Sturgeon!
 

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

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

"FishWisher" wrote in message
...
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



You're lucky. We can't keep them in NY (yet):
http://www.dec.state.ny.us/website/r...8r03x0923.html

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?

Is it a Bush loving, Commie hating Kristian Konservative sturgeon or a
Democommie rat fink liberal gay sturgeon?

It's important to know these things. :)

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.

Nice fish - now what the hell do you do with it?

Later,

Tom

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
...
Short Wave Sportfishing 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?


Is it a Bush loving, Commie hating Kristian Konservative sturgeon or a
Democommie rat fink liberal gay sturgeon?

It's important to know these things. :)


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.


Nice fish - now what the hell do you do with it?

Later,

Tom


It performs sturgery?

I asked yesterday.

From "The Encyclopedia of Fish" by A.J. McLane. Bear in mind this book was
written 30 years ago, so it doesn't reflect current availability of certain
fish. Also, McLane is thought to have been a CIA agent, so his views on any
fish subject could have been tainted by his political leanings.

Both green & white sturgeons are utilized in the Pacific Northwest. Green
sturgeon is inferior (the flesh retains a reddish color) and is sold
primarily as a smoked product, while the white sturgeon is used in both
fresh smoked and fresh steaked forms. Small sturgeon are the best eating,
and fish of 8 lbs or less can be cooked whole. Steaks from larger fish are
usually panfried, deep-fried or barbecued. When cut into chunks, sturgeon
can be pickled. Otherwise, follow swordfish recipes.

The book includes a recipe which is similar to those used with Esox lucius,
the Northern Pike. Lots of strong-tasting stuff is placed in the cavity of
the whole fish, which is braised in the oven. Then, the fish is covered in a
mushroom, mussel, shrimp, oyster & white wine concoction and served.

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
...
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

On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 15:12:34 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:

~~ snippage ~~

The book includes a recipe which is similar to those used with Esox lucius,
the Northern Pike. Lots of strong-tasting stuff is placed in the cavity of
the whole fish, which is braised in the oven. Then, the fish is covered in a
mushroom, mussel, shrimp, oyster & white wine concoction and served.

I figured it for a strong meat - maybe like bluefish?

I'm was never much for strong tasting fish meat, although in years
past, I have had smoked bluefish which is very good.

If I ate this kind of stuff, I think I would prefer smoked.

Later,

Tom

On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 07:56:51 -0500, Harry Krause
wrote:

~~ snippage ~~

Nice fish - now what the hell do you do with it?

It performs sturgery?

Dr. Howard, Dr. Fine, Dr. Howard!!!!

I asked yesterday.

Ah - and did you get an answer?

Later,

Tom

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.

--
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
...
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
...
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

On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 09:35:58 -0800, "FishWisher"
wrote:

~~ SNIPPAGE ~~

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

They are protected here in CT. I "caught" one accidentally while cat
fishing at the I-90 bridge over the Connecticut River a few years ago
- early March. As soon as I saw what I had, I grabbed the needle nose
and released it after a minute or two recovery time in a net.

Big time fine for one of those beasties.

Never knew you could eat them though.

Later,

Tom

On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 12:20:51 -0500, Harry Krause
wrote:

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 07:56:51 -0500, Harry Krause
wrote:

~~ snippage ~~

Nice fish - now what the hell do you do with it?

It performs sturgery?

Dr. Howard, Dr. Fine, Dr. Howard!!!!

I asked yesterday.

Ah - and did you get an answer?

Eventually. I did learn that sturgeon was no greater tuna.

Um....er....Ok....

Later,

Tom

"FishWisher" wrote in message
...
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.

I read a story a couple of years ago about flying sturgeon up in the
Panhandle Area. A 6 foot sturgeon jumped out of the water, drilled some guy
in the chest, broke his sternum and some ribs, and nearly knocked him out of
the boat.

And some people say that fishing isn't a sport!

Here's the link:
http://www.southeasternfish.org/Docu...0sturgeons.htm

On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 15:44:35 -0500, "NOYB" wrote:


"FishWisher" wrote in message
...
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.

