I was just wondering...is this just strictly a salmon and steelhead forum or can we talk about sturgeon too? I didn't know if there are certain "rules" for topic discussion. Thank you in advance for your replies. -Wiggle wart <*))))><

Sturgeon's fine by me ... a ball to catch!

Speaking of which, I saw about a 9-10 footer on the quillayute in october. Does anybody fish for em' on the coast? We actually tried to get him to eat a sardine but I think he was freaking out at the fact he got stuck there on low tide.

wiggle wart I fish for sturgeon all the time. The martin bluff area is turning on.

Thank you for your replies....I enjoy sturgeon fishing on the salmon/steelhead off season. It is nice to know that others enjoy it and are willing to talk about it. I fish the lower Columbia (from Bonneville dam, down river) and have been having some good success until the darn commercial nets went in. That kind of put a damper on the fishing. We fished the St. Helens area a few weeks ago and 4 trips ended up with limiting out the boat each time. One day we caught up to ten keepers between 43 and 55 inches. Saw one guy get a 75 inch oversize big boy. Caught the darn thing....pulled it in the boat...held it in the boat for about 5 minutes then proceeded to hold the fish BY THE GILLS and show it off to all the other boats before tossing it in backwards into the water from a standing position. Not very good releasing practices for our spawners. It made me sick to watch. Anyways..hope the smelt come in the Cowlitz soon before the darn thing closes!
Wiggle wart...<*))))><