I've never caught one in the slot size that is legal to keep, and don't intend to ever keep a second one, but I would like to try it once.  How do I fillet, steak, or otherwise clean a lake sturgeon?
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I always fillet them, and are mostly looking for the eggs, and just meat to put in my smoker.
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wow there is so many. Lets start with trout: Small spinners are obvious, salmon eggs are great, i have also ( believe it or not ) had excellent success with cut bait. you can also buy the artificials at local bait shops or even walmart.\nCats: Great success with chicken liver. Night crawlers, if you can find crawfish tails they also work well, you can try the stink bait if you want . I havent had good success and i cant stand the smell. Good luck, hope thi helps in he future.
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Like you, I found no indication that sturgeon can go dormant in that way.  They do become inactive on the bottom when the temperature is cold enough.  If it was a report from somewhere farther south, I would have guessed the farmer found a lungfish, which does become dormant for long periods and can be solidly locked in dried earth without drying up, due to a nasty mucous cocoon they exude around themselves.  No lungfish are native to BC, though.
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Sometimes, just to be safe, one should place the live catch in a large container filled with fresh, clean water in order to allow the fish to expell the debris from it's system. You will need a big enough container or tank in order for the fish to breathe as this aids in the expulsion of said debris. After a day or two the fish should be ready to gut and clean. At times you may see red areas of flesh surrounding the belly area as the blood vessels are concentrated there to absorb the nutrients in the food that they eat. Just trim that part off as it usually is the most fishy tasting part that not even lemons will get rid of. Most trout meat is white in color. Be careful to cook your trout well or you will suffer the consequences of food poisoning as it has happened before. As far as being okay to eat, it would seem moot as you are already determined to eat it anyways. Here is a simple rule to follow,... When in doubt, throw it out. Or in your case, since it is a trophy fish, take it a taxidermist. Bon apetit!
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Skin it and gets all the hair off of it or it will taste really gammy. We rinse our off with a hose. Then cut it in quarters and hang in old fridge for a week to age. We cut the back straps off(good steaks) and throw the ribs away. Then you bone out the legs. The pieces that are big enough we make into steaks and the rest goes for salami.  My parents always make deer burger out of the small pieces but we don't care for deer burger. We run our steaks through a tenderizer before packaging and freezing. Good Luck!!\n\nTry this site it tells you how to butcher one step by step. It even gives you some recipies at the bottem.\n\nhttp://web1.msue.msu.edu/msue/imp/modac/65793001.html
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You may not need more than a knife and a needlenose plier:\n\nDeboning trout: Put trout on a cutting board and open it flesh side up. Cut of the flesh where the fins are attached (except for the fin between the two fillets). There is a row of bones between the two fillets. Run a paring or boning knife on both sides of this row of bones being careful not to cut through the skin. Using the pliers, pull the middle row of bones out. Run your finger along each fillet from head to tail to locate a row of bones in the fillets. Run your knife from head to tail holding it perpendicular to the fillet to raise the bones (do not cut into the fillet). Now you should be able to see and feel the bones much easier. Grab several bones at a time and pull in the dirrection of the tail. When no more bones remain, repeat with the other fillet. The first time you do this, it might take a little while, so keep your other fish refrigerated or over ice.
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It all depends on where at in MT, what kind of fishing you like to do, and if you are just after catching fish or you want to catch a big one.  For flyfishing the best river is the Missouri just north of Helena about 30 miles next to Craig, MT.  Down south of Billings about 45 miles is Harlowtown and the Big Horn is there.  Both of these rivers have great rainbow and brown trout (avg size is 18-22 inches)  In the North west corner (Flathead Valley, where I live) is Flathead Lake which has many different species, if you are not familiar with the lake I would suggest hiring a guide to show you the ropes this lake is fished with a boat and usually downriggers.  Just across the mountains from here is the blackfoot indian reservation (special $10/day or $60/yr permit required) and there is approx 6 lakes over there that are stocked with rainbows and it is not uncommon to catch fish that weigh 8 lbs. or more, they can be fished from boat or shore, fly or spinner.  Other than that there is multitude of places with great fishing in MT, just ask around and usually you will at least get pointed in the right direction.  GOOD LUCK!!!
