Recent content by mustardthetrout

Thanks for the heads up. I always thought it was 5 feet for some reason.

Found them! Weather and wind were horrible but I found consistent action at Swan this morning. Plenty of fish ranging from shaker to oversize. The bigger one I'm holding was just under the 5' mark but was one of the fattest sturgeon I had ever caught. When I saw his head come up I thought he...

Nice fish! I'm planning on fishing cathedral park/swan island multiple times this week and hopefully a couple new spots as well. I'll probably be a little rusty but hopefully should get back into some sturgeon again.

Sounds good! It’s an interesting place but I found that even when I would fish in the exact spots others would recommend for me to try I could never produce. Same for when I tried to find my own spots. Granted it was late May so at the back end of when Willamette sturgeon fishing is typically...

That sounds good! I arrive back in down on December 17 and probably won’t be able to fish much until after the 20th so hopefully things will be looking good by then. Thanks for the help; I was a little worried nobody would respond in an Oregon fishing forum after I admitted to being a part-time...

Hello all! I've been at school in San Diego for the last few months and in a couple weeks I'll be back in town for winter break. I have a few days during then that I'll be able to fish for sturgeon. I don't think I'll be able to take my kayak out (there's still the possibility I'll be able to...

Gotta love those sand crabs! I've always wanted to try the Gulp! ones that they make. Has anyone tried them?

It usually takes warmer water for them to move into the shallows and become active. With the terrible winter much of the state had it'll still be a little while.

Perfect eating size! The really big ones tend to get kind of grainy.

Thanks! That's all really helpful. I'll be sure to try some of those techniques the next time I'm on the Willy.

I've been fishing Swan Island for sturgeon some time now but I hear a lot about good numbers of bass and crappie being caught in the area. I'd love to learn a few pointers on how to successfully catch these fish in the area. Especially crappie; I've never caught a crappie on purpose and have no...

I'd love to go but that area is pretty far away from where I live. I've been pretty busy lately and I don't know how feasible it would be to make such a long trip.

That's kind of weird that they aren't showing up. As far as the lakes go I've gotten in trouble for revealing the exact locations of them publicly, as apparently bowfishermen or other people who kill the carp have previously read posts like this and then gone and destroyed the populations in...

I sometimes suffer from line tangles when I use the Carolina rig, especially when I use a cannonball sinker attached to one of those sturgeon sliders. They usually aren't as bad if I'm fishing with a shorter leader in calmer surf, but I'd like to experiment with different rigging alternatives...

I typically string my corn on hair rigs that allow the carp to suck in the bait without feeling the hook in the process. The pellets have little rubber bands that you use to bind them to the hooks since they're too brittle to hook.