Over the years I have always dedicated my time and effort towards catching Steelhead and salmon. This year I want to catch a huge sturgeon. Does anyone know of any decent guides, where the best river to go and what times of the year to catch them. I was told the Columbia, Chehalis, Lower Snohomish are the places to be. I have never caught one and would like to give it a try. THANKS

Are you looking to get oversize or a keeper.??

Check out Clancy's Guide Service. I (we) used them a couple of weekends ago for a split trip, steelhead in the morning on the Lewis and sturgeon in the afternoon on the Columbia. We C&R about 30 sturgeon in a couple of hours right out of Port of Kalama. Great action!

if you want a huge sturgeon , you might try out the fraser river up near vancouver. its all catch and release but there is a larger percentage of oversize fish there. some of the guides up there offer 4 hours of salmon fishing in the morning and six hours of sturgeon fishing in the afternoon.

HUGE STURGEON
Try below Bonneville dam in July or Aug.I guarantee you wont be disapointed.8 footers are very common.10 and 12 or more are not unusual.You hook and land a gator and not only will you be sore and tired you'll be totally amazed.One 8 footer I landed last summer jumped completely out of the water 3 times.Awesome.The good thing about that area.You can get your keepers and your oversize.What an experience.

3 of us went out June 9th last year with "triple s guide service" (he has a website), 100$ a peice and caught 6 over 7 feet long as well as 30 or so shad in 5 hours!!! He is an awesome person to be with.

THANKS for all your replys. I have been seriously giving it some thought over the past two years but will definetly give it a try this May or June and hopefully catch, land and release that 7-8 footer. I'll post my prize fish on the net.