that is nice one. How long does it take to bring it in?? Good job

About 15 minutes...I use a 7' Ugly Stik Tiger rod that I use for saltwater bottom fish jigging and 80# PowerPro braided line. You don't need that much rod, lots of guys use a heavy salmon rod, but if you hook one of the "big 'uns" it's nice to have the backbone in the rod to keep the fight relatively short for a fish you will have to release.

Nice!

Nice fish. I know nothing about catching or cleaning that fish. It must have a lot of meat? Do they taste good?

Excellent catch, Dutchman! Curious if you were just doing a plunk-rig w/ store brought shrimp in the slough for that... @BassSlayer... YEAH! THEIR MEAT IS PHENOMENAL!

Store bought live (?) sandshrimp on 6/0 barbless with sinker slider and 4 oz sinker on the bottom. Boat anchored, incoming tide made for reasonable current to spread the scent. I bought the sandshrimp on Tues afternoon, stored in the refrig, but they were basically dead by fishing time...sturgeon didn't seem to mind, but I'm sure fresher is better. BassSlayer: good videos on filleting sturgeon on YouTube...not much different than doing a salmon, but bigger! Word is to get them bled quickly, and cleaned promptly. Regs say keep them "intact" while in the field, probably for length legality. I cut a couple of gills and hung the fish in the water on a rope to bleed out. Then I gutted it before loading it for the trip home. This will be our first attempt at eating one so the wife is researching recipes!

Great day for sure, More to come I hope.

Dutchman--- they taste really good brined/smoked w/ w/e recipe you like. Used to get a bunch from the Tribes when buying salmon in bulk for resale... pretty much cant go wrong. I can say, like a lot of fish, the smaller sizes are much more tender!

Oh, also, THANKS for the tips on using sand shrimp method!

nice fish, nobody will believe this but me and my fishin buddy hooked a sturgeon pullin plugs for silvers right by the slough didnt get it in but it ran us all over

Roger look at you im going to have to take lessons from you.... Very good smoked...

Very nice fish! Good to see someone's catching them. I got two a few years ago, but haven't been able to replicate it. We mostly made fish tacos with ours, breading them in panko and frying then in a tortilla with some cabbage and mango salsa. It's great!

+1 smoked sturgeon! I love reading these different types of targeted fish reports! Nice job :-)