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I only fish for bass, so here is my list for bass. I would try Rebel pop-r's in different sizes and colors. Hula poppers, heddons zara spook for big bass, try different propeller lures, the Rapala original floating minnow. Try some different frogs that can float over weeds, and provoke vicious strikes, you could also try different floating plastic baits from 3x by strike king, they have all sorts of plastics that float like lizards, worms, crawfish, etc... I live in PA, but there are alot of constants in bass fishing.  If your not producing fish, vary your retrieve speed, and technique. In clear water use realistic lures, in cloudy water use brighter lures like firetiger, in muddy waters try lures that make noise so the fish can zero in on them. A few examples are spinnerbaits, buzzbaits, and wide wobble crankbaits. Same with at night, use noisy lures. But I have also got fish at night with worms, which don't make any noise. Try different things till you hit the right lure.  Tight lines
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Okay here goes.First thing you need is great insect repellent to spray yourself completely to keep the nasty bugs away.Buy the strongest sun screen to protect your skin.Wear a hat to ward off sun/heat stroke.Buy 6 bottles of water and a cooler with ice to keep them cold.Make yourself some snack foods for lunch and for the munchies.I also brought hand wipes to clean the worm gunk and fish smell off my hands.Buy a cheap but good rod and real with a small tackle box filled with all the little goodies you may need.Remember above all if the fish is smaller than your hand throw the poor thing back into the water so it can grow some more.
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First off I love bass fishing, I saw an article earlier that must have been put on by an upset wife, she was right in alot of ways. I have won small tournments ( open team tournments) with any where from 15 to 25 boats in them. I fish the Walmart BFL series and a local club here in Western New York. I haven't won any big ones yet but still trying, I fish the Empire division in New York and the Shendoah division in Virginia. It can be verry exensive or fairly in expensive, depending on your job. I'm lucky to have a pretty decent paying job that allows me to be able to do this, with out it I'd find a way though. My father won a tournment that paid almost $10,000.00 two years ago on Chautauqua Lake, which is aprox. 45 minutes from Erie, PA. The water was in the 70's wind was calm and we started out in a Fog delay that morning( another words they wouldn't let us start fishing until it was safe) for three hours. It was a nice sunny day after the fog lifted and was probabl in the mid 70's. I didn't fair well due to my partners fish had already moved off the structure they were holding on and he didn't want to go into my dad's area, which he had that choice being the boater. My father won pitching senko's for two days strait and also had the big bass( largest bass caught in the tourney) on senkos. If the wind picks up we usually will put a little weight to help get the senko down, they usually fall pretty good. If what area are you in in PA, maybe we could go fishing some time. I'll leave you a couple of websites to check out tournments that may be fairly close to you. The BFL co-anglers entry fee is $100.00 and I'm not sure what the Bassmasters entry fee is I believe it is also a Hundred dollars, and you fish for around $2500 to  $3000. in local tournments they genrally run 25 to 50 dollars depending where they are at. Feel free to contact me at bmck33@yahoo.com any time. hope this helps you some, Bill
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I have found that the best retirieve to catch bass would have to cast it out as close to weeds, or logs, or rock cover as you can, keep your rod tip up and you line taut.  Let the worm sink and usually you will get the hit on the initial fall.  If not, let the worm sink to the bottom.  Then give the worm a few tugs, very small tugs, remember, you have to make it look real, so huge tugs make it look like a super worm, and may result in a hit, but, not many.  After you have given 2,3 maybe 4 little tugs on the worm, let it sink again.  I have found that most hits occur as the worm is falling.  So it is a must to keep your line taut, or you won't even feel the strike.  You must also keep your eye on your line where it enters the water.  Sometimes, you don't feel the hit, even with a tight line, but you will see your line either twitch, or move off to one side or the other.  