Show 6

Let me tell you, I had to get up early this morning. Today we are headed to the Kennebecasis River outside of Hampton for my first attempt at Sturgeon fishing. My guest and guide for the day is Mike Rickett who is working the night shift and is going to hook up with me when I get to Saint John. The city certainly lived up to its reputation this morning with a thick blanket of fog making driving a bit tedious. It also caused a change of plan for launching the boat. We decided to head for the ramp in Hampton instead of trying to drive across the bay in the fog. The good news was that Tim Hortons had opened a store since my last trip there so we made a coffee stop.

We drove down the river from Hampton to one of Mike’s favourite fishing spots on the river and anchored the boat. It has been a long time since I used live bait but dew worms were the bait of choice today.

Mike had warned me that it was probably going to be a slow day because we were a few weeks earlier than he usually fishes here but you go when you can go. There were actually a lot of Sturgeon jumping around the boat for most of the day but I think they were just coming up to laugh at us because only one bit. Even a liberal dose of Smelly Jelly Sturgeon Feast didn’t help. Mike hooked into one about thirty inches or so and I got to handle my first one even if I didn’t catch it myself. Very prehistoric looking fish to say the least.

For the second part of the show I went back to my first love and went bass fishing with my old friend Glen Hunter. Being a good host I let Glen beat up on me again from the back of the boat. We were fishing some shallow water pads and they were really pounding Glen’s latest discovery. His bait of choice today was a Skinny Dipper and the fish much preferred it over my Senko. The Skinny Dipper is a swim bait and it does impart a little more action than the Senko. Rigged Texas style it comes through the grass and weeds quite nicely.

The great thing about fishing with Glen is that he is always looking for something different to try and when he finds a good one he is kind enough to share it with me.