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Old 03-19-2018, 07:20 AM
SKSniper SKSniper is offline
 
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Originally Posted by Red Bullets View Post
The sturgeon populations are improving because of the recovery program and no retention regulation.

I myself, have spent hundreds of hours over 50 years fishing the NSR with bait and have never caught a sturgeon. One meager worm on a size 8 hook hasn't attracted even one sturgeon.
You are fishing bad spots then. I have no issues hooking 50+ a year.
As long as people use proper gear and handle them with common sense and care, there is nothing wrong with c&r sturgeon fishing.
I recaptured my pb 67" sturgeon 18 months after i originally caught her, this time she was 115km away from the first spot. Proof that when handled properly and brought in on proper gear, they are a great c&r fish.
The biggest issue however, is lazy buggers that refuse to gear up properly. Ive been chewed out multiple times for telling people to toss their garbage pickerel rigs and trout rods...people are lazy and selfish, nothing we can do about that.
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