Sturgeon anglers will get to keep fish for two days in the Columbia River near Portland, Sept. 15 and 22. Both are Saturdays.

Oregon and Washington fish managers set the limited-retention season in a telephone conference meeting Tuesday afternoon.

The open area will be from power lines crossing the river near Wauna, east of Astoria, upriver to deadlines below Bonneville Dam.

Sturgeon - one per day, two per season - must be between 44 and 50 inches, fork length, in order to be taken home. Fork length is measured on a flat surface below the sturgeon, which is laid on its side.

Oregon biologists said they will not allow sturgeon retention in the lower Willamette River. Catch-and-release fishing is open in the Willamette downriver from the railroad bridge in Lake Oswego.

-- Bill Monroe