The Spoonpluggers Forum

I was asked to put the sturgeon video up. I horsed my fish in as much as possible otherwise it would have taken forever. I knew the tackle would hold up. It helped that I use a split ring directly to the JB2 with no snap. Quite a battle.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jPktsMFJoVI

You fighting that big Sturgeon really cracks me up.

Brett, Deb and I enjoyed watching you work for that fish. We have hooked up with many of those things and every time we get a big one, that feeling of looking at a fish that might be older than we are is amazing. I know that we snag them but the darn things just won't get out of the way of that bumping lure. My longest is a 67 incher and it took 90 minutes to get it into the boat. That is with the most pressure that I dared to put on it. Those big ones do not like to come off of that bottom. Every time you try and lift them up off the bottom at the beginning of the fight, they take more line off than you gained. It's just another cool fish that happens to get in the way. Nice job on the video. John

Nice job Brett. You've got a great voice for narration and I agree with Fran that your fighting that thing was quite funny. Maybe I missed it, but what line were you using....lb. test, etc. Thanks. Kevin

Wow! That looked like a lot of fun. Nice fish. That rod has some serious backbone. Nice work and great vid.

My heavy non-wire trolling rods are currently 30lb spiderwire flourobraid. I tie my own 17lb seven strand leader with a wire ring on the end that connects to the split ring on the lures.

Brett, Thanks for the info on your line size/setup. Kevin