Be ready to set the hook.  I prefer the YUM dinger in the 4 inch model and 6 inch model, in the watermelon seed color with gold flakes. They have a small slit in the worm to hide the hook in, resulting in easier, and better hook-ups.  Bill Dance once said "Any color and size of worm is good, as long as it is 6 inches and purple."  Try watermelon seed first, it seems to work everywhere.  Purple, black, red, and watermelon seed  also seem to work well.  But you have to experiment to find a good color. Here are a few sites to get you started.  I also have found that if the YUM dinger doesn't work, the YUM 6 inch ribbontail usually does.  If niether of those work, I try the YUM hawgtail, and almost always catch bass with 1 of the 3.  I would be lying if I told you that these three soft plastics have not improved my catch ratio per fishing trip, than any other plastics, and lures combined. I have found that using worms, I have found that it makes little difference on the water condition, when fishing a worm.  I have caught bass in muddy water, clear water, and in between with a worm, as well as at night. Bass have a "sensor" called the lateral lines. The bass can feel the worm before they see it.  In fact the largest bass I have ever caught was caught on a YUM dinger, at 2 a.m. during a full moon. But I have also had good bass at night when it was cloudy out. I prefer to Texas rig my plastics, most always wieghtless, on a 1/0 worm hook.  Have fun, and tight lines.
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I love bass fishing at night, especially in the dog days of summer.  If you have a bit of light, such as a full moon, I will cast a buzzbait.  If light is scarce, I switch to a large plastic worm or lizard.  Swimming plastics lets you feel the bite, rather than see it.  Keep some form of light in the boat, so you can safely remove all the fish you catch!
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IT DEPENDS ON WHAT KIND YOU ARE FISHING FOR.CHANNELS, BLUES AND BULLHEADS ALL LOVE FRESH CUT BAIT, CHICKEN LIVER( FRESH OR ROTTEN), FLATHEADS PREFER LIVE BAIT, LIKE LIVE SUNFISH (WHERE LEGAL) CARP, SUCKERS, LARGE MINNOWS,AND SMALL BULLHEADS (AGAIN, WHERE LEGAL).NIGHTCRAWLERS, LEECHES AND CRAYFISH CAN WORK FOR ALL FOUR SPECIES.OH, IF THEY ARE BITING SO GOOD, WHY ARE YOU ON THE COMPUTER?????LOL
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Well, you can give in and eat the bass that you catch, or you can do what I would do.  I do not like to eat fish, but if I did, I would get it from the grocery store.  And then politely explain to the people who are harvesting the bass, that it would be more beneficial to the fish population, as well as the other fisherman to practice catch and release.  After so many bass are removed from the lake, there will not be many fish to catch, or eat in their cases.  I get highly P.O.'d when I see fisherman taking home bass to eat.  Especially since most of the lakes I fish in are under a "big bass program", which means that the only fish left are little ones.  You see, all the people who have fished there in the past, have taken all the nice bass, leaving only small bass.  Now the fishing sucks.  I would say something if I was you, otherwise you won't have good fishing, and you WILL have to go somewhere else.  Good luck, and tight lines.
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if you fish deep in snag area dont use braided.cant break.breaded great for artificials or other snag free fishing.you could use mono leader pain in but resplicing when you fray
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Use plastic worms and plastic lizards.  I right now am using a spinner and that is working well, I am using white.\nAlso what works well is a thing called a brush hog in green color.  It gets the big fish.  Look at http://bassproshop.com for more ideas
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Bass... I kinda figure you have a pretty good program put toether already.... but I use a couple different techniques for different presentations.... I stroke or hop jigs off of structures towards deeper water... its pretty effective.  I'll tend to finesse a jig into docks and vertical structures, especially if the bass are being pressured during a tournament or there are alot of people just "throwing" bait away. Once again, I like to work from shallow to deep waters. I try smooth movements and a pitch to reduce splash.  On both techniques, once I have worked the jig as deep as I can... I use a steady, medium speed to retrieve it... looking for that second chance at a bucket mouth.  \n\nGood anwser before on the attractant!!