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Topic: Advice for Columbia sturgeon  (Read 2129 times)

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SD2OR

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I was thinking of heading up to the Columbia this weekend, to try for sturgeon.

I have never fished the Big C, and was hoping someone could recommend spots to launch and holes to fish?

Any info would be most appreciated!
A day without fishing probably wouldn't kill me,
but why risk it?

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That's a pretty broad question for a pretty big river.  :) Any particular area/region? A lot of kayakers head to the lower Willamette to the "Swan Island Basin" area. There is no current there so you don't have to anchor, which is nice.

A lot of the oversize fish below Bonneville come from around Beacon Rock and up. You may try reaching out to Uplandsandpiper and see if he has any advice; he seems to find oversized sturgeon on the kayak with ease.


SD2OR

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Thank you Mr Redbeard!

Was initially planning on going for some keepers, but it looks like I'm not gonna be able to make it up there anyway.
A day without fishing probably wouldn't kill me,
but why risk it?

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Tied for largest fish, and 5th place overall SBAOTD 2024

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