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controlled the boat , I put the baits into the water . Less than a minute had gone by when the middle rod got slammed . It went down so hard I thought we ’ d snagged but when I got it out of the holder I felt head shaking … Fish On !
The fish was heavy and fast and I was sure I had a 20 or 30 pound bass . Jack cleared the lines and got the net ready as the fish swam back and forth behind the boat and held onto the bottom like a bulldog .
Gradually I wore the fish down and when it came up we were blown away to see that it was a sturgeon . “ Dang we snagged a sturgeon ,” Jack exclaimed . The fish made a couple more runs before I was able to bring it within net range and that ’ s when we got a second surprise … the sturgeon was hooked in the mouth ! That was one aggressive bottom feeder . After
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getting the fish unhooked , we noted that it measured right at 39 inches and probably weighed about 30 pounds .
Of course , we released the prehistoric battler unharmed . I would have liked it to have been a 30 pound bass , but it was still a great fight and it ’ s always cool to run your hands over a handsome sturgeon .
Back on the troll we struggled to get hit for a while only landing one smallish shaker , but then the bite turned on for whatever reason . The sonar screen came alive with arches at Light 35 and I hooked a dandy 7 pound bass straight away followed by 5 or 6 pounder on the very next pass .
At that point , we figured we ’ d cracked the case and it was Jack ’ s turn to reel in a few fish . Unfortunately , the bass weren ’ t on
board with the plan .
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As quickly as the bite had turned on it turned off again . The fish abandoned the shoals and despite trolling for another 90 minutes we never got another touch .
Jack and I have both caught our share of stripers big and small over the years , so we were more confused than disappointed by the lack of strikes late in the day .
Never the less , we ’ d had a lot of fun , some good laughs and we had a nice sack of fillets to take home .
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Jack Naves tempted this Sacramento River striper while soaking a glob of chicken liver in late April during a Delta striper expedition with Cal Kellogg .
Photo by CAL KELLOGG , Fish Sniffer Staff .
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