Spoonbills and Sturgeon out of Everts Resort
Never say never.
Less than 30 minutes prior to this paddle fish catch, I was explaining to Tanner Harcey why we never catch spoonbills fishing the way we do. Spoonbills eat plankton and are generally snagged when caught by hook and line fisherman. Anchoring and fishing with our bait on the bott...
Sturgeon of the Missisippi River 08.02.2009
Our anchor touched down in 23 fow and our baits ended up in 30 to 50 fow depending on how far back we cast. My Favorite Wife and I were using crawlers, sucker slices, fat head minnow or combination of all of the above.
The targeted fish today:
Channel Cats, Shovelnose Sturgeon and anything el...
2009 Sturgeon Excursion Report
Wow - If time flies when you are having fun, this trip was a 747!! The 2009 Sturgeon excursion on the Rainy River/Lake of the Woods was a great 3 days of big fish and good fun. Compared to last year the bite was pretty slow, but the number of big fish made up for that in a hurry! The genera...
Rainy River Sturgeon Report – 4/9 – 4/10
What began with a long drive to our state’s international border with Canada, ended with sore backs, burning arms, and jaw-aching grins. Favorable weather conditions had me heading north to fish the mighty sturgeon with a good friend, Jon Marshall of Nature Vision/Marcum Technologies. Our goal...
St. Croix River Lake Sturgeon Report
This years Lake Sturgeon season on the St.Croix has been an interesting one this fall of 2008. The bite had been a little slow to start with warmer water temps early in the season. People were finding the Sturgeon were not as aggressive as in seasons past, until recently when water temps start...
Mississippi River Sturgeon Report
Friday evening was just a awesome time to be fishing the upper end of Pool 4! And what a way to end and evening of fishing with the father/son team of Peter and Joe Janik with a double shovel!Sliver of sucker has been working well for Shovelnose Sturgeon, Channel Cats and Flatheads. Tonight we s...
Rainy River-Excursion #2
This past Monday, friend Mike and I headed back up to the Rainy River to see if the Sturgeon were still active. We were both there for the Sturgeon Excursion a week and a half ago, and really enjoyed the area, and the fight of these very strong fish. I was originally looking to go up last week...
'08 Sturgeon Excursion Report and Photo's
WOW! Is the best way to describe the 2008 Sturgeon Excursion!
The weather cooperated, more and larger fish were caught and the smiles were just as large as the fish!
Where else can a person take the family and in one very short day of fishing, have 14 fish in the boat and end up with smiles li...
Sturgeon Report 9/15 St Croix River
What a great time to hit the St Croix River! The leaves are starting to change, the weather is fair, and the fish are biting! I spent the greater part of the day fishing sturgeon, early in the day I was fishing solo, and later I was joined by rod-man and his brother-in-law for some great sturgeo...
Sturgeon Tagging on the St Croix 9.15.2007
Since last October when Boone and his friend John hooked into this tagged Lake Sturgeon (that traveled 21.5 miles) I've been corresponding with MN DNR fisheries biologist Rod Ramsell, the lead of the St Croix River Lake Sturgeon tagging program.
It was suggested that we might go out on a day w...
St Croix River Sturgeon Report
Friday night I joined Steve Demars, blacksportsman, and Mr Keb for a night on the river in excitement of the long awaited sturgeon season on the St Croix river. We launched early and decided to target cats for a few hours until the season opened at midnight for sturgeon. The wind was calm, the a...
Lake of the Woods Sturgeon
Since we where not able to attend the great sturgeon excursion this year last weekend was our chance to get in on this great bite going on at the mouth of the Rainy river where it dumps into Lake of the Woods. Thursday afternoon MNfishHUNT, pdw and myself loaded up and head out for what was goin...
'07 Sturgeon Excursion!
I’m thinking the best way to describe the ’07 Sturgeon Excursion is….WOW! Some of the guys went out this morning but as of last night, Mr. Bob Bowman (the EX- Musky Guy) had the top fish honors at 61 inches. I’m going to let Bob fill you in on the details of his catch.
The weather was…well fan...
St Croix Sturgeon 9/20/06
Three times in my life I have seen a full rainbow and last Monday was one of them. We stood for a moment in awe at the breath taking beauty of the National Scenic Riverway’s momentary burst of colors. You would think this was a good omen for sturgeon fishing. Unfortunately, it was the worst fish...
St Croix Sturgeon is Again HOT!
My line was slack, but with the 5 to 10 mile per hour wind tonight that was the norm. So I reached over, picked up my favorite custom rod from Hooked on Fishing and started to take up the slack. About the time the extra line was in, I felt a little extra weight. It certainly wasn’t the 2 oz no-r...
