I only caught 1....

[zfishin]

Fished from marine city to algonac. no eyes - but i caught this beast :yikes:
6' Sturgeon, any guess on the weight? 60 lbs?
thanks to Mike O. & crew for the help!

http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/photopost/data/500/medium/IMAGE_048.jpg

http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/photopost/data/500/medium/IMAGE_048.jpg

I faught it for an hour. caught it on a crawler harness on a 6' fishing pole with 10 lb line. I was whipped after finally landing this thing :D (i'm the guy in the life jacket by the way) the best part of the fight was the 1st 30 seconds - i went from thinking its a snag, to it's a fish, to it's a Big walleye-no catfish-no it's a ???, to this thing is charging the boat, to HOLY S***!!!!!!! then i started praying and my prayer was answered :)
(i can't seem to upload the picture right, so hopefully the link works - nevermind...i figured it out :))

[zfishin]

http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/photopost/data/500/medium/sturgeon7.jpg

('m 5'9" 220 and the guy in green is 6'3 240+ for size reference)

[zfishin]

http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/photopost/showfull.php?photo=89147

http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/photopost/showfull.php?photo=89147

[Shiner]

I've never caught anything close to that size!:yikes:

[radiohead]

Here are your pics zfishin


http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/photopost/data/500/medium/sturgeon7.jpg

http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/photopost/data/500/sturgeon12.jpg

[WALLEYE MIKE]

To me it looks to be about the mid 50's in length and about 30-35 lbs maybe.

[Bob B.]

Nice fish.

http://www.michigan.gov/documents/dnr/StClair_weight_estimation_174130_7.pdf

[I'llbeoutside]

Nice job Z!! Awesome fish!! Even w/ you two big guys in the pic that thing looks HUGE:yikes:!! Congrats!!!

[zfishin]

thanks radiohead for the picture help.
walleye mike - the fish is definitely in the 60's length wise, but me being a dummy - I didn't measure it. i did get it back in the water and it swam right away. i might have to fish for these beasts again :D what an amazing fish.

[duckdevil]

Hey Big Z, NICE FISH!

My Dad told me you latched into a biggun...very cool! Great pics, great story...you'll remember that one forever!

[gilly]

Fish of a lifetime for sure!

[Knot@Home]

Absolutely amazing.....congrats!

[jumbojake]

GOOD job thats a lunker there seems 2 be , a big crop of them in the dr and scr this year,:)

[Down Lowe]

that's an awesome fish Stan! maybe wal-mart will hire you to be the spokesman for thier rods . . . .

[duckdevil]

Burn!

that's an awesome fish stan! Maybe wal-mart will hire you to be the spokesman for thier rods . . . .

[Down Lowe]

no really - he bought that rod at wal-mart for ten bucks! can't beat that!

[zfishin]

That would be a sweet gig to rep. fishing gear for walmarts :D
6' silstar pole (reel was a remington = meijer's special :)