I read a story a couple of years ago about flying sturgeon up in the
Panhandle Area. A 6 foot sturgeon jumped out of the water, drilled some guy
in the chest, broke his sternum and some ribs, and nearly knocked him out of
the boat.

And some people say that fishing isn't a sport!

I was in the vicinity when this happened and heard the aftermath on
the radio, but I didn't see it. A friend of mine was within 60 yards
of the event.

Apparently four guys in a 24 foot Hydra Sports CC latched onto a small
mako - about 5/6 feet or so and very athletic. It sounded aft of the
boat and all of a sudden came right up out of the water and into the
boat. The mako started taking chunks out of everything in site and
just beating the hell out of the interior of the boat. The four guys
were hanging off the T-top trying to avoid getting whacked or a piece
taken out of their hide.

In an odd twist of fate, the fish had broken off the line at some
point and with one flip/flop went back over the stern and swam away.

I gathered from the after action report that the interior of the boat
was trashed.

Later,

Tom

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 15:44:35 -0500, "NOYB" wrote:


"FishWisher" wrote in message
...
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.

I read a story a couple of years ago about flying sturgeon up in the
Panhandle Area. A 6 foot sturgeon jumped out of the water, drilled some
guy
in the chest, broke his sternum and some ribs, and nearly knocked him out
of
the boat.

And some people say that fishing isn't a sport!

I was in the vicinity when this happened and heard the aftermath on
the radio, but I didn't see it. A friend of mine was within 60 yards
of the event.

Apparently four guys in a 24 foot Hydra Sports CC latched onto a small
mako - about 5/6 feet or so and very athletic. It sounded aft of the
boat and all of a sudden came right up out of the water and into the
boat. The mako started taking chunks out of everything in site and
just beating the hell out of the interior of the boat. The four guys
were hanging off the T-top trying to avoid getting whacked or a piece
taken out of their hide.

In an odd twist of fate, the fish had broken off the line at some
point and with one flip/flop went back over the stern and swam away.

I gathered from the after action report that the interior of the boat
was trashed.

When I lived in Long Island, a friend's dad ran a charter boat out of Bay
Shore. Mostly he went for flounder, but sometimes, clients would ask to go
chasing sharks. For those trips, he brought a shotgun along, and whatever
size slugs you'd use for bears. Said he'd seen too many shark hunters come
back to the marina with some of their boats' windows gone.

On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 21:58:27 -0500, Harry Krause
wrote:

~~ snippage ~~

Hey...we fishin guys are nuttin if not macho!

I'm not at all sure that I would have been hanging off the T-top.

More likely I would have been standing on it. :)

Later,

Tom

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.

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...

Apparently four guys in a 24 foot Hydra Sports CC latched onto a small
mako - about 5/6 feet or so and very athletic. It sounded aft of the
boat and all of a sudden came right up out of the water and into the
boat. The mako started taking chunks out of everything in site and
just beating the hell out of the interior of the boat. The four guys
were hanging off the T-top trying to avoid getting whacked or a piece
taken out of their hide.


"The thing about a shark, it's got lifeless eyes, black eyes, like a doll's
eyes. When it comes at you it doesn't seem to be livin'... until he bites
you, and those black eyes roll over white."

-Quint

I love that quote (and movie).

--Mike

----- Original Message -----
From: "RG"
Newsgroups: rec.boats
Sent: Monday, February 14, 2005 7:14 PM
Subject: Sturgeon!


"The thing about a shark, it's got lifeless eyes, black eyes, like a
doll's
eyes. When it comes at you it doesn't seem to be livin'... until he bites
you, and those black eyes roll over white."

-Quint

Doug Kanter wrote:
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message

...
On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 15:44:35 -0500, "NOYB" wrote:


"FishWisher" wrote in message
...
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.

I read a story a couple of years ago about flying sturgeon up in
the
Panhandle Area. A 6 foot sturgeon jumped out of the water, drilled
some
guy
in the chest, broke his sternum and some ribs, and nearly knocked
him out
of
the boat.

And some people say that fishing isn't a sport!

I was in the vicinity when this happened and heard the aftermath on
the radio, but I didn't see it. A friend of mine was within 60
yards
of the event.

