[andypat]

We have these fish in Marshy Hope Creek. Would like to catch take a picture then release it. A few yellow perch this morning, but not good fishing. Was no water in marina. Very low tide. It was down about four feet.

Click on picture to read it.

 

[Jerry Norris]

Occasionally sightings are reported in the Susquehanna but they are very rare. I think Maryland DNR has been having some success with them in one of the hatcheries.

Today I got a report of some bigger YP in one of the rivers. Hope to be able to check it out one day next week. I went out this morning and my minnow tub was iced over so I moved it into the garage. It was so cold all the minnows were hunkered down on the bottom in clusters. Last year it froze into a solid block of ice and I lost all my minnows. Hopefully I will be able to keep them for a lot longer this year.

 

[andypat]

It is really cold this morning. If I go today I might have to wait for below freezing around 9:am. Tough time of year.

 

[mdsurffishing]

Try chucking out a drum bottom rig with some shrimp Daisy chained on a 8/0 circle on and hold on.

 

[CYT]

Try chucking out a drum bottom rig with some shrimp Daisy chained on a 8/0 circle on and hold on.

To catch yellow perch, crappie, bass and pickerel??
Excellent choice.

 

[joek]

Careful Andy.
Sturgeon are an endangered and protected species.
If you land one set it free. Dont give it to a neighbor.

 

[andypat]

Careful Andy.
Sturgeon are an endangered and protected species.
If you land one set it free. Dont give it to a neighbor.

Yes I know. I said catch, take picture then release in my post. Thanks Joe. I'm just talking. I will never fish for them.

 

[mdsurffishing]

To catch yellow perch, crappie, bass and pickerel??
Excellent choice.

to Andy's first post about the sturgeon, I believe that is what Andy was originally posting about but maybe im wrong

 

[Jerry Norris]

I was pretty sure it is not even legal to fish for them. By catch is one thing but to specifically pursue is another. The DNR website isn't much help:

"The taking of American shad, hickory shad, blueback herring, alewife herring, Atlantic sturgeon, and shortnose sturgeon is prohibited"

A liberal translation or at least a liberal association is if shad may be fished for and caught but not kept then one could extend that argument to the sturgeon as well. Not sure I would want to try to argue that to a DNR officer thought.

 

[andypat]

Cool it guys. I am not going to fish for them. Might rig up with 10# Mono. line and 20# Floro leader and fish for catch and release pickerel. See if I can catch a large one and take a picture. Better then staying in the house all day.

 

[captmikestarrett]

Yes as a by catch they are awesome. Kinda like hooking a VW Bug and hoping it runs out of gas.
Hooked maybe 6 in the last 25 years and only landed one. You are not allowed to lift out of water for a pic BTW.
OH and those cute little diamonds on the top of them called scutes can cut you good..

Capt Mike

 

[CYT]

to Andy's first post about the sturgeon, I believe that is what Andy was originally posting about but maybe im wrong

No, you were right. That is an excellent rig when targeting Sturgeon in the Columbia River. :redface:

 

[mdsurffishing]

No, you were right. That is an excellent rig when targeting Sturgeon in the Columbia River. :redface:

Also works in the back bays here in the mid-atlantic

 

[andypat]

Yes as a by catch they are awesome. Kinda like hooking a VW Bug and hoping it runs out of gas.
Hooked maybe 6 in the last 25 years and only landed one. You are not allowed to lift out of water for a pic BTW.
OH and those cute little diamonds on the top of them called scutes can cut you good..

Capt Mike

Thanks Capt. Didn't know not to take out of water for picture. I am not going to even think about it. Like they are not even in our waters. Go fishing guys. I am in a little while.