Jack Link with his first white sturgeon from the Hells Canyon area of Idaho.

Snake River Sturgeon
(Airs January 15th – January 21st and April 16th – April 22nd)

It all begins at the airport near my Brainerd, Minnesota home, where I’m met by a good friend and business associate from Minong, Wisconsin.

How’s this for going fishing in style, a private jet journey to our destination?

Let’s just say the food snack business has been as good to Jack Link as Jack Link’s beef jerky tastes to anyone who’s ever popped a piece into their mouth!

As hard a working man as he’s always been, founding and managing the family business…Jack is also a man who plays just as hard on the hunting and fishing trips he loves.

Whenever the two of us get together, swapping epics of recent adventures is always one of the first orders of business.

Yes, Idaho is today’s destination. Any guesses yet as to what the two of us are up to?

Does the time I was ruthlessly convinced to climb into a float tube to fight and land a 300-pound sturgeon ring any bells?!!

Ya know, I’ve never truly forgiven guide Jim Spickelmeier for that whole fiasco, but since it did turn out to be my most memorable show of all time…I probably shouldn’t start out by calling him names. Besides, in all honesty, he probably is the most animated character in fishing that I’ve ever had the privilege to meet.

Killgore Adventures, in Whitebird, Idaho, is a family-run adventure outfit, which offers jet boat tours and a host of guided fishing adventures on the Snake and Salmon Rivers. Over the next few days, owner Curt Killgore and Jim Spickelmeir will be our guides.

Want a real kick? While breathing in some of the most spectacular mountain scenery known to man, try being whisked away down a raging river in a 28’ jet boat with powerful twin engines! The ride alone is well worth the price of admittance for thrill seekers, but as you can guess, Jack and I are pumped for much, much more. We’ve traveled to Idaho for one thing and one thing alone—the sheer excitement of long, unrelenting battles with the largest fish that swims in North American freshwater. One, in fact, which can weigh over 1,500 pounds…reach a length of up to 20 feet…live to be over 100 years…and a fish well-known for taking anglers and the heaviest equipment to the absolute breaking point, the mighty white sturgeon.