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2010-Nov 15-17: Another Three Day Delta Adventure
2010-11-15 Monday, Day 1
I anchored a couple hundred yards above the light in slack water. Soon after, the outgoing current developed and with the help of my drogue, the boat finally quit swinging in the breeze. I fished there for about four hours without any action other than a few nipping stripers trying to steal my eel and a lot of aquatic weeds that constantly accumulated on my line. Alas, my skunky slump continued. Still, the country music, cheap beer and warm sunshine made for a wonderful afternoon. Even during a sturgeon slump, a River Rat’s life is good.
My slump had extended into its eighth day. I had one more day of fishing left this trip, and my ol’ fishing buddy, Willie, would join me on Day 3. He promised to bring me some luck. Time would tell.
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I tried to send you an email via my Yahoo acct. but it came back – so here goes again:
I enjoyed your video of you catching your sturgeon and appreciated the time you took to put it on the internet for all us beginners to get energized.
I just started my sturgeon hunt so you know I am soaking up all the info I can to get started in a good light so to speak.
I noticed the pole holders you had on the back of your boat. I have seen large bulky looking ones, but the ones you have looked professionally manufactured? if so, could you tell me where you found them. They look a lot better than the big wooden ones that I have.
Thanks
Tim
I think you mean those square blue ones with the notch – ? I had those made by Tap Plastics, but bought the rods and Scotty tips so they’d fit in my Scotty receivers. I have seen very similar ones at Hap’s Bait in Rio Vista, and probably other places carry them too. Fisherman’s Warehouses carry another style balancer by Barry Canaverro of Fishhookers Guide Service here: http://fishermanswarehouse.com/shop/cart.php?m=product_detail&p=4773
Good luck with your sturgeon fishing, and welcome to the downward spiral of becoming another worthless River Rat who no longer wants to do anything more than sit in a boat all day waiting for that little nibble! – Dale
I have really enjoyed your site and pictures. I’ve tried to male you a question but couldn’t seem to get through. I was wondering what you use for rigging. I see from the pictures you must use two sinkers. One less than 1/2 ounce sliding down on you leader, but really can’t tell. Keep up the good work always enjoy your pictures and your videos on youtube.
thanks, erick
Erick – Thanks for the kind comments.
The leader and other tackle info I’ve written about is on this page:
https://fishwisher.wordpress.com/2009/01/02/sturgeon-tackle-choices/
I usually use a sliding 4 ounce pyramid weight and a leader about 20″ or so in length. I put a rubber core weight of about a half ounce at the business end of the leader to be sure the bait stays on the bottom. There’s a photo of a leader on that page I linked to above. My email is fishwishr@yahoo.com (Note the missing “e” in FishWishr.)