STURGEON CHALLANGE REPORT

[SPAZZ]

Ok here we go. At 7:40 I recieved a call from 4 REEL. He has cought 1 shaker so far :shocked: But he says that they are keeping the bait wet. I'll continue to post through out the day as I get the reports. Brian

[ 01-24-2004, 08:22 AM: Message edited by: SPAZZ ]

[globalfisher]

right on good luck the rest of the day!

[Redbull]

Man, I want to go.

Anybody sitting there looking for a boat boy or anchor monkey let me know.

[MonkeyBoy]

Sweeeet! Thanks for the info Spazz. Keep it up! All of us iwishers, I mean ifishers, will have to live the challenge through the keyboard.

[SPAZZ]

Just got off the phone with Chuck aka Reel Fun Fishing. They have released a 39" and a 28" so far. Come on guys and gals catch some fish.

[SPAZZ]

Just talked to Sturgeon Tom. He has finaly got the lines wet and hopeing to catch the big one today. If anyone knows the phone number to anyone out there call them and tell them to call in today and let us know how they are doing. my # is 360-771-9731 Brian

[greenbuttskunk]

Nosehairs team all bailed,
Call me redbull. Maybe it's some cosmic force telling me to stay home????? All 4 guys sick
or car problems. SCary!!!! :shocked:

[MonkeyBoy]

GBS, is it the force of the Baton? Maybe it just wasn't meant to be. Hope everyone gets well and going again.

[jr sherwood]

Thank you Spazz. I'm in front of the puter today instead of being on the water. There is a bad bug going around and he made a stop at my house. I'll be reading throughout the day so thanks again for the reports. jr sherwood.

[fishuntr2]

My son and I fished yesterday...I,m working today. :depressed: Between us we caught 38 shakers, with most being 3-footers. The boat next to us in the "sweet" spot caght more smaller shakers but did tag 2 keepers. This was in the lower middle Mult. channel. Old smelt and pickeled squid did equally well. I am hoping to fish again tomorrow. Good luck all.

[SPAZZ]

GBS Of all the people to miss the challenge. I thought for sure you would be out there. Well I guess you just didnt want the baton well have a good day anyway. Brian

[SPAZZ]

Just got another call from Reel Fun. They have landed 5 so far with no keepers. They have been in the 3 foot range. He says the bits is real soft. The bait of choice is smelt and squid. Brian

[greenbuttskunk]

Spazz,
It's all good. Went back to bed with the Mrs,
then took her out to breakfast, now I'm playing with my little boy. I don't get enough time with him during the day, so it's a blessing in disguise. :grin:
Gonna hit the river tomorrow for all the leftovers. Like thanksgiving, leftovers are better anyway. :grin:
GBS

[greenbuttskunk]

11:45
got a call from Tillamook Chinook. Lent him my sturgeon outfit for the day. Result: his first ever sturgeon, A KEEPER! [img]graemlins/applause.gif[/img] Congrats
Jim, good job. That's the way to break in a new rod!
GBS

[Birdnest]

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[MonkeyBoy]

Way to go am!

[Digifish]

I was out this morning just for a ride on the water, no fishing, didn't really have time. I took off from Rogers Marina and went around Kelley Point and then on to St. Johns Bridge.

Saw about maybe 60 to 80 boats and heard losts of smack on the radio. :tongue:

Looks like a really good turn out. Hope you guys all tag out early.

Looks like a mixed bag of weather....

[SPAZZ]

Just heard from REEL FUN FISHING. No luck with any keepers yet. Biggest one for them is 38". Sturgeon Tom is not fairing any better. He says he can see 5 cents, but cant tell if he has anything yet. Good luck Guys and Gals. Brian

[ZaQ]

5 cents has fish hanging.

[SPAZZ]

Nice jog 5 cents. Keep up the good fishing.

[slabhunter]

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[lilnorthfork]

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[skrimmy]

Just talked to Sturgeon Tom. They have a 44 and a 46 1/2" in the boat and getting bit as we talked so he had to go. No Baton for UG this year.

[TonTo]

Hit the water at 9:00 this morning,brother was a bit late,moved three times,off the water at 2:00,Bro had an NRA banquet to attend in Astoria...no keeps two little shakers :depressed: I may try it tomarrow though couldn't be any worse than today.Not quite a skunk but it kinda smelled like one.

