Jump to content
  • GUESTS

    If You  want access  to member only forums on FM, You will need to Sign-in or  Sign-Up now .

    This box will disappear once you are signed in as a member.

Sturgeon Excursion ‘07 Report (lots of pictures)


Recommended Posts

WoW!!! I don’t even know where to start. This is my second year attending this trip and it exceeded my expectations by a long ways. The fishing was awesome!

Fiskyknut and I started out Thurs banging fish left and right. Over the course of a half day of fishing we hit 4 doubles (sturgeon doubles) and 6 fish over 40”

45”er

ty_strugeon2.jpg

A double in the mid 30s

ty_sturgeons1.jpg

Another double

ty_sturgeons4.jpg

44” Tagged one

ty_strugeon_tag1.jpg

These monsters even bit after dark. Fisky and I had 2 of our doubles after dark and several of our larger fish.

fisky_sturgeon1.jpg

Day 2 I continued where Fisky and I left off. 3 minutes into the day I hit a monster!

51.5”

ty_strugeon4.jpg

I spend a half hour fighting that fish, and as soon as I got my line back in the water, I was hit within a minute with a mid 40s fish. A quick release of that fish was immediately followed by another mid 40s fish. Basically in the 1st hour of fishing I was fighting fish for about 55 minutes of it. WoW, Holy, WoW!

My big fish (and personal best) of the weekend came midday on Friday and most of it was caught on film. We’ll see if it makes it into the next HSO video.

52” MONSTER!

ty_strugeon8.jpg

On Saturday I was joined by some good college buddies Dave, Craig, and Nick.

It wasn’t long before Dave hooked into his new personal best a 45”er

dave_45_4.jpg

Craig topped the charts with this 47”

craig_47_2.jpg

Nick got ahold of his largest fish ever with this 40”er

nick_sturg3.jpg

I put another nice 49”er in the boat as well.

ty_49_3.jpg

We had a good rain going, but even a better bite for about 2 hours on Saturday. Then the unthinkable happens. I’ll set the scene. Usually when somebody hooks into a decent fish, everybody has to reel up (they like to circle the boat). It was raining, so there was not a lot of conversation going on. I was just watching my rod tip when all of the sudden I hear Dave yell out…IT’S A TRIPPLE. Just before he yelled that, I had a little tap. I though NO-WAY!. A hook-set later we had 4 fish on all at the same time. I don’t know how, but we managed to land all 4 fish within 45 seconds of each other and managed this once in a lifetime photo

quad1.jpg

Nick & Craig doubling up

nickandcraigwithadoubleonsturgeon.jpg

A few of these sturgeon had really neat color patters. Check this one out.

sturgeon_colors.jpg

A few non-sturgeons

Black Bullhead

dave_bullhead.jpg

Silver Redhorse

nick_sucker.jpg

Blooper outtake… man those things are sharp too!

ty_nick_double1.jpg

All in all 69 sturgeons hit the boat for me this weekend. Man what a trip. I’m out of breath just thinking about it.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Great pics Holmer...being my first stugeon excursion, it was a trip of a lifetime and I am already lookin forward to next year where maybe I can hook one a little bigger than 40". The quad in the pouring rain was definately the highlight and will be tough to beat! Now I guess it's time to get used to catching something a little smaller!

Link to comment
Share on other sites

oh yeah, awesome blooper pic...i'm glad i can hold on to my fish! haha, only kidding...

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Well put Tyler! Definately my trip of the year so far, and as you know, there has been a couple dandys! (Brainerd, Devils Lake....) I will have a spot reserved on my calender for next year without a doubt. This weekend the Turkey hunting starts for me, but the sturgeon excursion will be tough to forget! Thanks again for putting us on the fish and bringing your boat. Maybe by next year, I will be proud owner of one as well.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Wow, That looks like a pretty awesome trip! I would like to hit you up for some info some time regarding specifics....it looks like a trip i'd like to try next year.

congrats

Link to comment
Share on other sites

WOW...looks like it was an incredible trip to say the least. I would definitely like to make it up there next year. My brother has a boast so maybe I can convince him to take me. I have never been sturgeon fishing, but this has definitely peaked my interest. Congrats on all the awesome fish.

Nate

PS...do you get caviar if you squeeze them?

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Anytime you get that crew together there are bound to be some bloopers.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Quote:

Wow, That looks like a pretty awesome trip! I would like to hit you up for some info some time regarding specifics....it looks like a trip i'd like to try next year.

congrats


I'd be more than happy to share some specifics. I'm certainly going again next yet.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Any day of fishing and catching is better than work, no matter what the species.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I haven't been active on here in a while, but it seems like NutsAboutFishing would like to take over as the president of the Tyler Holm fan club???

