On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 15:25:05 -0800, "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

Good looking fish. Congratulations!

Now, what is a good recipe for sturgeon? Everyone knows how Bush is roasted, but
I've never eaten sturgeon.


John H

On the 'PocoLoco' out of Deale, MD,
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it."
Rene Descartes

John H wrote:
On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 15:25:05 -0800, "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

Good looking fish. Congratulations!

Now, what is a good recipe for sturgeon? Everyone knows how Bush is
roasted, but
I've never eaten sturgeon.


John H

On the 'PocoLoco' out of Deale, MD,
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and
necessary to resolve it."
Rene Descartes

I don't know about eating Bushes, and I can only guess that depending
on how long the Sturgeon General has been around, will determine how
tough he is. Cook accordingly. TnT