[Tilla]

Team "Sneakin' Out" had four by 11:15 AM.
Here is Fishalot and SneakyOne holding 43",45",45" and 49" overdressed Catfish. Fishalot scored the biggie. [img]graemlins/eek13.gif[/img]


[ 01-24-2004, 06:29 PM: Message edited by: Tilla ]

[sparse gray hackle]

Man this is great, :grin: Getting the blow by blow info. Got up early to fish the Rogue had breakfast and when we got to the river it was up, dirty,and un-fish-able. . It has raised about a foot today and is running brown [img]graemlins/berry.gif[/img] you guys saved me with the play by play, Thanks you are you guy's are awesome :

[SPAZZ]

Just got a call from Sturgeon Tom and he said we will not I repeat will not get the batton this year and hell we might even win this thing. they have cought 2 keepers one 46" and one 44". they are staying out another 15 minutes. come on catch some more fish.

[SPAZZ]

Well guys my day is over here at work. So i'm going home and taking my kids and wife to the globe trotter game. Thanks to all who called in and also those who posted other peoples fish or lack there of You all gave a great night. tight lines Brian

We wacked em'. The triple, with one keeper and 2 almost keepers was fun. :grin:

Will let Father Jerry Sturgeon, wife Dipnet and Steelie Steve sturgeon massa's fill you in when they get home and post. :smile:

Weather was nice, then not, then nice, then not.
Company was wonderful. Nice to see alot of you on the river.

Bernie low holed us and then left without even saying hello. :shocked: :grin: :grin:

We let everything live today.

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[Beerbelly]

Team two guys& a chic fished up the gorge and got00000000000 Got snow rain hail wind thunder other than that it was a nice day.

[CATCH AND EAT]

Well wish we had a great report like Team Sneakin Out. Way to go boys!!!!! The best part is Mrs. Tilla did'nt even have to help ya today but we sure could have used her on my boat.

Tough fishing for us and it sounds like many others. Our total catch was 11 fish and a few swings and misses. Measured a 38 and 39 and they were the highlights for our day. I guess we at least caught fish today so there ya go.

Keep the reports coming this evening. How did ya all do?

Low holed??? Sorry Rick I did'nt realize it was you up there bro until we set the anchor. Glad you made it out today.

Also want to give a shout out to Don and Julie who were great company today. Sorry I failed you two but it was awefully nice watching you guys take naps. Anyone that needs someone to fish with sometime give these two folks a call. Awefully nice people.

[ 01-24-2004, 05:24 PM: Message edited by: CATCH AND EAT ]

[ZaQ]

I nominate Catch and Eat for the baton, little early I know, but he has my vote. [img]graemlins/berry.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/berry.gif[/img] :grin:

[Boedy]

Team Dire Duck is in the running for the dreaded Baton of shame as we where unable to boat a keeper. Did get 2- 41 inchers and 20-30 shakers but just couldn’t find that extra little bit of length. Was my little brothers first time sturgeon fishing and we tried hard to get him a keeper to no avail. At least he got to real in one of the 41 inchers, only to have me give it the heave ho before we got any picture :depressed: .

[The Overfishin Condition]

Oooo, team two guys and a chick might have bailed out team helly hanson. We got two shakers and a few nibble, nibble, nothings. Being Washingtonians we couldn't hit the Willy (No Oregon licenses, so we fished just downriver. Will post pictures later.

[willierower]

Team Cranky scored 8. 7 shakers and my 62" oversize!!!

[First Light Bite]

Team Steelie69 is happy to report we got no stinking baton for our boat. Lots of bites a few shakers and Steelie69 hung one keeper 42 3/4".
Another great day on the water. Thanks again Brad I had a great time as usual. Maybe next time I can get ahold of a keeper.



[ 01-24-2004, 06:04 PM: Message edited by: First Light Bite ]

[graybeard]

Team Slow gray elk reporting in.
Just before launching at Cathlamet at 8:00 am I spoke to a couple of guys that were putting in ahead of me. They'd drove down from Chehalis to fish sturgeon for the day. They were nice guys and had fished the area before. They told me where they thought the sturgeon would be. (I haven't fished sturgeon out of Cathlamet before.) They launched their Hewes boat and discovered their steering cable was siezed. After they struggled with it for about an hour with no success team Slow gray elk offered them seats in our boat. Well to make the story short, we had a great time but the fishing sucked. Just a few nibbles, no fish to the boat, zip.... nada... zilch. Moved 3 times same story, used smelt, shrimp and squid. Slowpie and I didn't even put our rods in the water, just watched the other 3 fishermen drowning bait off the stern of the boat. The wind was blowing us around even with the kicker running in reverse. Bring on the baton.

