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04-05-2008, 06:36 PM
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Apprentice
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Eugene
Posts: 71
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Willamette Sturgeon 3/8/08
a buddy and i went to the Willy in early march and had a great trip. it was my first sturgeon adventure so it was an all new game for me. my bass fishing partner gave me the full "dude" treatment so that was fun too. we launched at the st. john's brigde and thankfully got there late, around 7, so we didn't have to fight the crowd. we went about a mile or so upstream and anchored in 65' of water. we got bit right away on Wayne's pickeled squid, but couldn't get a hookup. we moved a 100 yards and Wayne set on one and the fight was on. a 30" shaker eventually came to the boat and was released. we got bit many more times and after a few hours of no more hookups we were burning through bait quickly so we made a call to some friends who were on the water as well. they had 19 shakers and no keepers. we boated over to them and anchored up next to them, about 1/2 mile from the columbia, right in the channel in 55' of water. boom, boom, boom! in an hour we had 15 shakers in the boat with a couple of doubles thrown in for fun. our friends had a triple of shakers. it was a great trip and lots of fun. here are some gps coords of the two "secret" spots. they should get you close to the areas.
LAT 45.55921 LONG 122.71672 ELEV 17 LAT 45.64268 LONG 122.77521 ELEV -4.3 |
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04-05-2008, 08:21 PM
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Angler
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Next to the Jefferson boat ramp Willamette
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sweet that looks like a blast nice fish! That boat is cool I really like it what kind is it? Looks like a sweet day
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04-05-2008, 09:56 PM
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Master Angler
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Albany
Posts: 314
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Combat Chuck...I had plans on going sturgeon fishing with someone tommorrow and the plans fell through. I still want to go ...are you interested? Anyone Interested????
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04-05-2008, 10:15 PM
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Angler
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Eugene, OR
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Nice report basslips. It's always fun learning a new style of fishing...and even more fun when there is a decent amount of action. That's awfully nice of you to give up the coordinates...that good karma will set you up for later. Thanks for the report and the pics.
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04-06-2008, 02:31 PM
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Apprentice
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Eugene
Posts: 71
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Coords and boat
the willamette fishing spots are no secret spots. if you are in a boat and have a fishfinder, putt around where you see alot of boats anchored and check depths and structure types. then either anchor up or look for similar areas and depths. you may find our own "secret spot".
the boat is a fully restored Harvey Dory. nice boat and great job on the restoration. tight lines............. Last edited by Basslips : 04-06-2008 at 02:40 PM. |
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04-07-2008, 03:48 PM
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Sustained
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Have You Kissed a Bass Today???
Posts: 222
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Basslips...Sturgeon are Mighty Awesome Fish..................Great Job...................
 ........ ........Beautiful Pictures...........I've read some articles about White Sturgeon, like Heart Stopping Sturgeon by Bruce Brown (from Field & Stream) They get HUGE
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04-08-2008, 06:07 PM
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Master Angler
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Tigard, OR
Posts: 504
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That was a good article thanks Hawk!
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