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Cowlitz River Fishing Reports

Cowlitz River
By: jens
Posted: 4/9/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/8/2010
Hot Spots: 0
I fished with a good friend 4/7/10 and 4/8/10 with my son at the Cowlitz River. I took a couple days off so my son could get his first Steelhead. 2 day total: 6 fish between my son and I. Spri...
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Cowlitz River
By: fishingslayer
Posted: 4/8/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/8/2010
Hot Spots: 0
went down to the cowlitz river aprl 8 got there about 7:30 tryed at the dam got jack shit.used corkies and yarn, every color i had,green,red,yellow,orange,blue,pink nothing.Even tried a jig with a bob...
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Cowlitz River
By: the Salmonid Kid
Posted: 4/6/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/5/2010
Hot Spots: 0
well, i am pleased to report that my string of skunks on the Cowlitz has finally come to a victorious end!!! After watching people pull 'heads out around my buddy and I for a few hours we finally swal...
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Cowlitz River
By: flinginpooh
Posted: 4/5/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/5/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Went to the cow this morning. Got there at around 3:45, should have been heading home by 5am. I however could not seal the deal on my second fish. We got there and in about 3 casts my son gets one ...
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Cowlitz River
By: bluebullitt2003
Posted: 4/4/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/3/2010
Hot Spots: 0
so i went to the cowlitz a few weeks ago and made up a secret jig to see if it worked and it did, so i came down yesterday from edmonds, so it was a 2 hour drive, and i got 2 steelhead in 3 cast! I do...
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Cowlitz River
By: Big Smooth
Posted: 4/3/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/3/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Hit up the area above blue creek and came home with Two Stealheads. My first of 2010 and first using bobber and jig. Used the nightmare jig. Caught a 9.1# and a 6.5#. Also caught 4 12"'ers :). had a g...
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Cowlitz River
By: jbandurraga
Posted: 3/31/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/31/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Good day on the river. Landed a 14 1/2lb hen chromer. Saw a few fish caught. Could tell when a school came by as everyone was hooking up. Lost more then I landed, but that steelhead fishing. Was great...
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Cowlitz River
By: KrillZone253
Posted: 3/30/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/30/2010
Hot Spots: 0
My buddy and I got to the mouth of Blue creek at 1:30pm. Only 3 guys down there, about 8 at the point. Hooked a nice one an hour later or so and lost it. Then a guy hooked and lost one. Hour lat...
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Cowlitz River
By: NITRO 175
Posted: 3/29/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/28/2010
Hot Spots: 0
My son and I went to Blue Creek the usual area we fish. When we arrived at our spot, my son casted his first cast and before I could put my back pack down, he was fighting a fish already. As I turned ...
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Cowlitz River
By: deezy38
Posted: 3/27/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/27/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Great day on the river! Hooked up 6 times landed 2met some cool people down at blue creek. All fish were hooked just up from the mouth of blue creek. Tight lines!!!!!!!!
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Cowlitz River
By: jbandurraga
Posted: 3/25/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/23/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Made the journey to the Cowlitz. Was not dissapointed. Have several hookups and landed a nice steelie hen (12lbs). Fight was awesome, especially trying to keep her out of the fast water. Amazing that ...
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Cowlitz River
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/24/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/18/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the cowlitz thur and fri, i was will 2 buddies we got some bumps landed a couple my advice for anyone that wants to fish the cowlitz is to have or get a jet boat everyone i saw in boats were na...
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Cowlitz River
By: Big Smooth
Posted: 3/22/2010
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/21/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Tough day today. Hit Barrier with Jens, and Kinghunter for the morning bite. Drifted eggs and jigs under a bobber. Only saw 1 or 2 stealhead landed. No springers on the shore. Surprisingly mellow mood...
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Cowlitz River
By: bluebullitt2003
Posted: 3/20/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/20/2010
Hot Spots: 0
So after 2 years of river fishing i finally catch my first steelie!!!! I live up in the edmonds area so my buddy and i made the treck down to the cowlitz for the first time to try out his new wooldrid...
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Cowlitz River
By: my87
Posted: 3/19/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/18/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Hit blue creek yesterday. About 25 boat trailers in the parking lot at 9am. Saw 1 hook up in front of the ramp from a boat when I got there, saw 1 landed at the mouth of blue creek, that was it. Talke...
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Cowlitz River
By: salmonslayer117
Posted: 3/16/2010
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/13/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Well, another long day on the banks of the ol' cowlitz and another skunk. Hit the water just below Barrier Dam at about 4 am mainly targeting springers but willing to take what I could get. Started gl...
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Cowlitz River
By: deezy38
Posted: 3/15/2010
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/14/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the cowlitz on Sunday for some springers up at barrier damn fish were rollin across the river near the island but we couldn't get a nibble tried every thing I could think of. Wishin we were on a b...
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Cowlitz River
By: 'OL GREY DOG
Posted: 3/12/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/11/2010
Hot Spots: 0
well our trip to the Columbia to try 'n murder a few poor defenceless springers was planed a few weeks ago.....conditions on the big C at daylight..winds blow'n bout 30 mph gust'n higher temp tr...
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Cowlitz River
By: my87
Posted: 3/11/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/10/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Got there at 9:30 am.12 boats on the water,14 cars parked without trailers. Most people were fishing down river by the first island. I fished at the mouth of blue creek.had 2 on,both came off.2 others...
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Cowlitz River
By: salmonslayer117
Posted: 3/7/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/6/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Well... Another day without a single fish. Me and bigsmooth headed down and started the morning at Barrier Dam at about 6 am. Quite a few people there. I started out running a bobber and jig setup usi...
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Cowlitz River
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/7/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/7/2010
Hot Spots: 0
went to blue creek area today to try my luck at one of them late steelies or early springers, i had been reading reports saying the fishing was good, at its peak and what have you. i must say this is ...
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Cowlitz River
By: my87
Posted: 3/4/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/3/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the blue creek boat launch around 10 am. One guy had a nice buck, he was leaving. I walked past the ramps and got a pikeminnow and a sucker. Went down to blue creek area, saw only 4 people fishing...
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Cowlitz River
By: code3daddy
Posted: 2/21/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 2/21/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Fished this river at Blue Creek. No fish, didn't see anyone else bring one in or leave with anything.
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Cowlitz River
By: kingfisherman8
Posted: 2/20/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 2/20/2010
Hot Spots: 0
fished the cowlitz to day at blue creek with in the first hour i caught a nice 12 pound steelhead. i was using a pink jig under a bobber. as far as i know i was one of the only bank anglers to get a s...
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Cowlitz River
By: Jay7
Posted: 2/17/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 2/16/2010
Hot Spots: 0
No Love today........ Water was low and green. Worked a large area above blue creek boat launch but no caught fishy. Few cars in parking lot with a couple boats. Nothing notable but did have a fish...
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