[ 01-24-2004, 06:25 PM: Message edited by: graybeard ]

[h20dog]

Team "all inclusive" reporting in. Great day on the water with Scott and Clownmouh. No keepers to report but 21 shakers in all with the biggest in the yardstick range. Tough fishing today compared to last weekend. Threw everything in the bait bucket at em. The chatter on the vhf was great, Ifish stickers everywhere. All kinds of activity on the river from tugs and barges, fire boats to the water cops pulling up and asking if we had seen anyone jump off the St Johns bridge :shocked: Thanks Bernie for getting this off the ground (I hope you win :tongue: ) I cant wait for the springer flotilla

[ZaQ]

I take that back, Clownmouth has my vote for sure!!! :shocked:

[wootersen]

Team Bait Masters Tally :

3 fisherman, 17 fish, 1 keeper, 6 beers, 4 nutty bars, one bad cup of chicken noodle soup, a toothpick we pulled out of the side of a shaker, lots of laughs and freindly people and too many crackered fish to count :grin:

Weather was tempermental today but with a full top and propane heater we were toasty warm




"El Capitan" AndyCoho with bent rod and big grin



I quit talkin' smack for a minute to bring in a fish :smile:



Baitboy with his Keeper 45". Yes, it jumped, and yes it was impressive. :shocked:


A sincere thank you to my teammates AndyCoho (love that TR-1 !) and Baitboy (look a rainbow !) for the good times on the water. Also, nice to see other ifishers and great to meet new ones.

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[Chromaflage]

Alright, Team Cast and Blast (me, Boatdog and Safetychain):

15 shakers, biggest 40", Safetychain - big nada....he forgot his two-guide rod and had to use a loaner - we won't talk about that though, right SC? Met several of you iFishers - what a great bunch of people!!!! Great fun.

Thanks Boatdog for welcoming us aboard your boat! I had a ball fishing with you and SC!! Looking forward to more memory making to come!! Skahorse, we missed you today!! Sorry you had to work. :depressed:

ORS

[ 01-24-2004, 06:34 PM: Message edited by: OregonRedside ]

[Reel Fun Fish'n]

Team " Dam Fine Fishers " with our report.
Launched at 0630 ( dark)1st hole only a shaker @ 38". moved up and over hooked up with more shakers but nothing over 36' moved again down river this time lot of shakers but nothing over 38"
Ty Barrong and Scott Dawer were great to fish with heck Scott even gave me a I-fish decal .
Gawd this doen't but me into the running for the "BAton does it [img]graemlins/applause.gif[/img]

[Kentucky Hog Hunter]

Team Hog Hunter Reporting in...

No Keepers today, about 18 shakers, biggest in the mid 30's...

Definately not like last week...but one great time to say the least...

Did get a few team pictures in action however...OBTW, met allot of great people at the ramp afterwards as well...

Shout out to "Boady"...Don't let Degner chip any of that nice paint off that new ride of his...Hey Degner...Nice Ride...



Team "Jolly Roger" Chris' daughter reefing up one of their many fish today...



Team "Its Just Fishin" Bernie (Catch & Eat), Woodie, Just a Silly Ole Girl & Carl (Bernie's Dad)



Team Cast & Blast, Oregon Redside, Boat Dog, Safety Chain...



And yes finally, here is 1/3 of "Team Hog Hunter" with the money fish...Yes people, that would be one of Oregon's finest "North American Pikeminnow" or to common folk..."Squafish"...Spooled got spooled by this behemoth...

Thanks to all those giving shouts on the radio and I for one think we should do this for Springers...

[ 01-24-2004, 07:15 PM: Message edited by: Kentucky Hog Hunter ]

[Chromaflage]

KHH - great to meet you today!! Enjoyed fishin next to you guys - well, for a few minutes anyway. Great team pics!

ORS

[No Wishin Just Fishin]

Team Bonkem all Charters had only shakers with one at 40 and one at 41. Total of 17 shakers for 4 guys. What a difference a year makes Good job UG and Sturgeon Tom. Oh yeah when I cleaned the boat tonight I found your thermos Tom.

[blacktail]

Hey Troy, did that one "spool" you?

You should have known better than letting someone take that picture.

Mike

[SureSet]

Our team was short of keepers as well. I was schooled today 2-1 by Fishin Mission (it doesn't usually happen on Sturgeon....), who found the right sized bait and "Hit'em hard - Swing on anything" technique. We parked in one spot all day and had ~35 shakers to the boat with only 3 over 40" for our two rods. No shortage of action, but waiting for the keeper to come along didn't pan out today.


SureSet

[Steelie Steve]

WOW!!! :grin: What a day!! Isn't that Oregon weather just amazing?

Had an awesome day fishing with ******, Dipnet, and Father Jerry. You guys are all great. :grin:

That triple sure was fun. At one point I hear "Do you have a fish or is mine into your line. Oh, I have one too...." Gotta love those chinese fire drills.

Not sure what the final tally was on ******'s boat. Must have been around 71? I'm not sure who was counting though....

