hello,
im new to washinton and new to the omighty stergeon. i would like to try hooking up with one of these mosters this weekend. now i have the right equiptment for these fish but i dont know where on the columbia to fish them. anyone have any pointers to lead me in the right direction. and i will probably just try to fish from shore. if you can do that. im also heading from seattle to come down. any info would help alot. thanks!

dave

Welcome to the mighty sturgeon fight, first off are you a bank maggot or a boater? makes a difference in where i send you to fish. coming out of seattle if your working the river in a boat i would suggest putting in Kalama and moving over towards the old trojan nuclear plant.
find a hole about 50 ft deep move so your on a ridge either a sharp drop from land or, perferably where you find a the water going from 20 or 30 feet to where it drops into a hole.
anchor up so your sitting just down stream from the hole, that way you can cast back into the hole and work the flat below the whole.
other than than i say read my article on sturgeon fishing and just apply the technic the best you can it is not hard but if your not in to a fish within 30 mins dont be afraid to move 50 feet or so to another hole

Sturgeon 101
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thanks for the reply. i will be what you call a "bank maggot" lol. so how did that name start? any info from shore? thanks

dave

When i started sturgeon fishing we always fished bonniville dam and we where all called bank maggots i dont know where it started but it been that way as long as i can remember.

fish the mouth of the cowlitz river where it flows into the columbia and up stream a little(this is located in longview wa)
also there is some spots in the woodland are that produce but i really no have that information for you.