Finally! I made it down to my honey hole on Suisun Bay (above SF Bay
in Calif.) for the first time since April. I tried twice since my last
visit in April and it was just too windy. (Typical summertime on the
delta.)

I stayed at Brannan Island State Park in the motorhome for two nights,
and fished Suisun Tuesday and Wednesday. That's 100 miles of river
cruising to and from Suisun in two days! Thursday was too windy to
head to Suisun again, and we fished locally.

I caught a feisty 46" sturgeon the first day at Suisun. He took my
nasty, old lamprey eel that had been if the freezer for six months.
That stuff is incredible. He hit near the start of the incoming tide.
I released him to fight another day; I have two tags left and want to
keep larger fish.

It was a grand trip. The whole story and photos at www.FishWisher.com

Dale

On Fri, 9 Oct 2009 06:58:38 -0700 (PDT), FishWisher
wrote:

Finally! I made it down to my honey hole on Suisun Bay (above SF Bay
in Calif.) for the first time since April. I tried twice since my last
visit in April and it was just too windy. (Typical summertime on the
delta.)

I stayed at Brannan Island State Park in the motorhome for two nights,
and fished Suisun Tuesday and Wednesday. That's 100 miles of river
cruising to and from Suisun in two days! Thursday was too windy to
head to Suisun again, and we fished locally.

I caught a feisty 46" sturgeon the first day at Suisun. He took my
nasty, old lamprey eel that had been if the freezer for six months.
That stuff is incredible. He hit near the start of the incoming tide.
I released him to fight another day; I have two tags left and want to
keep larger fish.

It was a grand trip. The whole story and photos at www.FishWisher.com

Dale

Great story and photos, Dale. What do you do with the bigger sturgeon?
Do you eat 'em. How do you fix 'em?

On Fri, 9 Oct 2009 06:58:38 -0700 (PDT), FishWisher
wrote:

Finally! I made it down to my honey hole on Suisun Bay (above SF Bay
in Calif.) for the first time since April. I tried twice since my last
visit in April and it was just too windy. (Typical summertime on the
delta.)

I stayed at Brannan Island State Park in the motorhome for two nights,
and fished Suisun Tuesday and Wednesday. That's 100 miles of river
cruising to and from Suisun in two days! Thursday was too windy to
head to Suisun again, and we fished locally.

I caught a feisty 46" sturgeon the first day at Suisun. He took my
nasty, old lamprey eel that had been if the freezer for six months.
That stuff is incredible. He hit near the start of the incoming tide.
I released him to fight another day; I have two tags left and want to
keep larger fish.

It was a grand trip. The whole story and photos at www.FishWisher.com

Nice, Dale. Getting a little worried about you playing Merle all the
time though. Maybe toss in a little George Jones, and a pinch of
Clint Black. Fish might be full of Merle.

--Vic

Vic, Merle has company such as Dolly and George and other 70s
singers. (XM 13 & 10 when they're not yakking and doing interviews!)

John, I rarely eat sturgeon as I don't like fish generally. However
sturgeon is very, very mild. You can put some in a ziplock in the
fridge for three days, open it and no odor at all. I give my keepers
to folks who really enjoy fish. Some smoke 'em, some cook 'em other
ways. The little I've eaten I just roll in cornmeal and fry.

Dale
www.FishWisher.com

On Sat, 10 Oct 2009 10:31:48 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

Vic, Merle has company such as Dolly and George and other 70s
singers. (XM 13 & 10 when they're not yakking and doing interviews!)

John, I rarely eat sturgeon as I don't like fish generally. However
sturgeon is very, very mild. You can put some in a ziplock in the
fridge for three days, open it and no odor at all. I give my keepers
to folks who really enjoy fish. Some smoke 'em, some cook 'em other
ways. The little I've eaten I just roll in cornmeal and fry.

Dale
www.FishWisher.com

Sounds like stripers. I didn't even know if they were edible. So
thanks for getting back to me.

"John H Rant" wrote in message
...
On Sat, 10 Oct 2009 10:31:48 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

Vic, Merle has company such as Dolly and George and other 70s
singers. (XM 13 & 10 when they're not yakking and doing interviews!)

John, I rarely eat sturgeon as I don't like fish generally. However
sturgeon is very, very mild. You can put some in a ziplock in the
fridge for three days, open it and no odor at all. I give my keepers
to folks who really enjoy fish. Some smoke 'em, some cook 'em other
ways. The little I've eaten I just roll in cornmeal and fry.

Dale
www.FishWisher.com

Sounds like stripers. I didn't even know if they were edible. So
thanks for getting back to me.

Sturgeon could be passed off as not a fish. Different texture, no bones,
cartilege fish. Very good eating, and great smoked. I rarely keep one, as
I think they are being hurt by the enviroment, etc. Plus we have a lot of
Russians poaching them for the eggs. Been several busts the last couple
years. Not big enough penalties to stop them. The caviar is going for
above $100 a pound and they get a $5k fine. And they are caught with a
couple hundred pounds of canned eggs. Russian Mafia is big in California.