My friday night date with a pig

[treeman]

Here she is. All 65 inches of her.

http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/photopost/data/533/medium/09010665_003.JPG

Also caught a 39 to 40 incher, a 18 to 20 inch catfish and a large sheepshead. Lost another small sturgeon part way to the boat. A good night.

[yellowbelly80]

nice one we havent cracked the 60" mark yet this year.... how was the boat traffic?

[DZtaxidermy]

Nice!

[walleyechaser]

Good job on the sturgeon Jim!
Were you in the general vacinity we fished last time out?
I won't be back out until next weekend--too much stuff around the homestead to get done.
BTW, you didn't run into the ID10Ts from the last time out did you?

[openminded]

nice fish how much did it weigh?

[Sturge]

Good job Jim, are you going out again this weekend? I have not been out much this year hope to fix that the next few weeks.
Sturge

[WALLEYE MIKE]

Not much rain tonite and I'll be out there.

[treeman]

I was fishing the same general area as usual but downstream a little bit. Boat traffic was light with no idiots. According to a chart on another website, the estimated weight of a 65 inch sturgeon is 82 lbs. This one felt every bit of that.

[PaulD]

Very nice fish. were you fishing by yourself? If so, how the heck do you land them alone. How did Dortman do?

PaulD

[Gone Fishing]

Just beautiful! Nice job!!:)

[sweatyspartan]

awesome fish...whats with all the red along its back? Blood I'm assuming

[dortmand]

Here she is. All 65 inches of her.


Wow! That is a hog! Nice fish Jim. It was a good night to be out there. We ended up with 2. I caught a 49 inch sturgeon, and Mike caught this 57 inch fish. We also caught few different redhorse suckers, a walleye, and a nice looking channel cat.

http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/photopost/data/533/medium/IMG_0004.JPG

[landshark]

that is just marvalous.

that old beast is a monster.
i must say you had a fun night on the river jim. bet you were wore out after that night.

nice fish for you to dave. were you down stream or in the normal spot.

i will not make it out for a few weeks. have to get some projects finished up.

[treeman]

Nice job on the fish Dave. It is always good to have you guys out there.
jguc1 was also out last night and may have gotten a couple of fish too. Lets hear from you Jeremy.

Sweatyspartan--Those red marks are lamprey scars.

PaulD--I was alone in the boat. Don't want to seem conceited but I am pretty good with a net.

[ahartz]

Nice fish guys...treeman and dortman land fish on a good friday night. both fish look nice. How soon before everyone starts fishing for these fish. little do they know the years of technical training and patience it takes. :evilsmile :evilsmile

[Cree]

Nice fish!

[Krull]

Wow! That is a hog! Nice fish Jim. It was a good night to be out there. We ended up with 2. I caught a 49 inch sturgeon, and Mike caught this 57 inch fish. We also caught few different redhorse suckers, a walleye, and a nice looking channel cat.

http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/photopost/data/533/medium/IMG_0004.JPG

Dortmand- I notice how you are holfing the fish. Scale and I got a 63-1/2" earlier this year, and I had the fish resting on my forearm like you do in the pic. How bad did this shred your arm? That sand paper skin just pulverised mine, it took all of 2 weeks to completely heal after scabbing up and it itched like hell. Anyway, that is a beauty and I was just curious if you are now suffering from "Sturge Burn" as I did.

[dortmand]

Krull,

Yes, usually those big fish really scuff up our arms..and the little one's will shred it as well becuase there scutes are pretty sharp. And usually I got the burn and itch for a couple days after, then it goes away.

[jguc1]

We caught a 3 footer on Friday along with a walleye and some catfish. Congrats to you guys for catching those big fish!