I put in north of Vernita Bridge off of SR 243. Water was still running high. Time was about 6:45 AM. Was unable to set my river anchor in the center of the river. I eventually was able to get it to take in a seam closer to the west shore.

I finished off some frozen shad with one caught and another lost. At about 10:30 I hooked one on some Sturgeon Candy/shad. Nice leap out of the water then it took off down stream. What a hoot! After it was played out I got it up against the boat and it measured 45" and was boated. What fun! This was my first time fishing from a boat for Sturgeon and it was sweet. No pun intended.

The water temperature was 58 degrees. The air temperature was about 85. The Sturgeon Candy had been opened months before and had been refrigerated since.......