FishOn420 said:
I am very sorry and I always want to abide by the rules and regulations and will do my best to do so in the future. Thank you all for your advice.
I hear you and I am glad that it was an honest mistake.
My two cents on sturgeon fishing since I do a fair bit of it. The exact bait is not all that important. I mostly just use anchovies, year round. Minnowmagnet (another really good sturgeon fisherman) usually only uses herring year round. We both do very well. Not often I see someone outfishing us.
If I don't get a bite after 20 minutes (moving my casts every 3-5 minutes) I change locations. Squid does offer the advantage of being tougher so that can help if there are a lot of bait stealers around. On the down side it is stinkier (which is why I use anchovies and MM uses herring). I sometimes squirt some scent on my bait, so that it smells better to me. I do like to rub the scent on my leader since I feel it will mask any foreign scent there.
Not sure about shore fishing locations for sturgeon, there are some folks here who do that. If you are fishing from a boat. Mouth of Swan Island, Toyota Hole, Elk rock island, ... Sturgeon are everywhere in the river. Most times if you can find a bit of a hole or depression it will at least have some fish in or near it.
Best of luck, and remember only one single point barbless hook can be used.