Caught a few shakers today: Had tons of fun fishing with my dad and uncle today for sturgeon. Fishing was slow and we only caught three but was a fantastic day as a whole!!!

Wompum Scout Loc: Scappoose,Oregon

Had tons of fun fishing with my dad and uncle today for sturgeon. Fishing was slow and we only caught three but was a fantastic day as a whole!!!

flyguy Loc: Lake Onalaska, Sunfish Capitol of the World!

Wompum Scout wrote:

Had tons of fun fishing with my dad and uncle today for sturgeon. Fishing was slow and we only caught three but was a fantastic day as a whole!!!

Good job, WS, thanks for sharing.

Rob March Loc: Baltimore md.

Looks like fun to me. Good pics thank you

ver Loc: La Grange, California

Wow....Awesome Fish!.....Congratulations!....Enjoy!

FixorFish Loc: SW Oregon

Fellow Oregonian here.... not real happy seeing the sturgeon (that CANNOT BE KEPT at all) being held like that, since regulations state "must be released unharmed". Sturgeon fishing in Oregon these days, is merely satisfying your "man over nature" stance, since none can be harvested.
Happy you had a "fantastic day"..... quite SAD that it was at the expense of HARASSMENT OF BABIES.

Wompum Scout Loc: Scappoose,Oregon

FixorFish wrote:

Fellow Oregonian here.... not real happy seeing the sturgeon (that CANNOT BE KEPT at all) being held like that, since regulations state "must be released unharmed". Sturgeon fishing in Oregon these days, is merely satisfying your "man over nature" stance, since none can be harvested.
Happy you had a "fantastic day"..... quite SAD that it was at the expense of HARASSMENT OF BABIES.

All fish were released promptly after every picture was taken and sturgeon WAS open for retention for two day’s on the lower Willamette River.

FixorFish Loc: SW Oregon

Just checked the ODFW site. How typical of them.... 6/20 (last Saturday) & 6/27 (now yesterday !) open....but 44"-55" slot, not after 6pm & quite specific as to WHERE on the Willamette (starts at the edge of the "sturgeon nursery" ?) and a slice of the Multnomah channel....how ridiculous !
And folks ask me why I don't even bother with the "Columbia drainage" since 2012. It's just like a "bad" girlfriend or wife ..... You memorize the rules, stringently adhere to them .....then find out they changed while you slept last night ! Who needs that $#*t ?

MadPole Loc: Woodstock Ga

Wow! "HARASSMENT OF BABIES"... REALLY? I've never heard anyone refer to fishing as harassment. Surely that was a joke???

Randyhartford Loc: Lawrence, Kansas

MadPole wrote:

Wow! "HARASSMENT OF BABIES"... REALLY? I've never heard anyone refer to fishing as harassment. Surely that was a joke???

Uhh, chalk it up to “ANOTHER new concept..... 😉. Just sayin’.

FixorFish Loc: SW Oregon

Absolutely NOT a joke.
If you consider that the "slot" for retention during the 1-day (6/20 & 6/27) "openings" is 44"-55" and the ancient creatures regularly grow up to 8'-10'.....yeah... the pics above ARE......BABIES.

PS - I have 2"x 8" bumper stickers available that read....
"Catch and Release ONLY is.......
RATIONALIZED WILDLIFE HARASSMENT"

PM me, I'll send you one for free.

You are certainly welcome to NOT embrace that reality, but it remains so, regardless. I never target a fish I can't, or have no desire to, put on a plate and consume. To others, fishing is sport only and I fully understand the "tug is the drug" impetus to go fishing. I tend to be a bit more pragmatic about my outings and not particularly lenient to those who target species that only satisfy the ego....Marlin is a perfect example, as were the baby sturgeon.
Not a hater, but certainly no cheerleader, either. Do your thing, as long as it's legal... I'll do mine.

FixorFish Loc: SW Oregon

Randyhartford wrote:

Uhh, chalk it up to “ANOTHER new concept..... 😉. Just sayin’.

"NEW" ??? LOL..... Not really, was taught that philosophy by my great uncle, who also taught me fly fishing in the Ozarks,1964 or so. He was born in 1876, died in '66, just shy of 90.

Randyhartford Loc: Lawrence, Kansas

FixorFish wrote:

"NEW" ??? LOL..... Not really, was taught that philosophy by my great uncle, who also taught me fly fishing in the Ozarks,1964 or so. He was born in 1876, died in '66, just shy of 90.

You totally missed the point, Fix.
Hope you can keep up with all the “takers” for those bumper stickers.
Lucky for you, you don’t have to sell them to make a livin’.

MadPole Loc: Woodstock Ga

I'm going out to catch some food, tomorrow but I'll throw back all the "babies" in your honor, and so they can grow up to be caught again! It's called fishing! FYI I have never fished for or caught a sturgeon. But I did my best trying to avoid getting killed by them while fishing in the Suwanee River. I witnessed 6 to 8 footers jumping out of the water. Look it up....people have been killed by them. Knocked unconscious from their boats. Or just killed outright. fwiw.

Wompum Scout Loc: Scappoose,Oregon

MadPole wrote:

I'm going out to catch some food, tomorrow but I'll throw back all the "babies" in your honor, and so they can grow up to be caught again! It's called fishing! FYI I have never fished for or caught a sturgeon. But I did my best trying to avoid getting killed by them while fishing in the Suwanee River. I witnessed 6 to 8 footers jumping out of the water. Look it up....people have been killed by them. Knocked unconscious from their boats. Or just killed outright. fwiw.

They definitely go airborn they are an amazing fish

ripogenu Loc: norfolk, MA

FixorFish wrote:

Absolutely NOT a joke. br If you consider that th... (show quote)

totally agree with you. ALL billfish are are illegal to keep except swords. we used to catch 250, 300# swords now (because of the longliners) the average "large sword is 80#. we stopped fishing billfish tournaments 5 years ago.Now its stripers and blues C&R!