Line Tighteners for Sturgeon Snares

Hey guys I found a source for line tighteners online. http://housewares.hardwarestore.com/37-186-clothes-drying/clothesline-tightener-177733.aspx

I have ordered 5 that should be in next week. If you want one just let me know. The shipping is a killer $5.95 is as low as it gets, thats why I ordered 5 and I figured we could all split the cost.

hey, does someone need a sturgeon snare?  i've got one collecting dust in the garage.

I think a lot of people do. Ours tend to be a little shorter than boaters but I am sure someone will take it off your hand.

You could come out with us Saturday and use it yourself  

Hey Bill I wasn't able to find a tightener around SJ so I'll take one of those when you get em.  What are the regs re: fishing for sturgeon, are we all required to have a snare or net on board?  

Art

I am the wrong guy to answer this but I believe you just need a net. Maybe a DFG expert can answer it more clearly.

Bill, I'll take one of those.  Thanks.

-Allen

The snare didn't help much last time, but I'm willing to throw one together and give it another shot.  Might also be good for thresher sharks someday...

Regarding landing sturgeon, you can do whatever you want, but you're not allowed to use a gaff or firearm to assist in landing them.  You're always required to have an 18" net aboard when fishing, but an 18" net isn't much against a salmon or big halibut.  That's why I went with big bertha.

You're always required to have an 18" net aboard when fishing

You are?  I did not know that.  Nor do I own a net.  

-Allen

The 18" net is to ensure that you can (relatively) gently catch and release undersized fish and coho salmon.  People with boca grips and whatnot complain, and from the kayak it's not too tough to release a fish in the water, but the law's the law.

I started out with an 18.001" net, but farmed a halibut with it, so I upgraded and haven't lost a fish at boatside since.

Hey, Bill.  Save a tightener for me...

-- Dave

I agree with PS.  My snare wasn't much help last time because....

1) The snare got cinched around the sturgeon's midsection, pissing it off and giving it too much leverage when it dove back down.  I believe we might have had a better chance if the snare was cinched around it's gills or tail after tiring it out some more.

2) After the fish took off with the snare, we weren't able to grab ahold of the handle again since it sank and dangled below the fish.

I made one enhancement.  I slipped a 2 foot length of foam pipe insulation onto the handle for floation.  Hopefully, we'll get a chance to try it again.

Keith Frazier says you need to get the sturgoen dead tired or you should not try and land it.  He said to poke or hit him or her in the head and see if there is more life in it.  If there is it will swim away from you.  If it just hangs there.  This is when you should try and boat it.

Ken

There wasn't much left in the fish at that point, but he did wake up a bit when I started to cinch the snare on him, and it slipped down.  Maybe you aught to start cinching when you're past the gills, not past the pectoral fins.  

Dunno, anyway, beating the tar out of it with a club was more straightforward IMO.  I'm bringing my abalone iron, it's a pretty heavy one, 1"x1/4"x14" or so steel bar down the middle.  Should cause a world of hurt...

Yup... I'm bringing a hammer as my heavy duty club to get through that fish's thick skull

Line tighteners are in guys. Send me a PM with how you want to get them.