OAP Sturgie - 01/13/09

Rookie here. Heard all the excitement at OAP so I had to give it a shot.

Anchored next to the white buoys at 2 pm; as a rookie, was too nervous about venturing out too far where the rest of the kayaks and boats were. I think I spotted at least 7 kayaks out there; were they NCKA'ers?

After about fifteen minutes or so, a kayaker peddled (not paddled) by and asked if there were anything. No luck next to the buoys.

After some time on the water plus the fact that the water was much calmer than when I paddled out, I got more comfortable on the water and moved a bit further closer to the other kayakers, but still not near them.

Anchored again dropped the ghost shrimps for about 20 minutes. I was about ready to call it a day. I had 10 more ghost shrimps left though; what to do? I decided to pick the liveliest of the shrimps (some were dead). Stuck two ghosties to each of the two hooks and dropped it. About 2 minutes later, I felt a little nibble. I waited for the second nibble just to be sure and I set the hook. Played with it for about 15-20 minutes before I was able to see it next to the kayak. After making sure it was legal by measuring it in the water, I pulled it onboard.

Lesson of the day: only use live and active ghost shrimps for maximum results.

Very nice yakaroo. WTG on the sturgeon. Thanks for the report and picture.

Jedmo

Great job on your first(?) yak sturgeon,  OAP seems to be the place to be, Thanks for the report and pic,,,,,

Dale L

Yakaroo good job dude I thought I so a yellow kayak hanging out by the white booeys. Way to stick your first sturgeon bro!!! I bet acouple more of that sturgeons buddies were hanging in the inside of Bayfarm.

no longer a sturgeon virgin WTG 

great job!  sturgeon are beautiful.....

andy.

Congratulations on the Sturgeon! You picked a beautiful day to be on the water. 

Congratulations!  You guys are really smackin' 'em down there.  I need to quit my job.

Wow, another one!. Good job - congrats!

Congrats - way to go!

 WTG Bro, seems like that place OAP is like a farm for sturgeon.




Kiel

WTG Yakaroo!  Good job sticking with it and making it happen.

Ray

Anchored next to the white buoys at 2 pm; as a rookie, was too nervous about venturing out too far where the rest of the kayaks and boats were. I think I spotted at least 7 kayaks out there; were they NCKA'ers?

After about fifteen minutes or so, a kayaker peddled (not paddled) by and asked if there were anything. No luck next to the buoys.

All 7 kayakers were NCKA'ers and I was the one that pedaled by you in the orange Hobie.

Congrats Yakaroo!

Welcome, Yakaroo.  Way to make it look easy.   

Way to get in the mix andplay it safe for a great score!