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Prehistoric Catches

Thursday, November 20th, 2008

by Roy Van Goor

A lot of the French waters hold sturgeon; I have caught several from different waters up to 64 lb. The biggest I have come across where ant angling lines Etang de Laroussi. I have fished Laroussi for 3 times, and caught sturgeon on 2 trips. On my 1st trip I caught one that came out 3 times between the anglers that week. My 2nd visit I was able to hook 3…and landed 2 of them. Both weighing over 60 lb.

The strange thing is that my friend that was fishing with me on both trips only landed one. I my view these fish love fishmeal based boilies and pellets. He was using scopex on his 1st trip, where I was on fishmeal based baits. Often I could see them feeding over my baits, they tails would come out of the water. Revealing that they where present. After he switched on to fishmeal he landed one within 1 hour after casting his rigs out. Another important thing with sturgeon is the way to handle them. They need to be landed by hand…not in a landing net. If you would try to land them in a landing net then the sturgeon could get damaged petty badly. Their back could break, and the fish would not survive a capture. The best way to land them is when are ready for landing, put the unhooking mat in the water and try to get hold of them by the tale pull the sturgeon on to the mat and take it carefully on to the bank.
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Reader’s Query: Information on Laroussi

Friday, June 6th, 2008

Justin wrote:
For Roy van goor, following on a great from a message answered on 28th March, just wondering how your session went on Laroussi, and if you’ve any extra advise.

Roy Van Goor replies
Hi justin,
Thanks for your kind words regarding the answer to your previous .. Well my session was a very good one weight wise,but the numbers of was low..
I had 7 takes resulting in 5 landed 2 of those where small commons..17 and 18 lb. The mirrors where slightly bigger.. ☺ 40,7 lb…45,7 lb and ☺ whopping 57 lb..( new p.b) (more…)