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Cowlitz River Fishing Reports

By: Toni
Posted: 7/9/2009
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/9/2009
Hot Spots: 0
At 1:30am (7-08-09) the most instantaneous value for this river was 2540cfs. That is very low. I had booked a trip with Mystical Legends Guide Service for myself and my son. My son didn’t want to go....
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By: Toni
Posted: 5/27/2009
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/26/2009
Hot Spots: 0
My son and I went fishing from 6am until 4pm. He had one Springer King at the boat that dove between the motors and was gone! It might have been 8-10 pounds. Had a couple of bites on drift gear that...
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Posted: 4/18/2009
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/18/2009
Hot Spots: 0
so me and flipboy206 and his brother went to the cowlitz today...got there round 530ish and started casting at around 545ish... a couple of fish on but fouled hooks so all released... at arounf 730 on...
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Posted: 4/6/2009
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/5/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Went to the Cow with my two kids in around 11am. It was not crowded, it was a beautiful day. I actually got sun burn on my arms and face. The kids had a great time also. Well I fished alittle bit ...
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By: Flycast
Posted: 4/5/2009
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/5/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Hit Barrier Dam for a few hours on the way home. Fished in between the upper pool and the launch. Primarily corky/yarn in various colors - no bites..... Jig & bobber for a bit - no bites. Saw one fish...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/5/2009
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/4/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Fished down by blue creek all afternoon. The steelbeasts were not cooperating casted till my arm was sore and packed up around dark. Got back to car grabbed my camera flash and headed 100 yards to the...
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By: jens
Posted: 3/30/2009
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/29/2009
Hot Spots: 0
My son, Kinghunter and I trekked to Blue Creek. We heard many good stories about how hot the fishing has been, we were very excited when we arrived. We hiked about 3/4 mile down river to the right o...
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By: rseas
Posted: 3/30/2009
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/29/2009
Hot Spots: 0
First, I am not sure I like the rating system. You can have a great outing or day on the water and catch no fish. I wonder if the rating system should be based on the overall experience? Anyway that s...
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By: Toni
Posted: 3/26/2009
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/26/2009
Hot Spots: 0
I got to the river around 7am. It was cold but not freezing. I fished upriver from the Blue Creek boat launch. I used drift rigs with pink corkies, bobber and jigs, eggs or shrimp. I didn’t get anyt...
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By: NITRO 175
Posted: 3/22/2009
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/21/2009
Hot Spots: 0
My son and I went down to the Cowlitz river (by blue creek hatchery) yesterday for about 4hours. When we got there around 07:00 am, the parking lot was already packed with trucks and boat trailers. I ...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 12/29/2008
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 12/27/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the cowlitz on Saturday ,figured it should pretty good .There has been very light pressure last week because of the snow. Launched the boat at first light and fished hard until 1:30, never saw ...
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Posted: 11/12/2008
Species: Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 11/12/2008
Hot Spots: 0
I had some roe and i got a six foot leader and i got three casts into my morning and it was pouring down too and on my third cast fish an game came to me and asked for my LIC which was no biggy and th...
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Posted: 10/3/2008
Species: Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/3/2008
Hot Spots: 0
well for the past three days i have been goin to rocky point and i have not seen much get caught I'm fishing 5-12 feet from the shore i have seen steelhead salmon an jack all get caught there and for ...
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By: jetman221
Posted: 8/21/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/21/2008
Hot Spots: 0
went for three days there is a lot of fish there fished at blue creek caught a few but nothin to brag about was using divers and shrimp will be there next week
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By: Toni
Posted: 8/16/2008
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/14/2008
Hot Spots: 0
I went fishing once again with Phil Stephens of Mystical Legends Guide Service 4pm to 8 pm. It was just as great as it was in June but it was a very hot day, at times almost to hot to handle. He told ...
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Posted: 7/3/2008
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/1/2008
Hot Spots: 0
My neighbor and I started fishing at 5:am in morning. Soon after that it was fish on till about 9:30 am. We went five for six and we had a few jumpers that came out of water about two feet. So to ...
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By: Toni
Posted: 6/1/2008
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/1/2008
Hot Spots: 0
The place was the Cowlitz River Blue Creek Area. Weather was cloudy and very cool. Water temp was cold. I don't know what the flow was like since I don't have anything to compare it with. Fishing wa...
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By: gpc
Posted: 4/28/2008
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/28/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Fish the Cowlitz all weekend. It was pretty slow especially for us. We ended up catching about a dozen really small steelhead on jigs and blue foxes. At blue creek we saw a couple but didn't get any b...
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Posted: 3/24/2008
Species:
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/24/2008
Hot Spots: 0
just got back from the cowlitz lunched at blue creek........ wheres the fish?...... waiting for the b run to show... either it is really late. or its completely a no show.... they have been ...
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Posted: 12/13/2007
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 12/12/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Hit blue creek about 10AM. Lots of activity on the water. At least 2 dozen big jet boats working the hatchery pool and lots of fish caught. Another 2 dozen or so fishing from shore. Tried drifti...
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By: lhouch
Posted: 10/29/2007
Species: Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/29/2007
Hot Spots: 0
I didn't have any luck. Seems everyone around me was catching old beat Kings. Fished for about three hours. Enjoyed being out but not getting skunked.
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