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Mom and son Hook up On Columbia July 22 09

Marvin — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:44:46 +0000

We were fishing on the Columbia river today up in the Columbia river Gorge.
We started out fishing for steelhead, Fishing was kind of slow

We did catch a Steelhead but we had to let it go because it was a wild one.
We also lost one steelhead.

About 9 am we decided to go Sturgeon fishing.
so we headed down the Columbia river about 5 miles to horse tail falls.
The wind was blowing pretty hard so it was a rough ride down.
I got set up in 50 feet of water.

we got 6 or 7 small ones.
When all the sudden the 10 year old set the hook and said owe daddy this is a big one!

Well the ten year old battled it for about 15 minutes or so.
Then mom took over.
Mom is tough She puled on the pole she did not give this Big Sturgeon any slack
The battle was on for about 20 min or so when she had to give the rod up.

Now Mike has the pole and he is battling out with this fish.
We get the sturgeon right up to the boat 3 or 4 times
before we Finley can take the hook out of this big 9 foot 400 pound fish.
it was about a hour fight.
all 3 people on my boat were tired.
I will have some picture on this post soon so please check back to see.

Washington Couple Score Big on the Columbia River

Marvin — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 01:26:55 +0000

Friday morning on the Columbia river, in the Columbia gorge I had 3 clients.There names were Dwane, his wife Debie and jim from Troutdale.

Dwane and Debie came all the way from the Tri-Cities. They have fished with me before in Tillamook bay and have had success.

I met the 3 of them at 6:30 am at the fishery on the Columbia River. We started the day out fishing for shad. Shad fishing was spotty but we managed to get 6 or 7 shad. All of them were pretty small which is perfect for Sturgeon bait.

The first spot I anchored we had no success.I moved 2 or 3 times and we started to get a few bites.

The first fish we had on it was probably a keeper but we lost it..

When I threw Dwanes pole back out it wasn’t 5 minutes and he got another bite.This time we landed it. It was a nice fat 49 inch Sturgeon.

A couple hours went by and Debbies pole SLAMMED to the water!! Dwane grabbed it and set the hook. I knew instantley this was a big fish.

Dwane handed Debbie the pole and the fight was on. Let me tell ya this lady is tuff!! She faught this fish for about 30 minutes before she gave the pole to Dwane. I think she wore the fish out for Dwane!! LOL.

An hour and 15 minutes went buy and we had finally landed this fish. It was around 8 foot 3-400 pounds.

It turned out to be a great day on the river.

I want to give a special thanks to jim for all the pictures and video he took. Videos and post should be on website soon.

I look forward to fishing with these 3 again soon.

oregon fishing guide Marvin Henkel

Marvin — Mon, 25 May 2009 02:35:43 +0000

Oregon Fishing Guide Service…Fish Oregon with top fishing guide Marvin Henkel specializing in sturgeon fishing, salmon fishing, steelhead fishing, shad fishing, and walleye fishing I am now fishing the Columbia river for sturgeon. also time to start thinking about Steelhead trips in July.

Good Day Sturgeon fishing on the Columbia River

Marvin — Fri, 08 May 2009 03:28:42 +0000

Today I arrived at the boat ramp awaiting my customers to arrive.They did at 6:30 am.

We headed down the Columbia river, Where I anchored up what as the flats.I was in about 62 ft of water.

After 4 or 5 small Sturgeon We hooked my first Oversized of the season. My clients faught it for about an hour it was a little over 8 foot.

It sure was a suprise for For them when they got it too the boat.

As the day went on we caught 4 or 5 small sturgeon And one keeper Sturgeon at 47 inches long.

Not a bad day for 2 people in the boat.