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greese30

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sturgeon questions
« on: September 27, 2013, 10:07:13 PM »
For those of you willing to respond:
 if a pikeminnow or something similar is hounding the bait, is the spot not going to produce sturgeon or is it possible if the sturgeon come round, the small fellows will leave?
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Re: sturgeon questions
« Reply #1 on: September 28, 2013, 08:24:42 AM »
If I am being hounded by pike minnows I will usually re-cast to a different spot (sometimes even 10ft makes a difference), or I will move to another location. If I am fishing from shore and don't have the luxury of moving much I often try another bait. Pikeminnow love roe and can pick a hook clean pretty quickly.
I find if pikeminnow are there and biting the sturgeon are not there. However when the bite stops, sometimes it is due to a sturgeon coming into the area and I have had those days where all of a sudden you have a sturgeon hammering your line. It stands to reason that the pikeminnow would scatter when a sturgeon comes by, after all they are a natural food source of sturgeon.
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