a muddy mess in china camp but a fish was caught!pix added

yea....im new to fishing for sturgeon in a kayak and dont think about things like mud & cold feet. i got on the water solo at about 845am and the water was dam near pouring into the street , super high tide! my fish finder wiring took a dump so i had to paddle out with the chart images still stuck in my head only , found some water str8ght out that was about 10 feet deep with heavy current , me being the delta rat that i am figured that this is what i look for back home so why shouldnt it work here , i droped the anchor ad got a good line going , baited my mono leader with some ghosts that i had left over from saturdays oakland airport trip (they were still alive) and casted out a little sideways trying to stay in line with my boat. things were a little bumpy buti cold still see what was going on with my rod tip , about a half hour goes by and i see another yak in the parking lot of bullead flat getting loaded down ready to set sail , paddles up to me and it turns out to be gabriel*El dorado, we talk a bit and he goes a lil further out then i was still within shouting distance and sets up shop. it didnt seem anymore then a half hour from when he got there that i hear him shout something then turn around and see him loaded up with weight! fish on!. he starts working the fish in and i offer him a hand , he says it was alrigt and starts owning the fish without even lettin his anchor go "what a guy" im thinkin , i liked his style!, he fought it a lil longer and it turned out to be a lil pig of a fish @ 53 inches , he took a few pics of it and let it back free , that was cool of him, the next few hours were back to the beat , good ol waitin alng for that bite and when a bite did happen to me i swung for fences and brought up a starry flounder, back to the drink he went. not much else happend except on our way back in the mud was as real as it gets , i felt like "atreyu" from the movie "the never ending story" at the part where he was running through a swamp right after his horse died, mud was deep and thick but we helped each other through itand got back in to clean our gear , shoot the shit for a minute then head on home! thanks gabriel for the elp man , fish with you again some time


and let me know if u need help with those pics.

I'm gonna start fishing next to Gabe!

way to give it a try BnB, and shit gabe stuck another one, what is that gabe 3 or 4 for the month, yeah that mud can be a killer there, always good to have a little help, gonna try and get out there this week, cameron

Wow!!!!   What a lucky day  for Mr Dino.I was  jonezing to goand  had seen  the hook up by Andy and was loaded and was just feeling it So I paddle out  to where I saw someone in aYaknear my spot and sayd  howdy to Andy. After sitting in the rain ,the wind,the  waves I yell "this is what they like" to Andy ,he turns and  knods whith his head bopping" yes" , I think Soon after 11:05 Ifeel this thump,tip ,tip,thump and I set.I could tell it had some pop in it  ,Just like me  and the farmers  daughter ,he just took off downstream,so i worked him for what seamed like12 min ,or  1hr in my mind.FinalyI saw  color ,wow,Then Idecided to let him go.As I released him I sayd  "just cause im having a bad  day dont meen you have to" gave a kiss and adios

Sorry guys cant get  pics to go .Im hoping Andy can post  for me.I think it was  a male and  did measure 53  in ,I could  barely  lift  over  my head ,getting old,I think 45 to 52 lbs.He hit the ghost combo not the mudd.I had  a small weight on ghost!Come on down you all theyre here!

Congrats on another dino Gabe. Thanks for the report Andy. Good luck to you next time.

Jedmo

WTG Gabe. I wish I was there so I could have watched you instead of the other way around like last time. Gabe knows sturgeon and he might be a bit of a charm for youse guys. Gabe you have to shrink the pics to get them to load on the post now. Anything over 1mb wont load. I go to edit then to image then to strech/skew and reduce the size then click OK Good Luck because we need to see those pics. Did your fish go airborne?

Thanks for the report guys,

WTG Gabe, you're on a hot streak!!! 

WTG on getting out there! I need to build me an anchor system for that kinda fishing.

Gratz on the Dino too!!

Go to hear there's some catchin going on, congrats on the sturgie, and kudos on the release,

Congrat on another nice catch Gabe!  Thanks for the reports guys.

WTG GABE!!!!!

Right on, Gabe!

Congrats on the catch...and more importantly, the release!

One cool post you guys!

doood(s)!!! 
that mud will stick like glue, good to hear you cleaned it off.
......oh & congrats(AGAIN) Gabe!!   
Andy~ you know you'll get yours soon.   
Need pics to complete report!!!