Just thought I would add a couple of pics I took today.


Father Jerry


Dipnet

Thanks for the ride ******!!! Nice to see you again Dipnet and Jerry!!!

Hey Bernie!! Thanks for low-holing us today :tongue: :grin: You should have come and at least said "Hi"

[ 01-24-2004, 07:12 PM: Message edited by: Steelie Steve ]

[wootersen]

Sweet pics KHH

We saw you guys out on the water today too. Hard to miss the "Hog Hunter" rumblin' through the water. :grin:

I had no idea that was Catch and Eat in the Camo open sled. We were fishing above you and saw first hand the all-day shower you guys took. I kept calling you "Team Poncho" :smile: You guys are hardcore.

[Taylor's viewpoint]

Willierower subdued a nice oversize.

and Kruechief caught this dandy that should win him the baton. Nice hat too.

Nice fishing with you guys.
TV

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[Kentucky Hog Hunter]

Hey Taylor's V & Willie Rower...

great meeting you guys at the ramp...That is an awesome Duckworth you have by the way...

Willie Rower... No Baton for you my friend...That is an awesome fish there...

[ 01-24-2004, 07:13 PM: Message edited by: Kentucky Hog Hunter ]

[Dipnet]

On the water at 9:00 and off by 3:00. And what a fun day it was !! Great company and lots of action!! Thanks Rick for hauling us out!!! :grin: We didn't keep track, but there was a rod going off pretty much all the time. Didn't have to move and only had to run the kicker a couple of times!! Pickled squid, smelt or a combo of both were the baits of the day. Smoked steelhead and chocolate chip cookies were the baits for us!! Here's one of the nice ones SteelieSteve hooked today We had a triple going at one time with a keeper and a couple other pretty close.

Dipnet :grin:

[Rakkasan]

Team "Sober Ones"

Lost count of our fish caught. Several 30+" and a lot of shakers. We ended up with two keepers 42" & 43" I will post a pic of the "43 when I get home. Our bite really turned on at about 4:30.........All in all a good day with good people. We had a good time.

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[SafetyChain]

So where do I apply for the baton? :blush:

Like ORS said, BIG NO [img]graemlins/berry.gif[/img]

But I am sure it was the rod. I found out on the way home it has never caught a sturgeon I think the manufaturer rubbed it down with banana oil :grin:

Boat Dog, thank you again, especially for the extra rider. ORS, it was everything I imagined and a special thanks for the shirt :grin:

Looking forward to doing it again with both of you.SKahorse, you can use that rod next time.

Sturg42, thank you as well. Extra special when the boy gets his first keeper.

[Get Bent]

I here someone was calling me out on the radio anybody going to step up :grin: [img]graemlins/lurk.gif[/img]

[Kentucky Hog Hunter]

Scott,

I'll say this, that raspy voice sounded like someone who had just drank a quart of Wild Turkey while chain smoking 2 packs a day for 30 years...

When they got on there and said something about a hot tub tonight and wanting to enjoy it with "Get Bent" I said to myself that, that was way too much information but it definately had me chuckling...

[ 01-24-2004, 08:06 PM: Message edited by: Kentucky Hog Hunter ]

[5-Cents]

Well Team Carrot Milk finally represented. It took us about 3 moves and most of the day before we scored our keepers.

Chris was the first person to put a keeper in my new boat. This little fattie measured 43 inches and lived to fight another day!


Not long after I hooked a fish that felt real good when I first hit it. Then it kind of just came into the boat so I figured I had a little guy hooked in the side or something. Just as the fish got to the boat it jumped completely across the whole back of the boat and proceeded to fight me for another five minutes! Here are some Carrots waiting for dinner…


And the prize, he measured 51” and was very fresh and sharp.


Bobby hooked a nice oversized that took a nice roll behind the boat and then spit the hook at us. [img]graemlins/eek13.gif[/img]

Cracker Joe avoided the baton with this monster…


All in all a great day spent with good buddies. I LOVE my new boat, man that thing absolutely crushes anything that remotely looks like chop, waves or swells! Hot bait for us was squid filled with Carrot Milk!

Yea Troy, step in it...I mean step up. :grin:

Hey Mark, KHH's boat letters are bigger than yours! :smile:

Sebenty Wun! :grin:

[Chromaflage]

I have two questions:

1. Who was in the red Alumaweld slammin fish down by Scnitzer?
2. Who was in the white alumaweld who needed a tow? Hope it wasn't serious.

Comment: what was up with the barge cpatain callin in the Sherriff? He had plenty of room and told the sherriff that he blasted his horn and no one yielded. I saw boats move. What's up with these guys?

ORS

[5-Cents]

Scott you that wasnt you??? :grin: