It's sturgeon time! The water had finally stabilized and I was chomping at the bit to get on the water and do some scouting. Cade, Brian and I loaded up the boat and decided to give it a whirl! We launched at Tisdale and headed down stream with high hopes of getting bit and it didn't take long! We had been fishing about an hour when I decided it was time to put on some fresh bait. We rebaited all the hooks and within minutes of them being in the water the rod with the pile worm/eel combo buried, FISH ON! I grabbed the rod and set the hook while Cade and Brian cleared the rest of the lines. With everything out of the way I passed the rod to Brian and he set out to battle in his first ever sturgeon! The fish would scream line off of the reel and then Brian would get it back only to have the fish run again. The battle last for 20 minutes and with burning arms Brian landed his first ever sturgeon!! We took a quick measurement and photo before getting the dinosaur back into the river to fight another day. This fish went 65 inches to the fork and 72 inches to the tip of the tail! We got back on anchor and waited patiently the rest of the night for another hookup but it wasn't meant to be, regardless we were a boat full of happy campers that can't wait to get out and give it another go!
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