Washington and Oregon have set two days for sturgeon retention in the Bonneville pool of the Columbia River.
Anglers will be able to keep a sturgeon between 38 and 54 inches on June 18 and July 1. The is a 1.8 mile-sanctuary downstream of The Dalles Dam.
The pool has a catch allocation of 325 sturgeon. Anglers kept 157 sturgeon the winter portion of the season, leaving 168 for the summer portion.
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