My friend Jake and I headed out yesterday to see if we could pull a legal sturgeon from the frigged waters of the Columbia river.
Conditions were cold and wet with a rain snow mix and 15 to 20 mile an hour winds. After an hour drive up the Columbia river gorge to Hood River. We gathered our back packs and rods from the back of the truck and started or trek down a step embankment down to the rivers edge.
We fished from 7 am until 2 pm with only a few shakers (under sized fish) for our efforts. legal sturgeon for this section of the river is 38 to 54 inches. Jake had the secret bait and sauce and was able to pull 6 shakers from the cold waters. I hooked two, one was a nice fish but I farmed them both on barbless hooks.
It was a good time and hope to get back out before they shut down the retention on fish with in the next 5 or 6 weeks.
Jake with one of his fish
Cheers,
Sticks