Apparently four guys in a 24 foot Hydra Sports CC latched onto a
small
mako - about 5/6 feet or so and very athletic. It sounded aft of
the
boat and all of a sudden came right up out of the water and into
the
boat. The mako started taking chunks out of everything in site and
just beating the hell out of the interior of the boat. The four
guys
were hanging off the T-top trying to avoid getting whacked or a
piece
taken out of their hide.

In an odd twist of fate, the fish had broken off the line at some
point and with one flip/flop went back over the stern and swam
away.

I gathered from the after action report that the interior of the
boat
was trashed.

When I lived in Long Island, a friend's dad ran a charter boat out of
Bay
Shore. Mostly he went for flounder, but sometimes, clients would ask
to go
chasing sharks. For those trips, he brought a shotgun along, and
whatever
size slugs you'd use for bears. Said he'd seen too many shark hunters
come
back to the marina with some of their boats' windows gone.

I would wonder about fishing with a shotgun? I suppose if they're
jumping out of the water, you can shoot them on the wing. Sort of like
pheasant hunting, its not very sporting if you shoot them on the
ground. Of course if you shoot to low, and blast a hole in your hull,
the shark will be having you for dinner. TnT

"Tinkerntom" wrote in message
ups.com...

Doug Kanter wrote:
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message

...
On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 15:44:35 -0500, "NOYB" wrote:


"FishWisher" wrote in message
...
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.

I read a story a couple of years ago about flying sturgeon up in
the
Panhandle Area. A 6 foot sturgeon jumped out of the water, drilled
some
guy
in the chest, broke his sternum and some ribs, and nearly knocked
him out
of
the boat.

And some people say that fishing isn't a sport!

I was in the vicinity when this happened and heard the aftermath on
the radio, but I didn't see it. A friend of mine was within 60
yards
of the event.

Apparently four guys in a 24 foot Hydra Sports CC latched onto a
small
mako - about 5/6 feet or so and very athletic. It sounded aft of
the
boat and all of a sudden came right up out of the water and into
the
boat. The mako started taking chunks out of everything in site and
just beating the hell out of the interior of the boat. The four
guys
were hanging off the T-top trying to avoid getting whacked or a
piece
taken out of their hide.

In an odd twist of fate, the fish had broken off the line at some
point and with one flip/flop went back over the stern and swam
away.

I gathered from the after action report that the interior of the
boat
was trashed.

When I lived in Long Island, a friend's dad ran a charter boat out of
Bay
Shore. Mostly he went for flounder, but sometimes, clients would ask
to go
chasing sharks. For those trips, he brought a shotgun along, and
whatever
size slugs you'd use for bears. Said he'd seen too many shark hunters
come
back to the marina with some of their boats' windows gone.

I would wonder about fishing with a shotgun? I suppose if they're
jumping out of the water, you can shoot them on the wing. Sort of like
pheasant hunting, its not very sporting if you shoot them on the
ground. Of course if you shoot to low, and blast a hole in your hull,
the shark will be having you for dinner. TnT


I knew nothing about guns at the time, so I never asked what the plan was.
Considering what I know now, I *still* don't know. I suppose if the shark
was momentarily still while in the water next to the boat, the captain
might've had a shot, but it seems dubious. After all, in a shark, where is
the equivalent of what snipers call "the plum" - the base of the brain in a
human, where a shot is an absolute end to everything?

Doug Kanter wrote:
"Tinkerntom" wrote in message
ups.com...

Doug Kanter wrote:
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in
message

...
On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 15:44:35 -0500, "NOYB"
wrote:


"FishWisher" wrote in message
...
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.

I read a story a couple of years ago about flying sturgeon up in
the
Panhandle Area. A 6 foot sturgeon jumped out of the water,
drilled
some
guy
in the chest, broke his sternum and some ribs, and nearly
knocked
him out
of
the boat.

And some people say that fishing isn't a sport!

I was in the vicinity when this happened and heard the aftermath
on
the radio, but I didn't see it. A friend of mine was within 60
yards
of the event.

Apparently four guys in a 24 foot Hydra Sports CC latched onto a
small
mako - about 5/6 feet or so and very athletic. It sounded aft
of
the
boat and all of a sudden came right up out of the water and into
the
boat. The mako started taking chunks out of everything in site
and
just beating the hell out of the interior of the boat. The four
guys
were hanging off the T-top trying to avoid getting whacked or a
piece
taken out of their hide.

