The First Keeper.......

[wootersen]

This trip actually culminated itself last night. Blacktail519 posted some open seats and a few of us responded. We didn't hear back from him until later that night and he never did really confirm. King Fisher and I decided to fish anyway in his boat.

We would find out later that Blacktail519 had one too many Banana Daquiri's the night before and fell asleep. :tongue: It's OK Todd, next time we'll meet at your place and bring the air horn. :grin:

Launched the boat at zipperlip launch site :grin: at o'dark thirty with KingFisher (Rick). We were both supposed to work later that day, so the trip was meant to be a short one.

Later that morning I tell Rick my predicament. I'd been out for Sturgeon about a dozen times and have yet to catch a keeper. We had been catching quite a few shakers all morning. It came to be time to pull anchor and go home and Rick says "Lets catch a keeper real quick and then go."

Fifteen minutes later. I had a tussle with this big guy.



45" Sturgeon on Salmon gear !!! wooohoooo !!

Thanks Rick for a great trip. This one was worth missing work for.

[ 01-30-2004, 07:02 PM: Message edited by: wootersen ]

[blacktail519]

I will never hear the end of it will I.... :whazzup: . I owe ya one guys. Great job on the keeper [img]graemlins/applause.gif[/img] . Its gonna go good with the lemon pepper. I ended up going out after i got off the phone with ya, Just a few shakers, and alot of wind blowin me all over the place. Was the wind blowin good where you were? Congrats on your first keeper , Todd

[5-Cents]

Nice work on the first keeper Woot

[Riverkeeper]

Nice fish John. [img]graemlins/applause.gif[/img]

[Dinikin]

Your da man,

[Fish Hawg]

Congrats on your first

[ANDYCOHO]

Way to go John!!!! [img]graemlins/applause.gif[/img]

It was only a matter of time

[Bobby Ray]

Wootersen

[SKP]

Nice fish! One of these days, I've got to branch out and try sturgeon. It's sure hard to pull away from steelhead and salmon.

[The Bad Fish]

skp, you would hate it. the non-stop action is a real drag . no time to eat, answer the cell phone, drink, just absolutely a drag.. :grin: :grin: just stick with the crowds of steelheaders fishing for one fish, or the opportunity to hook something, honestly you gotta try it its a hoot, and if the fish falls off, there will be another one along soon,, kb

[Kentucky Hog Hunter]

Right On... Great Job Guys

[ZaQ]

As we used to say,

Thanks for sharing. [img]graemlins/applause.gif[/img]

[King Fisher]

Let's get #2!! Who needs work, when there's good fishin. O yeah, my wife sez me. Anyway, I'll have more open seats after the sportmen's show! I love these fish. Look for us in Lipripper's boat tomorrow( 21 ft Predator- with top- and heater) -It got a little cold today.