would have 'better taste'.

CalifBill got it right I think. I've never caught or seen a live
lamprey eel in the delta, but they're likely there. Wish I knew how/
where to catch some it would save a lot of bait money!

Sturgeon do not have good taste when it comes to what they eat. One
was found with a license plate in its belly some years ago. The smell
of an eel is putrid but sturgeon go right after them. Can't say that
I've ever caught a cat fish on eel, and that might say a lot about
eel!

Dale


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I think we get some small runs of eel in a few of the rivers. I have seen
the bodies after spawning (they die) in the Gualala River. Our tagged
sturgeon have been caught in the Columbia, so they do travel.

North Star wrote:
On Nov 24, 2:03 pm, Dale wrote:
On Nov 24, 9:40 am, wrote:

Nice looking Stripers Dale. Keep the articles coming. BTW, I like your
boat with the hard cabin. You don't see any here except for at lake
Carlyle, they're used by the Army Corps of engineers.
Thanks, Tim. I don't know if I posted here about my dementia episode
back in '07 when I sold my first C-Dory. She was set up just perfect
and I sold her thinking the launching, retrieving, projects, etc. were
getting to be too much work for this old man. (http://
fishwisher.wordpress.com/2010/11/01/fishwisher-i-is-gone-i-sold-my-baby
%E2%80%A6/)

Anyway, that was the dumbest thing I ever did! I bought and sold three
boats after that foolishness, and finally bought the present C-Dory I
now have. I'm getting this one set up to my liking as time goes by,
and I have sworn that this one won't be sold 'til my estate sale!

You're right about having a cabin - it makes for pretty comfortable
conditions when it's cold out. I have an Olympic 3 catalytic heater
aboard now, but plan on getting a vented catalytic soon as the
unvented puts too much moisture in the cabin, and even with a couple
of windows cracked a bit it will set off my CO alarm on high. This
$pending money on $tuff for the boat ju$t never, ever end$!!

-Dale
Lucky you!
We got a foot of heavy wet snow yesterday.... too much for the
electric snowblower to handle.
I'm sore now from all the shoveling.
Not only that... my boat& trailer haven't been put up on blocks yet
for the winter.
I have quite a pile of snow between it and it's off season resting
place at the end of the driveway.

At least all of your yard debris is hidden for a while. When did the
boat come _off_ of the blocks this year?

-HB

On 11/28/2011 8:12 PM, Honey Badger wrote:
North Star wrote:
On Nov 24, 2:03 pm, Dale wrote:
On Nov 24, 9:40 am, wrote:

Nice looking Stripers Dale. Keep the articles coming. BTW, I like your
boat with the hard cabin. You don't see any here except for at lake
Carlyle, they're used by the Army Corps of engineers.
Thanks, Tim. I don't know if I posted here about my dementia episode
back in '07 when I sold my first C-Dory. She was set up just perfect
and I sold her thinking the launching, retrieving, projects, etc. were
getting to be too much work for this old man. (http://
fishwisher.wordpress.com/2010/11/01/fishwisher-i-is-gone-i-sold-my-baby
%E2%80%A6/)

Anyway, that was the dumbest thing I ever did! I bought and sold three
boats after that foolishness, and finally bought the present C-Dory I
now have. I'm getting this one set up to my liking as time goes by,
and I have sworn that this one won't be sold 'til my estate sale!

You're right about having a cabin - it makes for pretty comfortable
conditions when it's cold out. I have an Olympic 3 catalytic heater
aboard now, but plan on getting a vented catalytic soon as the
unvented puts too much moisture in the cabin, and even with a couple
of windows cracked a bit it will set off my CO alarm on high. This
$pending money on $tuff for the boat ju$t never, ever end$!!

-Dale
Lucky you!
We got a foot of heavy wet snow yesterday.... too much for the
electric snowblower to handle.
I'm sore now from all the shoveling.
Not only that... my boat& trailer haven't been put up on blocks yet
for the winter.
I have quite a pile of snow between it and it's off season resting
place at the end of the driveway.

At least all of your yard debris is hidden for a while. When did the
boat come _off_ of the blocks this year?

-HB

The guy is sore from shoveling a 30 foot driveway? I use more energy in
my morning workout at the gym with my kid Guess I don't have a bunch
to worry about from the fat man from NS...

On Dec 4, 9:26*pm, wrote:
On Mon, 28 Nov 2011 21:22:51 -0500, JustWait





wrote:
On 11/28/2011 8:12 PM, Honey Badger wrote:
North Star wrote:
On Nov 24, 2:03 pm, Dale wrote:
On Nov 24, 9:40 am, wrote:

Nice looking Stripers Dale. Keep the articles coming. BTW, I like your
boat with the hard cabin. You don't see any here except for at lake
Carlyle, they're used by the Army Corps of engineers.
Thanks, Tim. I don't know if I posted here about my dementia episode
back in '07 when I sold my first C-Dory. She was set up just perfect
and I sold her thinking the launching, retrieving, projects, etc. were
getting to be too much work for this old man. (http://
fishwisher.wordpress.com/2010/11/01/fishwisher-i-is-gone-i-sold-my-baby
%E2%80%A6/)

Anyway, that was the dumbest thing I ever did! I bought and sold three
boats after that foolishness, and finally bought the present C-Dory I
now have. I'm getting this one set up to my liking as time goes by,
and I have sworn that this one won't be sold 'til my estate sale!

You're right about having a cabin - it makes for pretty comfortable
conditions when it's cold out. I have an Olympic 3 catalytic heater
aboard now, but plan on getting a vented catalytic soon as the
unvented puts too much moisture in the cabin, and even with a couple
of windows cracked a bit it will set off my CO alarm on high. This
$pending money on $tuff for the boat ju$t never, ever end$!!

-Dale
Lucky you!
We got a foot of heavy wet snow yesterday.... too much for the
electric snowblower to handle.
I'm sore now from all the shoveling.
Not only that... my boat& trailer haven't been put up on blocks yet
for the winter.
I have quite a pile of snow between it and it's off season resting
place at the end of the driveway.

At least all of your yard debris is hidden for a while. When did the
boat come _off_ of the blocks this year?

-HB

The guy is sore from shoveling a 30 foot driveway? I use more energy in
my morning workout at the gym with my kid Guess I don't have a bunch
to worry about from the fat man from NS...

Why don't you use a little of that energy to pay your taxes,
freeloader? Or do you expect all of your neighbors to carry your
weight. Such a looser. Incredible.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Ouch!
Sometimes it's kinder to just tell the truth and hope the receipent
has the sense to accept and do something to remedy the situation.