Sturgeon

[Stretpegger]

Anglers Mail this week page 4,story of a guy who caught three 60lb plus sturgeon in a day from a suffolk lake.Apparently all 3 fish bottomed out his 60lb scales so the true weight will never be known

 

Suprised know one else has picked up on this or has it been exposed as hoax?

[Elton]

Anglers Mail this week page 4,story of a guy who caught three 60lb plus sturgeon in a day from a suffolk lake.Apparently all 3 fish bottomed out his 60lb scales so the true weight will never be known

 

Suprised know one else has picked up on this or has it been exposed as hoax?

 

Did they say where? A quick search threw up Fendick's Fishery for sturgeon, which is near the Norfolk / Suffolk border.

[chevin]

Here's one I caught on the Fraser River in Canada. A day's fishing cost me about 300 quid and the guide said it was the smallest sturgeon he had ever seen!!! Also lost a biggie after a long fight

 

 

Yeah, there are some big ones in the Fraser river as the picture in the Daily Mail shows.

 

 

I have seen them in the Colombia River (Oregon) up to about nine feet in length - that was at the Bonneville Dam. However when I was fishing at Hemmingford Grey on the Great Ouse over 40 years ago, the owners of the house by the weir pool showed me a picture of a 186lb stugeon that had been caught there. That was an impressive fish.

 

For those who might visit Oregon it is worth bearing in mind to try some smoked sturgeon, it is very tasty.

[Stretpegger]

Did they say where? A quick search threw up Fendick's Fishery for sturgeon, which is near the Norfolk / Suffolk border.

 

Elton

Witch lake near mildenhall

[Vagabond]

Norma and I had plenty of White Sturgeon in four days on the Fraser River

here's one - had to play them all from a sitting position as I ricked my back the day before the trip - hence the pain on my face!

 

 

Have also had quite a few sterlet from various ponds in the South-east

 

like this

 

 

They go like nuclear submarines - just look at the size of the tail and rear finnage and you can see why.

Edited January 20, 2008 by Vagabond

[gorton]

Hi Vagabond

 

See you were with Mark Laynes (great guide and bloke) went with him September last year with a few of my friends, we had them up to 335 lb. Not the cheapest holiday but if you can a holiday to remember.

[wsmlewy]

emerald pool in somerset has sturgeon in funny was only talking about how i wanted to catch one the other day, definetly going to have a bash this summer see how it goes

[Elton]

Elton

Witch lake near mildenhall

 

Cheers for that.

[brassy1982]

Anglers Mail this week page 4,story of a guy who caught three 60lb plus sturgeon in a day from a suffolk lake.Apparently all 3 fish bottomed out his 60lb scales so the true weight will never be known

 

Suprised know one else has picked up on this or has it been exposed as hoax?

 

Hi

 

I can assure you that it is no hoax I fished this lake last August and had 5 Sturgeon in 48hrs. 52lb, 3 x 56lb and the bigest 61lb I also had 46 carp and a small catfish 16lb. The owner told me the sturgeon go up to 150lb, some of the speciems I saw jump were huge.

One of my pictures is on the CCMoore website (link below) the picture is actually one of the 56 pounders and not the 61lb like they say.

http://www.ccmoore.com/galleries_feedback/...allery_2007.asp

[Colin Brett]

Here's one I caught on the River Cam just below Cambridge!

Guesstimate of 200lbs

 

 

Day Tickets are a fiver!! :D Waterbeach AC waters.

 

 

Actually the Fraser in BC.

 

Colin

That's me in the red fleece.

Edited January 29, 2008 by Colin Brett