In an odd twist of fate, the fish had broken off the line at
some
point and with one flip/flop went back over the stern and swam
away.

I gathered from the after action report that the interior of the
boat
was trashed.

When I lived in Long Island, a friend's dad ran a charter boat out
of
Bay
Shore. Mostly he went for flounder, but sometimes, clients would
ask
to go
chasing sharks. For those trips, he brought a shotgun along, and
whatever
size slugs you'd use for bears. Said he'd seen too many shark
hunters
come
back to the marina with some of their boats' windows gone.

I would wonder about fishing with a shotgun? I suppose if they're
jumping out of the water, you can shoot them on the wing. Sort of
like
pheasant hunting, its not very sporting if you shoot them on the
ground. Of course if you shoot to low, and blast a hole in your
hull,
the shark will be having you for dinner. TnT


I knew nothing about guns at the time, so I never asked what the plan
was.
Considering what I know now, I *still* don't know. I suppose if the
shark
was momentarily still while in the water next to the boat, the
captain
might've had a shot, but it seems dubious. After all, in a shark,
where is
the equivalent of what snipers call "the plum" - the base of the
brain in a
human, where a shot is an absolute end to everything?

As a kayaker, The shark is usually larger than the boat, and I have no
desire to mess with one. Recently read an article about a fisherman in
a kayak being hasseled by a large shark. Brought it on himself by
cutting bait, and himself accidentally, but introduced blood into the
water. He was lucky to get back to shore. Anyway I have wondered about
carrying a bang stick like divers carry. I don't know whether they
would actually work, but like the last great act of defiance, they may
make you feel better! TnT

On 15 Feb 2005 06:27:24 -0800, "Tinkerntom" wrote:

~~ snippage ~~

As a kayaker, The shark is usually larger than the boat, and I have no
desire to mess with one. Recently read an article about a fisherman in
a kayak being hasseled by a large shark. Brought it on himself by
cutting bait, and himself accidentally, but introduced blood into the
water. He was lucky to get back to shore. Anyway I have wondered about
carrying a bang stick like divers carry. I don't know whether they
would actually work, but like the last great act of defiance, they may
make you feel better!

I'm surprised that doesn't happen more than it does.

Later,

Tom

Also Sprach RG :

"The thing about a shark, it's got lifeless eyes, black eyes, like a doll's
eyes. When it comes at you it doesn't seem to be livin'... until he bites
you, and those black eyes roll over white."

Looks like we're gonna need a bigger boat.

Dan


--

Heisenberg may have been here.

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...
On 15 Feb 2005 06:27:24 -0800, "Tinkerntom" wrote:

~~ snippage ~~

As a kayaker, The shark is usually larger than the boat, and I have no
desire to mess with one. Recently read an article about a fisherman in
a kayak being hasseled by a large shark. Brought it on himself by
cutting bait, and himself accidentally, but introduced blood into the
water. He was lucky to get back to shore. Anyway I have wondered about
carrying a bang stick like divers carry. I don't know whether they
would actually work, but like the last great act of defiance, they may
make you feel better!

I'm surprised that doesn't happen more than it does.

Later,

Tom

Maybe it does, but the sharks were raised to clean their plates, so you
never find any leftovers. :-)

On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 16:57:32 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:


"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
.. .
On 15 Feb 2005 06:27:24 -0800, "Tinkerntom" wrote:

~~ snippage ~~

As a kayaker, The shark is usually larger than the boat, and I have no
desire to mess with one. Recently read an article about a fisherman in
a kayak being hasseled by a large shark. Brought it on himself by
cutting bait, and himself accidentally, but introduced blood into the
water. He was lucky to get back to shore. Anyway I have wondered about
carrying a bang stick like divers carry. I don't know whether they
would actually work, but like the last great act of defiance, they may
make you feel better!

I'm surprised that doesn't happen more than it does.

Maybe it does, but the sharks were raised to clean their plates, so you
never find any leftovers. :-)

Good point.

Later,

Tom

"Beware the one legged man in a butt
kicking contest - he is there for a
reason."

Wun Hung Lo - date unknown