2017 Columbia river sturgeon fishery

[jasonl84]

So what I'm getting out of this is if you don't have a boat your not fishing for sturgeon.. Went to Cathlamet looking for the wuana powerlines, lol, and no access to fish.

[jasonl84]

Well I found Vista park.. Every bank Fisher will be there..

[SkookumHntr]

Every charter boat out of ilwaco will be hitting it im sure, go hop on a boat, usually these trips are pretty cheap!

[KFhunter]

I used to use a little float boat to fish for sturgeon, put in way up stream, paddle hard as you can and float past where you want to fish, drop line, then paddle back to shore hard as you can and land about a 1/2 mile downstream of your fishing spot, tow your float back to camp with a rope walking along the shoreline


I was going to upgrade to a launcher but they closed the fishery, but now I got boats

[2MANY]

I still fish often for sturgeon on the lower river. I just really enjoy it. But a 6" slot for keepers? Thanks for a wonderful mostly week day opportunity. They definately do not want many fish removed by most recreational fishers. How much money was spent getting this approved?

No kidding.
Crazy how many people only go to kill those turd slurpers.

[Reidus]

Every charter boat out of ilwaco will be hitting it im sure, go hop on a boat, usually these trips are pretty cheap!

big charters have a tough time fishing a lot of the good spots in the shallows. I'd go with a guide.

[SkookumHntr]

Every charter boat out of ilwaco will be hitting it im sure, go hop on a boat, usually these trips are pretty cheap!

big charters have a tough time fishing a lot of the good spots in the shallows. I'd go with a guide.

lol, ok dude! 

[huntnphool]

 Assuming the Chinook launch is still okay?

[cohoho]

You running down Rob?  We'll see you there if so, probably C&R on Tuesday and fishing the Wednesday for keepers...

[huntnphool]

You running down Rob?  We'll see you there if so, probably C&R on Tuesday and fishing the Wednesday for keepers...

 Still up in the air, trying to clear schedules.

[bullfisher]

Ugh... its always the mouth or Bonneville....
The state sure likes us to burn fuel for these fish.

[huntnphool]

Ugh... its always the mouth or Bonneville....
The state sure likes us to burn fuel for these fish.

 There is always the Tongue Point launch on the Oregon side, you'd need a Oregon license though.

[HUNTINCOUPLE]

Deep river is the place to launch.

[huntnphool]

Deep river is the place to launch.

Only problem with Deep River is the line/wait. I prefer Chinook and would rather take a nice boat ride rather than sit in a line watching a couple idiots hold everyone up.

[metlhead]

Skamokawa, Cathlamet, Puget Island. You can spread out.