{"id":1135,"date":"2021-02-26T11:57:41","date_gmt":"2021-02-26T18:57:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tightlines208.com\/?p=1135"},"modified":"2021-02-26T11:59:51","modified_gmt":"2021-02-26T18:59:51","slug":"wrestling-dinos-with-hammett-valley-fishing-adventures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tightlines208.com\/index.php\/2021\/02\/26\/wrestling-dinos-with-hammett-valley-fishing-adventures\/","title":{"rendered":"Sturgeon Adventures in the Hammett Valley"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I recently had the privilege of going sturgeon fishing\nwith Captain Tim Parrish of <a href=\"https:\/\/hammettvalleyfishingadventures.com\/\">Hammett Valley Fishing\nAdventures<\/a>. Tim offers panfish and bass trips on C.J. Strike, guides fly\nanglers hunting river smallmouth and carp, and also leads sturgeon excursions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When Tim invited me fishing, I opted for the latter\u2014I\u2019ve <a href=\"https:\/\/www.idahostatesman.com\/article222562390.html\">wrestled sturgeon\nbefore<\/a>, but not as often as I fish for other species. Plus, my buddy Randal\nwas a sturgeon virgin, and I wanted to see him <a href=\"https:\/\/www.idahostatesman.com\/outdoors\/fishing\/article138719063.html\">catch\na dinosaur<\/a>. The following is an excerpt from my next column\u2014read the full\nstory March 10 in the Idaho Statesman! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My bait had barely hit bottom when the telltale tap of a\nsturgeon bounced the rod tip. Once, twice\u2026I picked up the rod and kept a finger\non the 80-pound braided line. There!! I could tell he had it. I reeled down\nfuriously and felt the weight of a fish moving towards us. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIs it a dino?\u201d Randal wondered. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMaybe,\u201d I answered. \u201cIt\u2019s either small or doesn\u2019t know\nit\u2019s hooked yet.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just then, the fish stopped. I smiled at Tim, who nodded\nin approval. The reel groaned as a huge fish took off downstream. Sturgeon on! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I fought the fish for 10 minutes and then handed off to\nRandal. When the fish made its first run with him at the controls, he let out a\nwhoop of excitement as the drag sizzled. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After a 25-minute battle, we had a six-foot sturgeon boat-side.\nWe joined it in the water for pictures, then quickly scrambled aboard to get\nthe lines back in the water. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The dinner bell had sounded. Not five minutes after\nreleasing the first fish, I had another dino on\u2026 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Book Your Own Hammett Valley Adventure! <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Captain Tim Parrish of Hammett Valley Fishing Adventures is a\nlicensed Idaho guide offering panfish, bass, fly-fishing and sturgeon trips on\nthe Snake River and C.J. Strike Reservoir. To book a fishing trip with Tim,\ncall (208) 585-4858, email <a href=\"mailto:hammettvalleyfishingadventures@gmail.com\">hammettvalleyfishingadventures@gmail.com<\/a>, or visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hammettvalleyfishingadventures.com\">www.hammettvalleyfishingadventures.com<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I recently had the privilege of going sturgeon fishing with Captain Tim Parrish of Hammett Valley Fishing Adventures. Tim offers panfish and bass trips on C.J. Strike, guides fly anglers hunting river smallmouth and carp, and also leads sturgeon excursions. When Tim invited me fishing, I opted for the latter\u2014I\u2019ve wrestled sturgeon before, but not&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1136,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tightlines208.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tightlines208.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tightlines208.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tightlines208.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tightlines208.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1135"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/tightlines208.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1135\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1139,"href":"https:\/\/tightlines208.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1135\/revisions\/1139"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tightlines208.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tightlines208.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tightlines208.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tightlines208.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}