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I was fishing the Bonniville pool yesterday for sturgeon and saw a nice little river on the Washington side. From the map it looks like it is probably the White Salmon but I am not sure. There were Chinook and (I think) Coho's jumping around the entrance. Is this a known fishery? Is it the White Salmon (there is a tressel at the mouth)? Is the Columbia open to Oregon anglers near the mouth at this time (the regs are a little confusing)? Any thoughts on techniques? I appreciate the response!
WP...just a curious kind of guy! :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
chromebright
11-15-2002, 08:29 AM
Hey WP,
Sounds like the White. I live right across the Columbia in Hood River. I was out there this weekend Sturgeon fishing and there are a lot of fish jumping around. All along that side from the White Salmon entrance down a few hundreds yards towards the harchery is a river rock type bottom where a bunch of fish spawn every year. Most of the fish jumping are fall chinook and are doing the sideways belly flop to lossen eggs. I did see a few fish that looked like coho, but not sure if I would invest much time trying to catch them right now. By the way the Sturgeon fishing was pretty good below the White.
Thanks for the reply...I wasn't going to fish them (too dark), just curious. We caught a few sturgeon but no keepers...wind waves made going good. We caught most a little above the river...will have to try a little lower next time...thanks for the tip, I am just learning Hood River sturgeon fishing so any help is appreciated!
WP :smile:
chromebright
11-15-2002, 10:59 AM
I personally do not fish the deeper water above the White or below the Hatchery. I concentrate on the flats(15-40 feet deep) below the river mouths. Especially if there is any junk flowing out from them. Right now anything below the white down to just below hatchery in the 20-60 ft range is good. There are a whole bunch of dead salmon flowing out of the white. When the rivers go up and flow a bunch of junk I fish up all the way to 5ft deep on the sand bars. Most people would not belive the size of Sturgeon that lurk in 5ft of water when the conditions are right.