2011 Sturgeon Excursion April 14-17

[Eric Wettschreck]

You had to go and put those videos up. How am I supposed to sleep between now and mid-April now!??!?!?!

[fishuhalik]

oh man oh man oh man, i'm beyond excited now. ditto what eric said. my wife gets more mad at me not coming to bed the nights before big trips than me actually going on them. thanks for adding to the sleepless nights!!

[fishuhalik]

btw, we're bringing up a couple flats of crawlers, but is there anywhere in the area we can get flats if we run out?

[Matt C]

You had to go and put those videos up. How am I supposed to sleep between now and mid-April now!??!?!?!

Exactly! Thanks a lot Dtro!

[Tyler Holm]

Got a group of 43 guys coming. Staying and Borderview Lodge (walking distance when gettin jiggy at the wiggy). Boiling over with excitement. I'll be there the 14-22.

Night fishing rocks, even if others say its slow. Yes, some nights are slow and the fish seem to turn on and off (or come in waves much like day fishin). My experience over the past 5 years of fairly aggressive sturgeon fishing I'd guess yields 10-20% better fishing at night. Maybe its the fact that the wind usually lets up aiding in bite detection. Maybe it's easier to see the rod tip light bounce... I don't know. But don't rule out trying it.

[jwmiller33]

Tyler, I couldn't agree more on the night fishing. I was staying at Borderview late this past fall 2 weekends in a row and we kept the boat in the water on the dock. I snuck out and got in a hour or two of sturgeon fishing at about 10-12pm each night and it was unbelievable the action I had. Literally as soon as I could get my bait down there, I caught another fish. This happened over and over and over again every night I was out there (2 weekends in a row) until I decided I needed to hit the sack because we were getting up bright and early to chase some eyes the next day. Talking with some locals and other people at the bar during lunch the next day, they thought I was crazy and were convinced that there was no way the fish could bite at night out there. Even had the sheriff get called from someone at Wheeler Point resort's bar as I was fishing right out in front of there (must have thought I was doing something bad out there other than fishing) and he came and walked out on the docks and asked me what I was doing. I said "fishing" and he was dumbfounded, said ok, and left. Just because the walleyes may not bite on LOTW at night surely doesn't mean the sturgeon don't bite either, or the walleyes for that matter too. I caught a 21 inch walleye at night on my sturgeon rig too. Shhhh. Don't let anybody else in on the secret.

[wastewaterguru]

fish don't bite after dark....they can't see the bait.

[Matt C]

26 days........

[Eric Wettschreck]

Yup, less than a month away. I just got my repaired props back, some new boat motor oil, and a new reel for Justine.

I'm getting giddy.

[cjac]

The south metro catfishing crew has a couple more guys tagging along, bringing a little north metro muskie fishing to the mix. Should be fun indeed!

Lot of work to be done between now and then to get the rig ready, but we'll be good to go.

[Matt C]

cjac, just a word of caution for the Musky guys...don't let them use their ski gear. 2 years ago we watched a guy bust his high end musky rod in half trying to bring in a sturgeon. I just don't wanna see a guy bust another $200 rod.

Cat rods are King!

[DTro]

Hey Matt, that's cjac with a musky rod in my last vid.

[DTro]

Great news everyone!

I just spoke with Adrian's Resort. They are offering a crawler special for us Sturgeon Excursioners.

Pre-order is required and they asked that they are provided at least a week notice.

Flat of Crawlers (approx 500 crawlers)

$33.00+tax for Adrian's guests

$44.00+tax for Non-Guests

If you look around at prices, this is a smoking deal!

Please contact them to place your order and or book a room:

http://adriansresort.net/

218-634-1985

[cjac]

Hey Matt, that's cjac with a musky rod in my last vid.

That one is a 7'10" St Croix Avid. Not quite a custom muskie rod but a great rod for the sturgeon last year actually. Soft enough tip for bites, but had the backbone for the battle. Funny part is Dtro saw that in my garage as we were leaving and said "Bring it!"

I hear ya though on the muskie rods, the good ones stay home on this trip and the King Cat rods come out!

[Musky_45]

for you guys that fish at night what do you use for boat lights so your able to see your bites when there not just picking it up and swimmimg away with it

[Tyler Holm]

rod tip lights. Either battery operated or glow sticks.

[Matt C]

Hey Matt, that's cjac with a musky rod in my last vid.

Ahh...Doh! uh...well. hehe

[Matt C]

Great news everyone!

I just spoke with Adrian's Resort. They are offering a crawler special for us Sturgeon Excursioners.

Pre-order is required and they asked that they are provided at least a week notice.

Flat of Crawlers (approx 500 crawlers)

$33.00+tax for Adrian's guests

$44.00+tax for Non-Guests

If you look around at prices, this is a smoking deal!

Please contact them to place your order and or book a room:

http://adriansresort.net/

218-634-1985

That's a great price, and sure beats buying them down here and transporting them!

Thanks Darren!

[Matt C]

20 days to go!!!!

Picked up a King Kat and a DTII to add to the arsenal today. Spooled both reels with fresh 65lb PP.

Chompin' at the bit to get up there!

[Eric Wettschreck]

Here in SW MN winter just won't let go. I was starting to wonder how things up nort would be, then I saw the video Jean Paul put up. Check it out!!!!

More videos at HSOshow.com™

Sure there is still ice on the lake, but the river is opening up nicely!!!!!!

I pulled the boat out from behind the garage the other day. Gonna get things ready. I'm getting giddy!!!

[iffwalleyes]

Oh boy sturgeon fishing on tv this morning. That makes the itch really set in.

[DTro]

It's crazy after being up there so many times and catching so many Sturgeon over the years that I'm still so excited to get back up there again!

With the floods around here, I'm going bonkers.

I've been following the river updates that Wigwam and ClementsonAccessOnRainyRiver has been reporting. Looks like the first boats might start launching this week out of Birchdale.

[jwmiller33]

i'm going up on thursday-sunday. I have been waiting to go back up since I was driving home from my trip last year

[Gordie]

good luck Jake and I'm almost ready for it

[jwmiller33]

thanks elwood, I'll give you guys a report when I get back. The only thing is we are going to try and split the time between sturgeon and walleyes