Good to see people using circle hooks as there is less chance of a fish getting a hook in the guts using the circle hooks. I'm from Castlegar, B.C. and the guys here killed so many sturgeon using standard hooks that the sturgeon fishery was closed.
I used shin beef , yup, the meat off the shin of a cow, for bait as it is extremely tough, the blood come out until the meat is white and it pliable and once a fish picks it up it seams to keep picking it up until it is hooked. Biggest fish approx. 9 ft long. Used a 7/0 hook.
Columbia old guy
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