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Got out yesterday after lunch for a few hours of muskie fishing with Big C. There were 5 or 6 other boats in the parking lot - taking advantage of the good weather.

After maybe an hour of trolling, I put on a depth raider and we target the 10 - 12 foot line. Just as Big C lets me know we've gone to 5 feet of water, I get what feels like a clump of weeds on the line. As I reel in, the clump of weeds starts to fight back. Not a lot of fight, but it won't come off the bottom so I'm thinking Walleye.

Turns out it was about a 20" sturgeon. Prehistoric looking thing for sure with skin like sandpaper ! Big C chimes in "You caught a dinosaur .."

Seems strange, but it was cleanly hooked in the corner of the "mouth" on the middle treble hook. Has anybody else caught a sturgeon while trolling ??

Turns out that was the only fish for the day, but it's never a bad outing when you put a PB in the boat.

Just never know whet your going to get on the Ottawa that's for sure...would have preferred a Musky but hey we still got to break in the new Frabill.

Here's a couple pics of the fish, as you can see by the release shot he was no worse for wear and still full of energy.





Was just a great November day.



BigC

Congrats on the sturgeon.

Although I've taken a handful of those fish during our years we stayed at Laurentian View, they were all taken with bait on the bottom.

Drop

I caught one on the ottawa 2 years ago trolling for muskies with a 10inch jake. Unfortunately it was hooked in the top of the head, but it was fine and had a healthy release. It was the first time I had ever seen one. Cool fish for sure.

Nice little sturgeon. Really cool fish, he's got lots of growing yet to do!