Musky-Girl
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NICE fish!!!
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Wade Kuehl
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Brian, That looks like a blast! One more trip I'm going to have to put on my list of things to do! 
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Luke Haugland
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Hey Brian, hows come you didn't invite me...??? 
That looks like a BLAST!!
Great report and great photos!! 
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Briank
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Wade, on Saturday there were over 100 boats on the old river bed...and there was room for another 100!
Luke, you need to visit the catfish forum! You've been invited since last Oct!
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Brian Peterson
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Wow!!! looks like a blast!
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Briank
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Correction, there was room for another 300 boats!
Nose to nose. 
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Luke Haugland
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catfish forum
What is that...? Catfish forum.....whaaat??
I know, I know..It is just a little bit of a drive for me...
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Pickeral Boy
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So here I am with my first catch of the afternoon. Thanks so much for the fine hospitality from all the IDA members I met. I think that I was the only Canadian at camp this year, but watch out next year, all my buddies are wanting to come next year. Anyone out there going up to Lockport this year for cats can drop me a PM and I'll see you there.
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Pickeral Boy
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Bill was helping Big-E set up for the picture of the 56 incher. Big-E was battling that one for about 20 minutes and said that it was the funnest fish he ever caught. He'll be coming back for sure.
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Pickeral Boy
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The catch for our boat came mostly after the lunch break. To the left of the sunset is the US side and to the right is Canada. I brought some "Secret Agent" canadian worms that did me well. Bill said that in the summers he brought his kids out and they would beach the boat on these sand bars and have a wonderful beach day in the middle of the Gap.
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Pickeral Boy
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With the evening water glassing out, Big-E is worked by the 56 incher around the boat about three times for just over 20 minutes before it was landed. The boats on the right are alomost in Canadian waters. It seemed that all the boats were catching that evening.
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Pickeral Boy
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Bill poses with one of the shark looking sturgeon.
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bill
Edited by Pickeral Boy (04/23/06 11:58 PM)
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Pickeral Boy
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For some the 2006 Sturgeon Excursion was a family affair.
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Winchester sits middle seat in the Ranger at the gap.
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Pickeral Boy
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And the Catfish Cram Ale beer of course... brewed up here in Winnipeg. A must if you are coming up to Lockport for the Catfish this year.
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Pickeral Boy
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gnite
zzzzzzzzzzz
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Briank
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Thanks agian for the beer Boris!
It was good to FINALLY get to meet you! Maybe see you in Lockport??
PS All of Boris's photo's were taken in one day.
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Bill Cadwell
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Nice report  Sucker King . [Briank] Keep the pics comin guys.
Thanks, Bill
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Ralph Wiggum
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Wow, that looks like a lot of fun. Hopefully, I'll make it next year!
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Bret Clark
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Very cool looking Submarines
Looks to me like fun was had by all 
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"Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway."
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Bigfife
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Great report guys. Looks like it was a blast. One question: How old are some of those fish in the pictures? I know Sturgeon can live a long time.
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Briank
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About 1" per year on average...however if a group of sturgeon get into an area that has more food, they will grow faster than, say a group of fish in the same lake that doesn't.
You can pretty much bet a fish that's in it's high 50's in lenght is going to be half a decade old...when would mean it hatched in 1956...
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Steve DeZurik
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You can pretty much bet a fish that's in it's high 50's in lenght is going to be half a decade old...when would mean it hatched in 1956...
Thats impressive!
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Anchor Man
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What a blast! I highly recommend this trip to everyone next year! A big thanks to BrianK for allowing me to ride along with him this weekend (and catch all the big fish) I truly put my 7.5 foot flippin stick to the test and the good ole' bassin rod held up against 30-40 lbs of brute force!
I'm back to work this Monday morning, but still smiling from ear to ear thinking about those big fish.  I'll be logging all the video on Tuesday and putting together the story for Howland's Headin' Outdoors a week from today on KAAL-TV. Should be one of the best! 
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Briank
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There was two things that Jason kept repeating....
You got another sucker?
And
I can't believe my bass rod didn't break!
Thank You Jason!
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TBO/MN
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57 inches of pure fightin' power. I wanted to say thanks to all the folks that brought food for the meals on Saturday...Every thing was fantastic...we deep fried a turkey for lunch, with lots of great sides, then another turkey for dinner that night after a hard day of fishing. I want to give a special thanks to Peggy for all the hard work she contributed, as well as all the great food she brought...you too Francis..
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The Better Half
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Here is a 44 incher and...
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The Better Half
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...here is a 41 incher. 
It was nice meeting everyone! My first IDA outing was a blast and I am looking forward to the next one.
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TBO/MN
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One more.....47 inches
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Briank
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Did I mention that bass guys aren't acustom to hauling in BIG fish??
Taken about 1 pm on Friday...
