My BIGGEST fish EVER

What a surprise day. Tried for whites but nowhere to be found. Decided to bait fish in the deep water were we marked a lot of fish. Something started pulling a little on my line. Picked up rod ans slowly pulled back. I use circle hooks. There went the drag. Oh my. Told husband this is am real fish. A lot bigger than the 21 lb cat I caught a few years ago. It went down the river then up the river. Pulled some drag. Then it JUMPED. It was a big lake sturgeon. Finally after it taking a few rounds up and down river husband dip neted it. Well sort of. Half in net and hand around tail to get it in. It bent the net. Fter all the fight we quickly measured and weighed it then released to swim away. It was 5 ft long and weighed at least 44 lbs. probably more because husband couldn't get it completely off the bottom of boat even standing on front deck. And I FORGOT the camera again. Did take a few with phone. They didn't turn out to good. Don't have smart phone. Have stupid phone. Husband ended up catching a 12 lb one and I caught a 17 lb one. They were a blast. That one is going to be hard to top. I was just glad it wasn't a carp.

Have to brag on my Abu Garcia red reel, Ugly Stik rod, Bass Pro green Offshore Tightline mono and circle hooks. That offshore Tightline is some tuff stuff. Oh and night crawlers for bait. Watched a lot of the lake sturgeon jump out of the water today. Never saw that before like today. See the shovel ose do it in the spring but not lake.

Congrats on the big catch!!!

Bet you that was real fun....

Congrats on that huge catch for sure.

What a fish. Congrats

Wow, what a fish, had to be fun.

That had to be exciting, congrats on landing it.

I bet that was fun!!!

Very Cool!