I guess you can call me coolitude. I'm too tired to give the whole rundown. For starters in the mid river areas you can fish for them with heavy salmon rods so ne need to buy a sturgeon rod. Use good strong mainline hard to beat about 40 pound braid line for sual purpose salmon and sturgeon. Then get yourself some tied up sturgeon leaders and 6 to 12 ounce lead weights. Anchor above fish you see on a good fishfinder or in some deep holes up to 50 feet deep. Watch where the other boats are fishing for them and ask questions. Use smelt! Right on the bottom and keep it on bottom. Sandshrimp or ssquid or a combination of those baits looped and thread tied onto your hook and spray that with some WD40 and some sturgeon scnet oil from the tackle shop and your in business. Let the light nibblers alone until they pull that rod down good before yout set the hook/ Tight lines.
I also should have mentioned to remember you can only keep them between 42" and 60". Don't ever bring really big ones in the boat until you measure them as legal and bonk them some if you can. Release the shakers carefully removing the hook.

[ 04-20-2001: Message edited by: Slime de Boat ]