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John23
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I wonder if the people that make that catfish beer know the cartoon on the label looks more like a big, mean STURGEON!
Great pics, guys! Looks like lots of fun. What a great catch and release resource to take advantage of. Carefully handling a fish that is older than you (well, in a lot of cases anyway!) has got to be an awesome feeling.
John
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Anchor Man
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Paybacks are a ?!*&! my friend! 
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Lip Ripper
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Nice report and pics BK and IDA crew.. Looks like a blast. Just might have to get involved next year Everyone else looks like they had a blast catching those pre-historics.
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Pickeral Boy
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Have you looked at all your tape? We turned off the TV to capture the sound of the sleeping beauty. Nice meeting you this weekend. Can you get me a copy of that tape when it is done? I'll bring some more Sleeman for you next year.Thanks,
B
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Quote:
Paybacks are a ?!*&! my friend!
I'm counting on it! 
As Pickeral Boy said...I used some of your video taping..."tips" when I shot the footage of you zonked out...
Good fun!
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Anchor Man
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I haven't looked at the tape.... YET. I'm almost afraid to now! 
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dave horton
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Nice pics
Those fish are truly amazing!
Looks like a real good time was had by many
dave
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awesomse report
What kind of Rod/reel setup you using. 
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At minimum you could get by with HEAVY bass gear. I recommend Muskie gear.
I used 7' heavy action casting rod (I use these for bass) with a 5500 Abu loaded with 12/50 Power-Pro. I felt comfortable with the line and reel but, I felt the rod did not have enough backbone to turn or lift a 40"+ fish from the bottom. Next year I plan on buying a heavier rod.
Francis
Edited by fish any time (04/24/06 02:31 PM)
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Dan,
I used a 7'8" heavy bucktail muskie rod with a 4600 C3 Abu Ambassadeur spooled with 40lb spider wire original. I felt the reel was plenty strong enough, but I think next year I will try a rod with a little softer tip. The fish were biting so soft, it was hard to detect a bite on this stiff rod. I built this rod for running 3 ways on the river, and heavy bottom bounchers so there isn't much tip action. It is definately strong enough though, it handled that 57 incher without any problems.
BTW When I got home I figured the weight on that 57 incher, it came out to 52.91 lbs
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Briank
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I would agree with TBO.
Anchor Man was using a bass rod and out fishing me. Once I started holding my channel cat rod (soft tip) in my hands, I was detecting MANY more bites than I was in the holder. Watching the line helped too.
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Bob Bowman
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Looks like it was a great time and some awesome fish also. I wish I could have made it  . Next year. Great photos guys
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Dan Larson
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Yeah, make that two of us who are going to be up there next year.
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Rootski
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Many thanks to BrianK, the folks at WigWam Resort, and to all the folks that brought food for the potluck (Peggy you're the greatest!). And last but not least thanks to my partner on this adventure, RatherBfishn. I've learned more about river fishing in a couple of trips than I would have learned in two years by myself. Here's a picture of my best fish, 54 inches.
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RtherBfishn (Joe) with a nice fish.
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Sunday morning right before we left.
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We will have to do it again my friend! Thanks to everyone I had a blast and was able to meet some great people!! Hopefully we can do it agian next year.
Congrats to you Steve on a great 1st fish
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Briank
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Still more pics coming...
So, what was and who had the largest Sturgeon?
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So, what was and who had the largest Sturgeon?
Do we count? Our boat had a 61" x 24" with undetermined weight.
Gonna be hard to beat that one I think. 
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We had a great time, a big thanks to BK for setting this up CA jr tells me we are going again next year who am I to argue
CA
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Briank
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Hanson...it will count if it's posted in this thread!
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Briank
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Nice pic of you and the Sucker King!
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The fight from another view.
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Briank
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Hope his one's better viewing online...
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Briank
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A sturgeon tag.
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Rootski
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Quote:
Do we count? Our boat had a 61" x 24" with undetermined weight.
Gonna be hard to beat that one I think
What a fish!
Rootski
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hanson
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I don't think Dtro (Darren) will mind this. It was a heck of a fish!
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Briank
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icatchbigcats
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Here is my first sturgeon. I had to fish almost an hour before wrestling with this guy. I did manage to get him in with my medium weight catfish rod, PINK 30lb Fireline, 2 oz Slip Sinker, 18" 20lb Trilene leader, and of course a 4/0 KAHLE hook.
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Fishing is a simple task that can be as complicated as one wants to make it.
Lets go CATTIN!
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icatchbigcats
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That First Sturgeon was 55". Although he did put up a little fight I thought I would pull this one in by its side. I snagged him in the belly? Not sure how that happened but this one was 58".
Next year I think I will bring up my heavy catfish gear just in case I get a big one.
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Lets go CATTIN!
Dennis
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