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Title: Sturgeon fishing the mid-columbia
Post by: eburgtrapper on June 30, 2016, 02:51:15 PM: I was wondering if anyone has any tips or tricks for sturgeon fishing. I was hoping to try, from the bank, in the Wanapum pool. Its been a long time since ive been sturgeon fishing, but thought I would give it a try with the new season.

Thanks

Jordan
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Post by: HUNTaHOLIC5 on June 30, 2016, 03:13:08 PM: Shad has been the best bait by far in my experience. Literally 3x more action.
For us it's mostly been about finding the right holes and once you do you can keep going back and getting bites pretty regularly.
Also I found it better to be pretty patient on the hook set. They will usually come back unlike a salmon or something where you might only get one chance to hook it. They will play with their food a lot by either sucking it up and dropping it back down or by whipping it with their tale.
Good luck! Sturgeon fishing is the best. :tup:
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Post by: Ellensburg on July 03, 2016, 04:56:36 PM: No one went Sturgeon fishing?
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Post by: 270Shooter on July 03, 2016, 05:02:55 PM: I saw a few guys fishing from the bank on the rocks at shwana
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Post by: eburgtrapper on July 03, 2016, 09:25:18 PM: The DFW had three pictures on their Facebook page of guys with fish. I'm still trying to get stuff together and figure out what I need to do.
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Post by: boneaddict on July 04, 2016, 09:00:26 AM: Good luck.
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Post by: dmoua on July 05, 2016, 09:46:29 AM: My brother's and I will probably go down to the Columbia one of these weekends. It's all trial and error, pretty much the same as fishing for catfish. We used to fish the Snake River regularly until they closed it off last year for retaining.
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Post by: snake on July 05, 2016, 05:54:16 PM: Fished above Priest with squid and salmon, with no luck. Doing the same thing I do on the lower river with good luck usually.
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Post by: bullcanyon on July 05, 2016, 07:56:16 PM: My buddy was one of those 3 guys. They had an epic day Friday. Same hole Saturday nothing. I drove over Sunday and had a 7' ish fish to the bank and one shaker. Seen one keeper caught on a boat. Water had dropped 3'. Smelt was the ticket. Buddy fished Monday morning and got nothing. Guessing these fish move around a bunch there. We were using 16oz from the bank to hold. Pretty SwiftKey there.

On a side note I watched a guy in a thunderjet struggle to anchor in that current. Not near enough rope and it appeared that his chained was zip tied too tight. Once he did manage to stick his bouy was completely under water 5' from his bow. This is no place to learn how to anchor. I really thought I was going to watch him sink that boat.
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Post by: HUNTINCOUPLE on July 07, 2016, 01:19:50 PM: Found a You Tube Video on the sturgeon program up there.

Columbia River Broodstock Sturgeon
Anglers West TV
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Post by: Gringo31 on July 07, 2016, 01:32:02 PM: Was hoping for better reports. Maybe it's not battle fishing after all??
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Post by: Skyvalhunter on July 07, 2016, 01:46:23 PM: Hit up Coho he does his fair share of Sturgeon fishing
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Post by: MerriamMagician on July 20, 2016, 11:16:57 AM: Anyone been back at it? We were there last weekend and hooked into a nice keeper and one oversize. Didn't quite land either of them but gonna try again this weekend. Saw a few other boats that landed some fish.
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Post by: rasbo on July 20, 2016, 11:20:41 AM: Quote from: MerriamMagician on July 20, 2016, 11:16:57 AM
Anyone been back at it? We were there last weekend and hooked into a nice keeper and one oversize. Didn't quite land either of them but gonna try again this weekend. Saw a few other boats that landed some fish.
no wish I could get out there