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How to fish for sturgeon (I think…)
For rod and reel suggestions, check my tackle page here.
Sturgeon fishing can be about as frustrating as fishing gets, requiring more commitment than most folks are willing to give. It is also the most rewarding of any type of fishing I’ve done, bar none!
I now fish for sturgeon only with lamprey eel. They seem pretty expensive – I just paid $12 for a small one – but based on hours of use, lamprey is the cheapest bait available. Lamprey cannot be nipped away by little stripers or crabs. It is like tough beef and stays on the hook ’til cut off with a knife. Lamprey seems to attract sturgeon, but not much else seems to like it. When the little nippers do try to steal it, there’s no chance that it will be stolen. I add smaller chunks of lamprey every couple of hours to keep the scent strong and fresh. In the past, most of my shrimp baits have gone to the little thieves, but that doesn’t happen with lamprey.
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Excellent advice. Where do you purchase your eel?
I buy Happy Hooker brand frozen eel at Hap’s Bait in Rio Vista. It’s not always available so call first! – Dale
The pictures I see show those huge hunks of eel i think. Are they that big? All I ever find are those 12 dollar skinny packs.
David – I cannot find large ones nowadays, but use what I can find. Those pictured above are about the size I’m buying lately. I mostly see those skinny ones, too. The best brand locally for me is “FishHookers”. Good luck.