Milt Gudgell, a boat captain with Pacific Salmon Charters in Ilwaco, will be the guest speaker at the April 25 meeting of the Olympia Chapter of Trout Unlimited. He has been guiding since 1985 and has more than 40 years of fishing experience.
Gudgell will give a presentation on up-to-date fishing techniques, locations and the best gear to use when fishing for sturgeon. The Columbia River white sturgeon, often described as a living dinosaur, is the largest freshwater fish in North America.
Gudgell will also talk about fishing requirements based on recent legislation and the complexity of developing and following management plans for the lower-river sturgeon fishery amid concerns of a diminishing resource.
The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. at North Olympia Fire Station, 5046 Boston Harbor Road N.E., Olympia.
Compiled by Jeffrey P. Mayor, jeff.mayor@thenewstribune.com
