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Living the dream
Well done Old Man, Your not as old as me, and It looks like your doing what you want, so ..”Well Done “
Thanks, Anonymous posters. I’d really be living the dream if I’d bring home a sturgeon! But as you said, I’m fortunate in doing what I want. Life is good.
SOmetimes those “one that got away” are the incentive to keep going back. Looked like a good fight!
Have you considered switching to single hook leaders? I find the second hook quite dangerous when handling a big fish.
Love your stories.
Thanks, Tony. The Kalifornistan thugs that run our great outdoors but cannot enforce the present rules while always passing new ones anyway are taking care of the two hook issue themselves. Soon only one barbless hook will be the law. The 10% of sturgeon fishermen who abide by the laws will comply and a few will just give up and not buy a license for the coming year. It gets very discouraging. Meanwhile, those who don’t give a rip about the rules, and know there’s a very small chance of getting caught, will keep on poaching! It’s a crazy state I live in.
Geez, the single hook doesn’t bother me as I always use the single hook. The barbless is pretty rediculous. It is not like we injure their mouths releasing the regular hook. What I used to do for salmon to get by that rule was to give the barb a little squeeze with pliers. Not too hard. This leaves a nice bump to help holding onto fish but shows an effort to follow the rules. But it is entirely not necessary for sturgeon.
I love your blog, something about it reminds me of “the good ol’ days.” Seeing as how I’m 30 my version of the good ol days is me at 10 years old catching sun fish with my dad. I guess it’s the care free nature of your writing that brings me back. Keep up the great work and keep living the dream.
Thanks for your visit, Anonymous. I’m glad you enjoyed the site and left a note. I need to get off my duff and chase some new adventures – it’s been too long since I’ve been fishing!