Cannot catch Legendary Lake Sturgeon?

[Ryan2501 39]

Last legendary fish I need, every other fish was seemingly very quick and easy to catch, however I've spent maybe more than an hour fishing for it off the railway bridge, facing South. I've noticed on Youtube people using both legendary lake & river lures to catch it, however it's an odd one seeing as it's in a river mouth, called a lake sturgeon and is surrounded by swamp! Is there something I'm missing to catch this one? Thanks. 

[El Diablo 702 1,257]

1 hour ago, Ryan2501 said:

Last legendary fish I need, every other fish was seemingly very quick and easy to catch, however I've spent maybe more than an hour fishing for it off the railway bridge, facing South. I've noticed on Youtube people using both legendary lake & river lures to catch it, however it's an odd one seeing as it's in a river mouth, called a lake sturgeon and is surrounded by swamp! Is there something I'm missing to catch this one? Thanks. 

Try using a boat on the south side of the bridge, about halfway across and cast towards the bridge.  That’s how I caught it.  

[Taterman 2,635]

I caught it fishing from the bridge and casting north, just stand on the very edge in case a train comes by. With eagle eye you can usually see the bigger fish.

[Ryan2501 39]

If anybody reading this wants a good laugh, the reason it wasn't spawning is because I'd already caught it a long time ago. For some reason which I'm sure can be simply explained, the fish symbol on the map did not have an X through it, which I took as a sign that I had not yet caught it, and with 12/13 fish caught, as I used a guide to sweep through each one and noticed the lack of 'X', assumed this must be the last one I needed. Well turns out if I did the smart thing and checked my progress page, it tells me I in fact already caught this fish and the last one I actually needed was another one.

 

That's one hour+ I'll never get back. The funny thing is, in my time of googling and checking youtube comments I've found many other people with similar complaints - I wonder how many of them were making the same error I was! 

[Taterman 2,635]

7 hours ago, Ryan2501 said:

 Well turns out if I did the smart thing and checked my progress page, it tells me I in fact already caught this fish and the last one I actually needed was another one.

 

         

 

 

Glad you got it straightened out. Thanks for posting the follow up, it may help others.