Yeah - my buddy just had that Merc installed. The 9.9 is what we refer to as a kicker motor. It generally only gets used for trolling. Cracks me up that the thing is called a 9.9. They technically call it a 9.9 HP motor because most states have adopted 10 HP as the limit on when you need a boater's license. Under 10 you don't need one.
Ahhh....trolling. Yeah I guess on a river with heavy flow like the Columbia your typical electric Minn Kota might be a little challenged. lol. Lots o lakes have a 10 hp rule which has alot to do with registration fees as well. The lake I lived on though that had a 19HP cutoff where anything bigger paid almost twice the fee. It was actually in print. 19HP. Not 20, but 19. Money grabbing basterdz lol
Yep. See picture below. Didn't take many pics after fileting though.
We are actually out on the central coast of Oregon. I used to live in the Portland area for several years but moved when we opened our restaurant near Newport.
Here's one pic we took. I lightly salted the Coho roe and let it brine for a couple days then I sliced some of the belly meat from the King real thin and drizzled a little sushi sauce (essentially sweet, thick soy sauce) and rolled some of the roe inside the salmon, seasoned lightly with chipotle, and baked it. OMG it was good.
Funny. when I was in FL I was asked twice if I was him. Not all that close if you ask me but it was fun letting them think it for a sec.
I don't know if there IS a season. I think it is whenever weather permits. There may be some closures around breeding season or something. The only way you can catch a trophy Sturgeon anymore is if you bring him to the shore or boat and release it. Still would certainly be cool as long as you got some good pictures. I haven't been Sturgeon fishing in years but one of the guys on our boat caught an 11 footer on that trip. The thing looked like a dinosaur - probably weighed north of 800 pounds. By far the biggest fish I've ever seen caught. We followed it around for over an hour and then it just kind of surfaced next to the boat. He snapped a few pics, pulled the hook and away it went.
