Sturgeon on the Umpqua

fisher-price · 02-09-2004, 05:16 PM

[img]graemlins/1zhelp.gif[/img] I am thinking about fishing the lower Umpqua for sturgeon. Anyone know anything about it? Where, when, bait etc.

any help would be appreciated.

f~p

thesea · 02-09-2004, 10:19 PM

oscar meyer weiners, soaked in old beer overnight, then half eaten by any expensive cats you may own. tied on with several half hitches and weighted with railroad ties to the bottom, and I mean the BOTTOM OF THE RIVER...

Thick-N-Thin · 02-09-2004, 10:42 PM

Between Marker 26 and 28 across the island from Gardiner. Launch out of Reedsport. Downstream of the large island by Gardner in the Gardner channel for oversize. Around the mouth of Scholfield Creek for keepers. Use sand shrimp! Not so sure when the best time is tho.

Good Luck!

02-10-2004, 06:23 AM

Any bait will work as long as it's sand shrimp.
Don't listen to Thick-N-Thin he gave my spots to you. Up stream of Reedsport around the mouth of Dean Creek (I think that's the name, it's the creek at the east side of the elk viewing area) can be good too.

Dipnet · 02-10-2004, 06:32 AM

Like Keta said, we've heard up around Dean Creek also. Haven't ever tried it down there yet though. That's another one of those "one of these days" kind of deals!!

Dipnet :grin:

nitrobass · 02-10-2004, 06:42 AM

Its a really iffy fishery down there. I used to fish it regularly, and about on in 4 days there would be a legitimate bite going on. This time of year the action was usually down near the 12 marker, also 15. Find the deeper holes near those markers and anchor close to it on the upcurrent side.
Its pretty standard there to put your shrimp in spawn bags, to protect them from the bullheads and crabs.
Its tough to get down there knowing you could go to the Willy or CR and catch them all day long.