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Rodney

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12 foot long white sturgeon
« on: October 27, 2008, 08:42:59 PM »
This past weekend one of the largest white sturgeon from this season was caught by a group of sport anglers fishing with STS Guiding Service in Mission, BC. The fish measured 11 ft 1 inch to the fork which is well over 12 ft with a 59 inch girth.

STS Guide Matt Schaap landed this fish after 90 minutes of battle. The fish was scanned, tagged and released unharmed.

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Re: 12 foot long white sturgeon
« Reply #1 on: October 27, 2008, 10:41:39 PM »
Holy Crap..... I think that's the biggest one I have ever heard of being caught.... Wow.... :o
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Re: 12 foot long white sturgeon
« Reply #2 on: October 28, 2008, 01:23:45 AM »
Amazing how gentle these fish are once landed - almost docile (we were with STS Guides in late Sept) and managed a nice 7' fish.  The bait rigged that worked really well was rotten salmon fillets, skin up with the huge hook on a dacron leader.  The guide just layed the hook on the salmon, folded it like a burrito and then wrapped it up with a binding thread... along with a 26 oz pyramid weight and cast out to the bottom.

First time for me with Sturgeon and just an amazing fun bringing them in and then releasing them - very hardy fish...  ;D
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Re: 12 foot long white sturgeon
« Reply #3 on: October 28, 2008, 07:03:34 AM »
Quick question Rod.... the fish measured 11' 1"...where are you getting the extra 11"s from???

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Re: 12 foot long white sturgeon
« Reply #4 on: October 28, 2008, 07:29:12 AM »
Cam, Gump got one the day after him that was an inch smaller didnt see it in the paper ether...
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Re: 12 foot long white sturgeon
« Reply #5 on: October 28, 2008, 07:35:20 AM »
The majority of the time people measure sturgeon from the nose to the fork of the tail.  So, really it is 11' 1" not 12'.
Still a big my friend fish though
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Re: 12 foot long white sturgeon
« Reply #6 on: October 28, 2008, 09:10:12 AM »
That is unbelieveable.  I went sturgeon fishing for the first time this past august and caught a 4.5ft.  I was amazed at the amount of power they have, and had to hold on for dear life as it felt like it could pull me overboard.  I cant imagine how you could even hold on to the rod with a fish this big.
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Re: 12 foot long white sturgeon
« Reply #7 on: October 28, 2008, 11:11:50 AM »
11'1" from head to tail fork, 12' from head to tip of tail. ;D 12' just sounds so much better... ;D
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Re: 12 foot long white sturgeon
« Reply #8 on: October 28, 2008, 11:46:17 AM »
There's a big difference between fork length and total length.
Fork length is correct - any other measure is misleading.
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Re: 12 foot long white sturgeon
« Reply #9 on: October 28, 2008, 07:57:23 PM »
Well done, what luck!!  This was my first sturgeon just a couple of weeks ago: , I'm hoping to catch it when it's a bit bigger.
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Re: 12 foot long white sturgeon
« Reply #10 on: October 28, 2008, 08:01:05 PM »
Not bad Terry. We got a big one too. ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDr-uzZHUto
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Re: 12 foot long white sturgeon
« Reply #11 on: October 28, 2008, 08:18:52 PM »
Nice, it's still a tick in the box and we all have to start somewhere and have something to look forwards to next time out. As they say, things can only get better.
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Re: 12 foot long white sturgeon
« Reply #12 on: October 29, 2008, 06:25:45 AM »
Quote from: DMW on October 27, 2008, 10:41:39 PM
Holy Crap..... I think that's the biggest one I have ever heard of being caught.... Wow.... :o

2nd biggest caught that i know, a local guide i know caught an 11'6 a couple years ago, and no he didntg use it as an opportunity to self promote himself either
 
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Re: 12 foot long white sturgeon
« Reply #13 on: October 29, 2008, 01:31:35 PM »
Well then those guides snoozed if they didnt promote a fish of a lifetime.
If i know Vic he is smarter than that and im sure he will give a photo to any newspaper or media outlet that wants it.

Grrat looking fish and congrats to all who where there .
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Re: 12 foot long white sturgeon
« Reply #14 on: October 29, 2008, 03:07:16 PM »
I heard about it on the radio today, so there is some promoting going on.
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