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and weather reports several days before the derby, as a weather system approached California. With forecasts changing by the hour, it was clear that wind was going to be a factor come derby day.
“ The wind definitely played a factor. We had less quality fishing time bouncing around with the wind at least not until the tide was ripping,”
McElroy noted.
“ Definitely hard to see the bites, boat control was tough and it was hard to keep focused,” Borges said.
“ We had to find areas where the wind and tide were flowing in the same direction so the water was flat,” Trapasso related.
The Addathon Ironman Sturgeon Derby is a 100 % catch and release platform that requires anglers to record a video of their catch being measured and safely released. Anglers then record each entry on a customized scorecard on their mobile device.
At the end of the derby, Doudna verifies each video submitted by the teams and audits them against the score cards. An innovative, yet purposeful way to not
only allow anglers to compete in a oneof-a-kind platform, but to also capture a glimpse into how the sturgeon population is doing.
“ There were a lot of shaker landed this year. Some of them smaller than 20 inches. High rainfall from earlier this year has a lot to do with that. It means we had some successful spawning,” he said.
Doudna is currently pulling numbers from the 2017 spring derby to compare data. Findings from his research will be posted on the Addathon Iron Man Derby Facebook group.
For more information on the Addathon Ironman Sturgeon Derby, visit the Facebook page or e-mail Andy Doudna at addathonderby @ gmail. com
Fish Sniffer field editor Roland Aspiras caught and released this dandy West Delta sturgeon while soaking salmon roe during the Addathon Iron Man Sturgeon Derby on November 4.
Photo by ROLAND ASPIRAS, Fish Sniffer Staff.
the water movement. On bigger tides, we fished shallow water from eight to 25 feet. On small tides, deeper water 30-75 feet. With the big tides we fished shallow during the middle of the tide and deep during the tide changes. We used lamprey eel and salmon roe for bait,” Trapasso tipped.
Manny Borges of Vacaville and Mike Long of Fairfield took third place with 11 undersize, 10 slot-size and two over-size sturgeon.
” The fish were all over from the sloughs, Mothball Fleet and Pittsburg. Just had to find that ones that were on the chomp. Incoming tide seemed to produce more fish this go around, but we did get a few on the outgoing. We used eel, roe, grass and ghost shrimp,” Borges noted.
Many of the teams eagerly looked at wind
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