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Cowlitz River Fishing Reports

Cowlitz River
By: fishonfool
Posted: 5/31/2014
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/30/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Side planned plugs just above the toutle with no luck this am. 4 others fishing eggs n shrimp with no luck. Saw no fish roll or splash. Lots of smolts/small trout pecking at offerings.
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Cowlitz River
By: Weekend-warrior17
Posted: 5/24/2014
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/23/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Drove down Thursday night (Slept in the Truck) in hopes of bringing home some fish. Up bright an early in line at barrier tossing eggs under a float as usual. A few guys tagged springers early but it ...
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Cowlitz River
By: NITRO 175
Posted: 5/11/2014
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/10/2014
Hot Spots: 3
My son and I went to the dam yesterday, he just got back from Alaska his there for college any way he hasn't fish since winter break so he really wanted to go to try his luck, we got there at about th...
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Cowlitz River
By: KIDKOKANEE
Posted: 5/8/2014
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/6/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Well I m on Vacation Missed the Lake Wilderness Opener to many boat trls got turned away fished lake Meridian and my fire extinguisher pin fell out and shot off all over big mess still cleaning it up ...
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Cowlitz River
By: SilverSlayer
Posted: 5/6/2014
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/6/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Barrier Dam area from 6 to 9:30 this morning. Fishing was slow, only saw one springer landed from the riffle above the boat launch. Saw another brief hook-up in the same area, but thats it. ...
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Cowlitz River
By: NITRO 175
Posted: 5/3/2014
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/3/2014
Hot Spots: 3
I started at the dam I got there at seven a lots of people already just above the boat ramp so I waited took my time then a father and son pack up and I move in there spot I think they were there at d...
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Cowlitz River
By: MarkFromSea
Posted: 4/27/2014
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/23/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I went steelhead fishing on the Cowlitz River. The rain was off and on all day but the bite was consistent. We got into some prime locations where we had multiple hookups on steelhead and chinook. E...
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Cowlitz River
By: natetreat
Posted: 4/20/2014
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/19/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I'm having too much fun guys. Fishing has been great. Springers are picking up, but steelhead are where it's at. Man it's been so much fun. A couple of days in the last week we've had double digit...
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Cowlitz River
By: sealegs
Posted: 4/18/2014
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/18/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Felt " sick " on Thursday night and called in "sick" on Friday. Amazingly, I felt better as I was driving down to the Cowlitz River to try my odds at a second Chinook. I prepped Roe sacks the night be...
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Cowlitz River
By: natetreat
Posted: 4/16/2014
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/14/2014
Hot Spots: 0
The Cowlitz steelhead have been great. There are lots of fish, and they're willing to play! Springers are slowly showing themselves, but the area around blue creek and below has been pretty darn good....
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Cowlitz River
By: NITRO 175
Posted: 4/13/2014
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/12/2014
Hot Spots: 3
started at the dam after a few hours fishing there of no fish I decided to head down to blue creek got to the parking lot and there was hardly any parking so I park above the boat ramp and started fis...
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Cowlitz River
By: mizm05
Posted: 4/10/2014
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/9/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Hit Blue Creek because we heard B run steel had been pretty active. It was dead. Well, I should say it was dead anywhere up river from the actual Blue Creek. We didn't get the inside scoop from a v...
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Cowlitz River
By: Bay wolf
Posted: 4/6/2014
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/5/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I got the pleasure of fishing with Nate and his Father yesterday. We had a great trip! I lost a couple of fish ( my own fault) and we got that really nice Steel. We had a great time and some really...
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Cowlitz River
By: natetreat
Posted: 4/6/2014
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/5/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Fishing on the Cowlitz for springers is starting to pick up! The B-run steelhead are in. We were searching for springers yesterday from Barrier to Blue Creek. Springers are a little slow, but they are...
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Cowlitz River
By: AJFishdude
Posted: 3/27/2014
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/27/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the Cowlitz today from the bank by the Blue Creek launch. Started fishing at about 6:30am or so and left around 9:30am. Not a lot happening for us or the other guys on the bank at the spot. I d...
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Cowlitz River
By: Toni
Posted: 3/25/2014
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/25/2014
Hot Spots: 0
It rained, it was windy, and some sun showed up. I don’t know exactly where we were but Phil knew where some fish were. We were happy! We are in a battle! Angler against fish! We need an arsena...
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Cowlitz River
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 3/15/2014
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/14/2014
Hot Spots: 0
25 years ago on March 14th my father passed away also yesterday would have been his 98th birthday, so in honor on his memory took yesterday day off to do what he loved best, to go fishing!! He introd...
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Cowlitz River
By: salmonlander
Posted: 3/9/2014
Species: Other
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/8/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Headed South for the Smelt dip on Saturday morning not really knowing what to expect as I had never experienced one. After a coaching and some general info from a great friend, and a borrowed net from...
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Cowlitz River
By: akfishgrl
Posted: 3/2/2014
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/2/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Went to the Blue creek hatchery. Got a couple bites and watched a spey caster catch a really nice bright ...maybe ~8-10lber on a streamer. Saw another two separate boats catch one each. This was fro...
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Cowlitz River
By: akfishgrl
Posted: 3/2/2014
Species: Other
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/1/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Drove down to the river to meet a couple friends to try our hand at smelt... Was a fortunate day I must say! It took about 40 minutes to get our limits. Was fun, some spots were hot and some the fi...
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Cowlitz River
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 3/1/2014
Species: Other
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/1/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Pacific Eulachon aka Columbia River Smelt Dip Netting Friday I had some business to attend to in Longview, WA. I decided to check out the Cowlitz River to see if I could find any eulachon swimming ...
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Cowlitz River
By: Burnside
Posted: 2/21/2014
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/21/2014
Hot Spots: 0
First time on the Cowlitz today. Didn't catch any steelhead but, hooked into an early springer (my first king ever) which put up an awesome fight! Got it to the net and the plug tangled in it and Mr. ...
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Cowlitz River
By: Dan360
Posted: 2/8/2014
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 2/8/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the run from the Blue Creek Boat Launch down to the mouth of Blue Creek. Floated jigs of various colors, drifted shrimp and eggs, drifted a bead, no luck. Not a single fish on the bank all mo...
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Cowlitz River
By: Ducks
Posted: 12/1/2013
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 11/30/2013
Hot Spots: 0
went fishing in Packwood below the bridge and caught 1 jack and lost 2 adults, used a green corky with black yarn and a 1/2 oz weight with a 4.5 ft leader
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Cowlitz River
By: KIDKOKANEE
Posted: 11/11/2013
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/2/2013
Hot Spots: 0
My fishn partner informd me Barrier Dam Chinook hook ups were good so early there in the am we go hooked onto several bringing them in not so easy alot of people and the idea of calling out FISH ON an...
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