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Cowlitz River Fishing Reports

Cowlitz River
By: Toni
Posted: 7/22/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/22/2012
Hot Spots: 0
The day started at 12:30am when someone rang my house and hung up. I was awake and couldn’t go back to sleep even though my alarm was set for 2:30am. So I got up and checked weather.com and did some o...
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Cowlitz River
By: Brat Bonker
Posted: 7/15/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/14/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Fished friday night and saturday morning with my dad and I wnet 1 for 2 with 2 missed bober downs and 2 springer jack released along with a bonked 6lb summer run on bobber and jig. My dad lost one as ...
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Cowlitz River
By: Brat Bonker
Posted: 7/5/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/4/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Heard Hawg quest show yesterday was on the cowlitz river for winter runs but unfortunately I missed it but who cares because I made my own hawg quest. Hooked 2 landed a 13.76lb chrome summer steelhead...
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Cowlitz River
By: Brat Bonker
Posted: 7/1/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/1/2012
Hot Spots: 0
SLOW!!! yesterday saw 3 springers & 2 steelhead caught in the afternoon and nothing glow balling. Today only saw 1 springer caught along with my 16inch jack that I released at barrier. Water is super ...
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Cowlitz River
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/30/2012
Species:
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/30/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Hit up the cow pulled in about an 8 lb hen and saw a guy loose one. Nice fish but it was tore up from nets. Didn't see anything else but hiked away from the crowds. First summer run so far so Im prett...
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Cowlitz River
By: blurock
Posted: 6/15/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/9/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Took the boyfriends family out in the Willie for free fishing weekend on the Cowlitz at Bluecreek. We tried a few different things, yarnies mainly, and also drifted EZ-Eggs and some corkies and cheat...
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Cowlitz River
By: schu7498
Posted: 5/29/2012
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/28/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Spent the morning and afternoon at the cowlitz trying for springers. Started out between the hatcherys at a quiet spot. Saw lots of boat traffic, and no fish. Then went up to the barrier dam, lots of ...
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Cowlitz River
By: Brat Bonker
Posted: 5/28/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/27/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the Cow at barrier and blue ck from 5am-1pm and caught a nice 8-10lb summer run steelhead on float and eggs on my second cast at barrier. Nothing going on at blue ck, but a lot of people were c...
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Cowlitz River
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/5/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/5/2012
Hot Spots: 0
fished blue creek down to mission.fished for 9hrs.nothing. made one last drift above the boat launch and finally hooked into one,and would'nt you know it, lost it,talked to a bunch of guys,boaters and...
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Cowlitz River
By: rephresh
Posted: 4/29/2012
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/28/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Great day on the river. 5 fish hooked and 1 landed. These guys are very big and bright. Eggs are the ticket. Few steelhead still coming thru too. Saw one guy leave with 2 and buddy hooked 1.
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Cowlitz River
By: natetreat
Posted: 4/29/2012
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/29/2012
Hot Spots: 0
We fished out on the Cowlitz this Saturday. The weather was cooperative, but the fish weren't. We started at Blue Creek searching out steelhead. Threw everything in the bag at them, and didn't find an...
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Cowlitz River
By: Gringo Pescador
Posted: 4/29/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/28/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Met up with another WaLaker and headed south to the Cowlitz hoping for late B-run Steel or Early Springers. Started at Blue Creek around 7am and fished our way down to the old creek and back, threw e...
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Cowlitz River
By: natetreat
Posted: 4/22/2012
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/20/2012
Hot Spots: 0
We worked the Cowlitz at the barrier dam, trying for some of the springers that have been showing up lately. Went through the assorted techniques for barrier dam success, drift fishing, float fishing ...
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Cowlitz River
By: sumpqua
Posted: 4/20/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/19/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Caught a suprisingly bright hen at the "tailout" above blue creek. Hooked another high closer to the pipe but lost it. About 1 fish per every 4 poles from what I could tell. Fished 6:30-10 AM at th...
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Cowlitz River
By: marvin
Posted: 4/8/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/7/2012
Hot Spots: 0
WENT FISHING WITH MY TWO BROTHERS FOR MY BIRTHDAY. WE HAD A GREAT DAY. WE CAUGHT 5 FISH THEY WERE 9-14LBS REALLY NICE FISH. WE WERE FISHING BLUE CREEK LOTS OF FISH BEING CAUGHT. ...
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Cowlitz River
By: Toni
Posted: 4/3/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/2/2012
Hot Spots: 1
It was nice to be fishing with Mystical Legend Guide Phil Stephens again. We started about 7am and finished the day about 5. The river started out at 7000cfs and went up to 11000 while we were fishing...
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Cowlitz River
By: djw0414
Posted: 4/3/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/3/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Decided to hit the Cowlitz from the bank at Blue Creek with a fellow retired Boeing friend. The river was running at 11,000 cfs which is high but fishable from the bank. Got there at 6:30 AM and the p...
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Cowlitz River
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 3/27/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/26/2012
Hot Spots: 3
The Cowlitz was in good shape Monday, with river flows at 8,300 csf for the day. I met up with Gringo Pescador and Nate Treat for one last shot at the “B” run steelies. Conditions were upper 40s to lo...
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Cowlitz River
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/26/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/24/2012
Hot Spots: 0
50 guys at least at blue creek. Saw 10-15 fish taken, couple nice size fish. Started at 7:30 or so and left 1:30pm with my two #11 #7.
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Cowlitz River
By: blurock
Posted: 3/17/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/11/2012
Hot Spots: 0
(Sorry for the late report, having some computer issues) Little bit of a late start last weekend, forgetting about daylight savings, but not bad. Just Dad and me this weekend, got on the river and...
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Cowlitz River
By: kevin14
Posted: 3/16/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/14/2012
Hot Spots: 0
First time on the Cowlitz and What a great day we had. It was my dad, my friend Austin, and I fishing with Bonner Daniels and we hooked our limit of chrome steelies before lunch. We were side drifting...
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Cowlitz River
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 3/12/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/12/2012
Hot Spots: 1
Well, my personal slump for steeelhead continues, but at least one person in our group got a fish today. We hit Blue Creek and started fishing by 8am. Today's plan was to drift from BC down to Mission...
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Cowlitz River
By: Acefishon
Posted: 3/9/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/8/2012
Hot Spots: 0
hit one one first pass nice12 lbs and tha was it for rest day still really slow only heard seen three others 15 boats 10 bank if had say wait few more weeks b run be in full swing
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Cowlitz River
By: blurock
Posted: 3/6/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/4/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Sitting around in the morning watching TV and the Cowlitz River Live cam with nothing else to do we decided to pack up real quick and head down for some time in the boat. (They were killing em on the...
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Cowlitz River
By: Acefishon
Posted: 2/18/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 2/17/2012
Hot Spots: 0
well hit cowlitz and skunked for only second time this winter been real slow for last three week guide boats getting few but they have five lines in front of the fish.it know matter it's slow there is...
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