sturgeon on the chehalis

[cohoho]

Is that a friends landing or the actual name of a landing?  Just curious, was looking on the map and couldn't find that name anywhere?

[buckhorn2]

You turn off at montesano and head toward raymond it;s called the blue slough road you only gp a half mile off the freeway. Friends landing is a park with a lake and boat ramp and fishing platform and a couple plunking shacks that volenters built for handicaped people.

[Houndhunter]

wow i never knew that. i get outa school early, so on a nice day when i got nothing to do im gonna have to give it a try

[sturgeon seeker]

you take the devinshire rd exit just past monty take a right at the end of the ramp then take the right over the bridge and follow that look for the sign to friends landing.the boat ramp is a nice ramp. but you will need 4x4 on a low tide its very very muddy and deep on a low tide. i catch fish on the chehalis everytime i go its very good fishing. if you have the right bait.

[bankwalker]

you take the devinshire rd exit just past monty take a right at the end of the ramp then take the right over the bridge and follow that look for the sign to friends landing.the boat ramp is a nice ramp. but you will need 4x4 on a low tide its very very muddy and deep on a low tide. i catch fish on the chehalis everytime i go its very good fishing. if you have the right bait.

what baits that   

im gonna try and go down tomarrow...

[sturgeon seeker]

bankwalker remember i told you today at my work.

[bankwalker]

oh yeah. 


im all geared up with my sturgeon boat rod and stuff. im not going down there with surf rods again that was a joke. that fish didnt fight one little bit lol.

[Stadle]

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i guess its just a tide game. best is incoming high/slack tide. BUT to be honest we didnt get a single bite till outgoing tide. it was like they were migrating down the river and all the sudden we were getting hit good for about 3 hours. then it just turned off till incoming tide. and once the water for to about the same level as when i got mine earlier they started biting again.

I grew up in Raymond fishing sturgeon on the Willapa, Naselle, and Chehalis back when it was pretty good fishing on all. Fishing these days seems to be best in winter from what i have heard from friends down there. the last part of the outgoing tide plus first half of incoming is good as well, just different spots for both - i always liked the last half of outgoing, plus first part of incoming and then high slack.

[Happy Gilmore]

Anybody else here go Sturgeon out of Everett? I've been out a few times but was just going on advice from a friend who is always successful with keepers out there......Stumbled around but still had fun out on the water....Hap

[cohoho]

Curious for sure, Some kind of mystery bait down on the Chehalis that works better than the big C???      Sand Shrimp, Smelt, Anchovies, Squid, Night Crawler, shad and eel...  Something magical maybe?   The skinned neighbors cat?

[sturgeon seeker]

  no not a mystery bait just a mix of stuff that works very very well on the chehalis for me.

[popeshawnpaul]

I haven't gone yet but want to Happy...  I did a little research and have some ideas.

[bankwalker]

i got the snohomish river system figured out...at least in my mind. i know all the slots, and deep holes, and which areas are better then others.

i just need to figure out someone to get out with lol

also the huge key in getting fish in the snoho, stilly is the learn to fish the mouth in the salt. thats the big trick i guess.

as for the chehalis...i know the secret bait  ill sell the secret for 1billion dollars. 

[Fishpimp]

 i hear the nisqually actually has a fair number of sturgeon. i knew a guy that would catch 1 or 2 every time he tried . he actually fished the mouth of mccallister creek but it was the nisqually delta. he used a secret bait too 

if you guys make it out the the chehalis in the near future , we would love to see some recent sturgeon pics

[sturgeon seeker]

  if you want to catch some big sturgeon fish the barrier dam on the cowlitz