Harry, you don't remember your hissy-fit over that 105 pounder I posted
about back in '99? That thread was more fun than I've had since. I caught
another 100 Lb.+ fish since then, back in '03, and you'd have loved that
one, too.

For those interested in sturgeon fishing, check my homepage (below). There
is a lot about sturgeon and sturgeon fishing there.

In our California Delta area, the slot limit is 46" to 72". The season is
open all year although the real season is about February through May in the
freshwaters of the Delta. The limit is one in possession. On the brackish
waters of Suisun Bay they can be caught all year long. In the Columbia River
area up north, the limit is about 46" to just 60" there. Everything else is
to be released.

Actually, what I do with my sturgeon is give it to folks who really love the
stuff. I love catching them, but I don't eat fish. I've eaten some sturgeon,
but it isn't worth the effort to me. I've just steaked it and rolled it in
corn meal and fried it in Pam. It's fair to middlin', but I'd prefer a cow
or a chicken.

You don't want to contaminate the flesh with the spinal fluid, or so I've
heard. I've always filleted them one side at a time, avoiding the spine and
the cavity. Filets on a fish this big can easily be called steaks as there
is a lot of tender white meat to cut up after the huge filets are cut from
the carcass.

Sturgeon is the mildest fish meat I know of. I can have some in a plastic
bag in the fridge for several day, open it and still not find any odor.

And while this is a technically off topic post anyway, I will add that this
week's sturgeon must have hung around San Francisco Bay too long. He was a
one tough dude, but he was carrying a membership card for the Socialist
Party. He also carried a membership card for the Teamsters. So at least we
have one less liberal and one less union thug to deal with here on the
Delta. heh heh.

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Dale Gillespie

My Homepage: http://groups.msn.com/FishWishersHom..._whatsnew.msnw
My RV Site: http://groups.msn.com/CoachpotatosRV..._whatsnew.msnw
"MikeT" wrote in message
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Nice fish,
I live on Lake St. Clair in MI, one of the best Sturgeon waters around,
and have never caught one, but I never gave it a real effort. That's a
nice fish for this lake as well!

Congratulations on a nice fish.

As far as being appropriate for this group, this is much easier reading
than reading some of these children fight each other utilizing a news
group as a medium..

Take care!
"FishWisher" wrote in message
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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

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Dale Gillespie