How is cowlitz looking

[DannyL]

Ok so with me living in Everett I don't get down that way very often to fish. All I'm asking is if people are catching steelies and how does the river look?

[Brat Bonker]

high, like 14000cfs high.

[racfish]

Ive heard some reports of Steel but none confirmed.

[DannyL]

What river are all these hawgs coming out of then?!?

[3footvis]

Looks nice & green, obviously high though as its up in the weeds.

[Brat Bonker]

is that the wall by blue ck? or down lower.

[DannyL]

Might be high but is it fish able at that level

[3footvis]

Not sure, seems like it looks close to there....? Here is the link:

http://www.cowlitzriverlive.com/

[3footvis]

Not sure, I'd hit the Sky, it's dropping hard right now.

[DannyL]

I've never had luck on the sky, or reiter for that matter

[Brat Bonker]

maybe it is your lucking day on the sky thursday and you will be granted with lots of chrome...or try blue ck, the dam got a mighty 4 back last week, so there might be around blue ck, try bobber and jigs with this high water floated at your feet.

[DannyL]

Brat where is blue creek

[chrome_chasin]

Cowlitz river a few miles down from the Barrier dam.

[Brat Bonker]

Cowlitz river a few miles down from the Barrier dam.

you mean blue creek, there is a trout hatchery on blue creek by the blue creek ramp where most of the winter runs return to, it is like less than 10 miles down spencer rd from barrier dam but barrier might ave some along with old summer runs and coho.
You have to walk to the mouth of blue creek but in higher flows it is not as good as just downstream of the ramp but be aware you are not allowed to fish within 100 feet of the fish intake pipe by the ramp but if you go downstream of that there is some good bobber water for jigs and bait but toss some spoons and spinners in a little bit too, cowlitz fish seem to like silver spoons.

[DannyL]

May take a run down in the morning before dinner. Hope there's chrome to be had

[obryan214]

a buddy got 2 nice steelhead this morning. the photo showed that house across the river near the trout hatchery, not sure exactly where he caught them.

[DannyL]

I took some time off December 7th so hopefully ill be down then

[Brat Bonker]

try some glow balling too, @ blue creek you can fish all day and night long.

[EAmon ___hoffman123]

My guide buddy's got limits side drifting 3 man limit is where its at!

[Brat Bonker]

I have noticed that as many as the guides can catch does not reflect how many a non guide guy will catch especially if you are bank fishing, 3 guides might be limited but out of the other hundred fisherman there might be only 3 fish caught.