Monday, July 9, 2012

Sturgeon Fishing on the Columbia River (June 26, 2012)


It's that time of the year again... Sturgeon Fishing!
I met up with Kit, Karen and Kayla at the Fort Stevens State Park to camp the night before... because we set out real early the next morning. We usually are at the jetty at 5:30am and the drive from Seattle to the jetty takes about 3.5 hours. The last time I went sturgeon fishing with them, we also camped there, but this time, it was slightly different... there were way too many mosquitoes!!

Anyway, 5:30-6am, we were off fishing.
Family affair for the Chans... so, no alcohol!! Was sober the entire fishing day!!


And yes, those are rain clouds and it did start to rain a little on us.

Our first sturgeon of the day... 51 inches. Keeper!

Mr Chan and a keeper!

It was a good morning. By the time 10am came around, we had already landed 3 keepers and we had a few that got away. Kayla had one that took the bait and never looked back... we have no idea how big that one was, but as they say in fishing... The one that got away is always the biggest one!

The not-so-happy Bella wondering what this huge thing is.




The catch, waiting to get cleaned.




All in all, a great day of sturgeon fishing.


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