![]() ![]() Some of the best bait to catch White Sturgeon with are Columbia smelt, clams, nine-inch rainbow trout, sucker meat, minnows, nightcrawlers, pickled squid and squawfish. Try this article, How to fish Sturgeon: 7 steps. Make sure you are ready to follow the sturgeon as it unspools the fishing line. ![]() I would choose a fishing spot wisely, where you won’t lose all your fishing line if you are bank fishing. The whole purpose is to make sure they are released with the maximum chance of survival. You want to reel them in as fast as possible to reduce their stress. Never tie fish by the tail because they like to thrash around. After they are caught you need to revive the fish with locomotion to run water into their gills. No dragging them up on the bank for a picture. You must have barbless hooks or non-offset circle hooks. Idaho Fish and Game regulations for Sturgeon say they must be released unharmed. In the mid-1970s, Idaho Fish and Game had come up with a catch and release policy. This, combined with no regulations on harvesting Sturgeon, severely reduced sturgeon numbers. In the 1930s the construction of dams isolated White Sturgeon and reduced their food resources such as Lamprey, Steelhead and Salmon. I was so happy to catch something so prehistoric, and old. Another half-hour later this giant seven-foot six-inch sturgeon was alongside our 15-foot boat. Finally, when I give it some more tension it started to come off the bottom. My cousin gave me time off because I was tired. I pulled and reeled, but it stayed on the bottom for a half-hour not wanting to budge. Up the river, and on my third cast, something hit my bait of “Sturgeon Feast” on smelt. We were having a hard time catching sturgeon that day. Then I picked up a clam skewered the meat on a barbless hook, and ended up catching a five and a half foot Sturgeon!Ībout four years later, when I was done doing chemo and radiation therapy after I had non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, my dad took me sturgeon fishing up to Bliss with my uncle, my cousin, my brother and my dad’s friend. I, on the other hand, was snagged on something making things very difficult. He caught a seven-foot Sturgeon in a new fishing hole we discovered. ![]() It was also my friend’s introduction to sturgeon fishing. We were with my dad’s friend and my friend at the time. We went guided fishing for White Sturgeon. They can’t get enough air.My first sturgeon fishing trip was on the Snake River up in Bliss. There’s just no oxygen left in the water,” said Daniel Dane, owner of Idaho Troutfitters in Twin Falls. You know the fish are poaching basically. “My wife and I put our thermometers in the water and its over 70 degrees. Many anglers across the state know the affects that high temperatures have on fish and are worried for future summers. “These conditions basically have these fish right on the edge of what they are physiologically able to withstand,” said Art Butts, IDFG fish manager for the southwest region. IDFG officials say conservation efforts are important during times of unprecedented weather. The portion of water near CJ Strike Reservoir is closed until September 25. This has forced Idaho Fish and Game (IDFG) to close portions of the Snake River to study what is causing high mortality rates in sturgeon. As warm weather continues across Idaho, fish populations are suffering from deoxygenated water and abnormal living conditions. ![]()
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