alleyoopmgv
Well-Known Member
Just wanted to post this because he is my nephew, trust me he has been doing this since he was a little kid.
Nick Radke holds a 62 inch sturgeon he caught this week on the St. Croix River just north of Bayport. Moments after the picture was taken, Radke succesfully released the fish.
Nick Radke of Bayport does a lot of fishing, so claiming to his friends that he caught the biggest fish of his life is saying something. The 27 year old was ice fishing Wednesday on the St. Croix River with friend Brandon Johnson. They had set up just south of the Excel Energy plant. Radke was using a walleye jig tipped with a fathead minnow and bouncing it off the bottom when something solid hit. Radke fought the fish for about 35 minutes, but when he got the sturgeon to the surface, he realized he had a problem. The hole in the ice wasn't big enough, so Johnson had to drill a second hole, side by side, just to get the fish out. Johnson reached into the frigid water and pulled the fish out. The friends say the fish was as long as their ice shack. After posing for a few pictures, they put the sturgeon back in the hole and say that it swam away under its own power.
Here is a link to the story, and there is a video also. And oh by the way he is a U.S. Army Sgt., and has done 2 tours in Iraq.
http://search.kstp.com/default.aspx?ct=r&q=nick+radke&type=20198,141001176
Nick Radke holds a 62 inch sturgeon he caught this week on the St. Croix River just north of Bayport. Moments after the picture was taken, Radke succesfully released the fish.
Nick Radke of Bayport does a lot of fishing, so claiming to his friends that he caught the biggest fish of his life is saying something. The 27 year old was ice fishing Wednesday on the St. Croix River with friend Brandon Johnson. They had set up just south of the Excel Energy plant. Radke was using a walleye jig tipped with a fathead minnow and bouncing it off the bottom when something solid hit. Radke fought the fish for about 35 minutes, but when he got the sturgeon to the surface, he realized he had a problem. The hole in the ice wasn't big enough, so Johnson had to drill a second hole, side by side, just to get the fish out. Johnson reached into the frigid water and pulled the fish out. The friends say the fish was as long as their ice shack. After posing for a few pictures, they put the sturgeon back in the hole and say that it swam away under its own power.
Here is a link to the story, and there is a video also. And oh by the way he is a U.S. Army Sgt., and has done 2 tours in Iraq.
http://search.kstp.com/default.aspx?ct=r&q=nick+radke&type=20198,141001176
