My First Sturgeon

[guppy_man]

Nice catch mate!... Not too many of those in fisheries, probably because of the size they can reach.

What were you origionally fishing for? skimmers and the odd carp wasit?

I havent been fishing for a good 3 months, usually start my pike fishing soon, great in this weather. I had a pike on my pole last session. Ever seen a pike bunjee jumping?

 

[Joinerlavin]

haha would like to see a pike being caught on a pole, I knew they had sturgeon in the fishery so I baited up with a few small cubes of luncheon meat and pellets, and was fishing for carp and sturgeon really. Been back there bout 5 times and never caught another sturgeon yet lol

 

[bricko]

Nice fish,

I love sturgeon fishing, go to Canada every year and fish the Fraser River in BC.

Biggest fish we have caught was just over 8 feet long!!!

These are more like the average size we catch though.

Enjoy

 

[Joinerlavin]

well thats just blown my fish out the water haha, they are chompers lol, they dont have the long snout like mine thoe, so does that mean the one I caught doesnt grow that big?

 

[bricko]

well thats just blown my fish out the water haha, they are chompers lol, they dont have the long snout like mine thoe, so does that mean the one I caught doesnt grow that big?

I believe in the right environment white sturgeon (the ones in Canada) can live to over 100 years and depending on the environmental conditions grow 3 to 6 cm a year. The sturgeon you are catching look to be Sterlets, these are a smaller slower growing species common in ponds in the UK which can reach around 1.2 metres but will probably max out around 60 - 90cm depending on the pond size etc...

Regards,

Mark

 

[Joinerlavin]

cool, thanks for reply