Monster sturgeon at China Camp

 We all met at China Camp around 9:30 AM. Allen myself and Sonny. Followed by insiene and naoki a bit later. We fished hard and long today. I caught one striper and I wont say who, caught a sturgeon in 7ft of water that was probably over or close to 7ft long. Those ghosties we pumped yesterday did good for one of us. I will let him tell the story. I will show some pics. They dont even do justice to the size and power of this fish.

OK we need better pics of the fish.......NOW!!!!!!!

Oh My!!!!

It was pretty hectic out there. I hope the other pics show the fish better. These were from my camera as I was trying to position to snare the fish so we could get the hooks out.

I can't wait for the picture of the sturgeon. For a quick instance there I thought I saw
myself. I guess somebody else out there also have a mango color outback.

Jedmo

For a quick instance there I thought I saw
myself. I guess somebody else out there also have a mango color outback.

I also thought it was you Jedmo.  Sorry it wasn't.  But congrats to the person who did land it.

Michael

Very cool pics. I heard someone talking up the fish on the radio and I stopped doing what I was doing when I thought I heard " it's as big around as a telephone pole". Sounded like a monster of a fish.

Congrats to whoever caught it!

Cool report - can't wait to get more details.

Nice seamonster shot.   

Awesome! Every now and then the squirrel finds a huge acorn, one so big he has to throw it back.
I want to go again...
I will go again.

Sorry for posting the report a little late.  I was taking extra caution cleanning the mud off the kayak so it can pass the inspection at lake Del Val II 2 weeks from now.  Also having problem uploading pictures to Photobucket so it take longer than I expected.

Allen, Craig, and I met at the Chine Village Camp around 9:30am and we're ready to launch around 10am


It was a beautiful morning to be on the water at China Camp


Later Naoaki and his friend showed-up


By noon time, the out going tide was so strong so my kayak was slowly drifting even I had a 5lb anchor and Allen loaned me another 5lb (10lbs total) with 100ft rope!  So I decided to pop the anchor and paddle to the McNears Beach Park to stop for a lunch snack.

Come on Sonny. Hurry with the good stuff.

After a quick lunch break, I paddled back to the same area but stay in a shallow area so my anchor can hold.  About 1/2 hour later my bait runner clicker started to "sing"  click...click, my heart was pounding and I'm ready ...click...click..click  I set the hook and...fish on! 

It took off for a long run all I can do is hoping I won't have to pop the anchor and may end up at the San Rafel bridge or worse...

Then a saw it jumped out of the water and it was huge so I yelled on the radio "FISH ON AND IT 'S BIG".  Craig replied "I'll come right over".

After 10 minutes or so, I was able to bring it closer to the yak but it took another run toward deeper water.  Another 15 minutes, I got it close enough to take a couple of pictures while holding the rod in the other hand:


Another angle

After the third run, I thought it must be tired so Craig and I tried to measure the fish against the markers on his kayak and found it to be over size limit  so we let it live to fight another day.

When I got back to the launch area, it's low tide and mud everywhere.  I almost lost both shoes in the mud


We chit chat for about 15 minutes and said goodbye to each other


It was a nice day and another great NCKA hook-up!!! Until next time...

Wowwwww!! Awesome!

Sorry, I forgot to thank Allen for loaning me the anchor, Craig for his help with the fish, and Insiene for landing a hand with the kayak.