Sturgeon Excursion 2010 April 16-18

[Eric Wettschreck]

Is it Thursday yet!?!??!

[Matt C]

Sleepless night. Anticipation. Killer

[iceman16]

i cant wait for sometime thursday afternoon when we take off. me and my crew will be in cabin 7! cant wait to meet everyone.

iceman

[riverrat56]

It is open year round up there. I might check out the small bay west of wig wam if the sturgeon are slow.

Hmm I'd be willing to give it a whirl for a little while.

[DTro]

Good luck up there everyone. I'll be checking back for reports to build my excitement for next week.

[Matt C]

Longest 12 hours to wait till my boat and truck head north!

[Eric Wettschreck]

Here we go!!!!!!!!

Gotta load up some stuff and I'm on the road.

[iceman16]

this stinks i dont know when im leaving today. cant wait to meet everyone up there. hope we make it up in time to have a couple refreshments in the bar tonight. see ya up there!

iceman

[Matt C]

Will be at wigwam around 6pm!

[harvey lee]

WE should be there by 4:30 at the latest.

[Jim Uran]

Lucky Dogs!!!!!

[perchking]

Have fun up there everyone...

[DTro]

Hey, I think I recognize that guy:

http://www.wigwamresortlow.com/daily_report.html

Sounds like some fish are being caught! Nice one Nick

[riverrat56]

A great time forsure, lots of laughs and even a few fish in the boat!

For the second time in as many years I passed off the rod to someone else shorty after hooking the fish of a lifetime. Last year PDOGG had the honors of putting a beautiful 66"x30" MONSTER in the boat (and because I never get sick of this picture here it is again)

And this year Lonnie was handed the rod shortly after this absolute BEAST was hooked, this one went 68"x27"

Both of these fish were the first and only Rainy River sturgeon these guys have caught!

[Team Otter]

This is an unbelievable opportunity to not only catch GIANT fish but also to put every day life on hold, let your hair down and have as much fun as humanly possible in as many hours that you can physically handle each day. The stories are many but it's memories that are made that will last a lifetime.

Also, Tom Briggs, JP and company at Wigwam run a great operation. Thank you for hosting!

[KTapper]

It was my first year up there and def. will not be the last. Got about 11 hours of sleep from Th-Sun and that only made it more interesting. Plenty of laughs, jokes, and pranks. Since I got home it feels weird drinking water. Only 365 more days!

[DTro]

That is a beast! That's the one I'm looking for.

Can't wait to wet a line up there. Were most fish being caught in the bay or up river this weekend.

[Matt C]

Can't wait to wet a line up there. Were most fish being caught in the bay or up river this weekend.

We did our best in the Gap. River only put small fish in the boat for us.

Saturday was so calm, it shut the bite down. Who woulda thought Sturgeon like the walleye chop!

[1lkstage]

Simply put... "What a blast"!! Thanks to all the SC guys for a great "lifetime" exsperience that will never be forgotten. Matt for sharing his boat, Nick for handing off his rod, and everyone, for the non-stop laughs. Already looking forward to next year!

Lonnie

[Matt C]

A few more random pictures.

PBR? I would have never thought Eric. Weird....

A couple of clowns.

Nick's first battle of the weekend.

One more of Lonnie's massive fish. I think Lonnie was more tired out then the fish.

[Shack]

bunt2k nice pics. Thanks for sharing. That first pic. looks like a "boat load" . You must be joking about never knowing BG and PBR were like Laverne & Sherly. Always together.

[DTro]

Originally Posted By: dtro

Can't wait to wet a line up there. Were most fish being caught in the bay or up river this weekend.

We did our best in the Gap. River only put small fish in the boat for us.

Saturday was so calm, it shut the bite down. Who woulda thought Sturgeon like the walleye chop!

You mean the Gap way out across the Bay? I think people confuse the mouth of the Rainy there with the Gap which is out a few miles by the island, so just checking.

Thanks

Anyone do any night fishing?

[Team Otter]

The Lighthouse Gap.

[Surface Tension]

That fish is a tank!

2010 Sturgeon Excursion was Great Fun as always.

Fri was slow for us, battling the wind sort of dictated where we set up in the river.

Sat the wind died down and fishing improved for us in Four Mile as we boated 7 Sturgeon, 47" was our biggest but broke off 2 big ones. Fished late enough to watch a beautiful sunset.

Sunday morning we were back at Four Mile and boated 11 fish right off the bat then things slowed down and we were off the river by 11:30 and packed up and headed home.

47" was our biggest for the weekend with several others in the 40's. Compared to previous S E's the fish were smaller and not as numerous. Still as said earlier it was a great trip for us.

[DTro]

The Lighthouse Gap.

Thanks