The ugly sticks would definitely work.The lamiglass ought to be fine. I have a 10' 6' Lami Westcoaster that I use that can be pretty fun.When fishing the shallows or slack tide.
You could probably get by with 20-25lb line I just like to be prepared for the occasional big one. Part of the reason for the heavy line is that sturgeon tend to roll a lot when hooked.The scuts on the sides of them are pretty sharp and can cut and fray your line pretty good.I never fish with a lighter leader partly for that reason.
I also like to use a slider. You can get away with hooking your weight to the snap on the slider about anywhere but the Trojan hole itself. Down there I would use about a 6-10 dropper of 15lb test.You can also rig Bonneville style and it works pretty good there.(tie your dropper into the same eye as your mainline)
They can be real light biters,but usually its pretty noticable and hard to miss. Last year at this time I had a lot of them pick up my bait and just take off.Did'nt even see a bite.
With the sand shrimp I usually put on a couple then wrap them good with stretch thread.On your last wrap just run the thread over the the top of your fingers and pull the end through and tight.It will work pretty good.
I like fishing below the island,thats straight across from the launch.Or maybe better yet,up by the wing dams and channel markers just upriver from the launch.Also good fishing at Martins bluff about a mile or two upriver and on the east side. There is no shortage of good sturgeon water so look where the boats are and you'll see lots of other places to try.