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Guest
This topic is now closed to further replies.


  • Your Responses - Share & Have Fun :)

    • Brianf.
      I'm not there, so I can't tell exactly what's going on but it looks like a large area of open water developed in the last day with all of the heavy snow on the east side of wake em up Narrows. These two photos are from my Ring Camera facing north towards Niles Point.  You can see what happened with all of snow that fell in the last three days, though the open water could have been wind driven. Hard to say. .  
    • SkunkedAgain
      Black Bay had great ice before but a few spots near rockpiles where there were spots of open water. It looks like the weight of the snow has created a little lake in the middle of the bay.  
    • LakeofthewoodsMN
      On the south end...   Thanks to some cold spring weather, ice fishing continues strong for those still ice fishing.  The bite remains very good.  Most resorts have pulled their fish houses off for the year, however, some still have fish houses out and others are allowing ATV and side by sides.  Check social media or call ahead to your favorite resort for specifics. Reports this week for walleyes and saugers remain excellent.   A nice mix of jumbo perch, pike, eelpout, and an occasional crappie, tullibee or sturgeon being reported by anglers. Jigging one line and using a live minnow on the second line is the way to go.  Green, glow red, pink and gold were good colors this week.     Monster pike are on a tear!  Good number of pike, some reaching over 45 inches long, being caught using tip ups with live suckers or dead bait such as smelt and herring in 8 - 14' of water.   As always, work through a resort or outfitter for ice road conditions.  Safety first always. Fish houses are allowed on the ice through March 31st, the walleye / sauger season goes through April 14th and the pike season never ends. On the Rainy River...  The river is opened up along the Nelson Park boat ramp in Birchdale, the Frontier boat ramp and Vidas boat ramp.  This past week, much of the open water skimmed over with the single digit overnight temps.   Areas of the river have popped open again and with temps getting warmer, things are shaping up for the last stretch through the rest of the spring season, which continues through April 14th.   Very good numbers of walleyes are in the river.  Reports this week, even with fewer anglers, have been good.  When temps warm up and the sun shines, things will fire up again.   Jigs with brightly colored plastics or jigs with a frozen emerald shiner have been the desired bait on the river.  Don't overlook slow trolling crankbaits upstream as well.   Good reports of sturgeon being caught on the river as well.  Sturgeon put the feed bag on in the spring.  The bite has been very good.  Most are using a sturgeon rig with a circle hook loaded with crawlers or crawlers / frozen emerald shiners. Up at the NW Angle...  Ice fishing is winding down up at the Angle.  Walleyes, saugers, and a number of various species in the mix again this week.  The bite is still very good with good numbers of fish.  The one two punch of jigging one line and deadsticking the second line is working well.   Check with Angle resorts on transport options from Young's Bay.  Call ahead for ice road guidelines.  
    • CigarGuy
      With the drifting, kind of hard to tell for sure, but I'm guessing about a foot and still lightly snowing. Cook end!
    • PSU
      How much snow did you get on Vermilion? 
    • Mike89
      lake here refroze too...  started opening again yesterday with the wet snow and wind...  very little ice left today...
    • Hookmaster
      A friend who has a cabin between Alex and Fergus said the lake he's on refroze. He texted me a pic from March 12th when it was open and one from 23rd when it wasn't. 🤯
    • SkunkedAgain
      I don't think that there has been any ice melt in the past few weeks on Vermilion. Things looked like a record and then Mother Nature swept in again.   I'll give my revised guess of April 21st
    • leech~~
      As I get older it's really not just about sending bullets down range.  Some of it's just the workmanship of the gun and the wow factor. The other two guns I have really wanted which I'll never have now because of their price, is a 8mm Jap Nambu and 9mm German Luger.   Just thought they always looked cool!  
    • jim curlee
      I had a guy hit me with a lightly used 1969 BAR, he wanted $1650 with an older Leupold scope. More than I think they are worth, I made an offer, he declined end of story.   You know if you look at the old brochures, a grade II BAR sold for $250 in the late 60s, $1650 would be a good return on your investment.    Why would anybody want a 50 year old gun, they are heavy, have wood stocks, and blued metal.  I guess mainly to keep their gun safes glued to the floor. lol   You can probably buy a stainless rifle that you never have to clean, with a synthetic stock you never have to refinish, is as light as a feather, and for half as much money, perfect.   I'm too old for a youth gun, although I've shrunk enough that it would probably fit. lol   No Ruger 10/44s.   Jim      
×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

By using this site, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. We have placed cookies on your device to help make this website better. You can adjust your cookie settings, otherwise we'll assume you're okay to continue.