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Cowlitz River Fishing Reports

By: NITRO 175
Posted: 4/3/2011
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/3/2011
Hot Spots: 0
My son and I got to the Cowlitz at around 645am. When we got to the usual fishing spot, water was to fast to fish so we ended up fishing other areas. Fishing was slow. It was about 945am and I hear my...
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Posted: 3/30/2011
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/27/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Launched at Blue Creek and headed downstream. Fished from 7am to 3pm. A lot of boats on the water, but saw limited fished caught. Had 5 fisherman on the boat, landed 5 fish. A nice 14lb chrome hen and...
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By: Matt
Posted: 3/21/2011
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/20/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Launched at Blue Creek around 630-700 am, had to get in line with about 10 other boats waiting to launch. As we readied my rig for the water the boats just kept pouring in to the parking lot. The wo...
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By: NITRO 175
Posted: 3/21/2011
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/19/2011
Hot Spots: 0
My son and I went to the Cowlitz on Saturday and Sunday. On Saturday, We started at about 630am. There was already a crowd of people there, so we were expecting fishing to be pretty good. Fish were sp...
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By: Matt
Posted: 3/11/2011
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/11/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Launched at Blue Creek at about 7am and fished with the WAlakes member Bawk Bawk on my boat, tons of boats out, lots of bankies too. Water was high but not ridiculous, visibility about 1-2 feet. As ...
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By: ingi
Posted: 3/11/2011
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/11/2011
Hot Spots: 0
I fished the cowlitz for the first time. I arrived at 5:15 from seattle and found a spot below the handicapped fishing spots at blue creek. I caught zero fish but I did have one fish on which I guess ...
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By: NITRO 175
Posted: 3/6/2011
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/6/2011
Hot Spots: 0
I went fishing in the morning for a few hours and fished my usual spot. I had to fish different holes just to avoid the crowds but at about ten o'clock I had my only hit. At first I thought I was snag...
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By: Bro-Rando
Posted: 3/6/2011
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/6/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Went out on the Cowlitz today for my birthday with my dad. My quarterlife crisis had me looking to catch my first steelhead and we were not disappointed. Launched out of Blue Creek around 7:20 and lef...
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By: Toni
Posted: 12/12/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 12/12/2010
Hot Spots: 1
I went to the Xrodz Demo Daze event and was on a sled operated by Matt and Kelly. It was windy at first but once it started to rain the wind died down. The river had gone down to about 12,000cfs. We g...
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By: spokey9
Posted: 12/12/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 12/11/2010
Hot Spots: 0
got down to the cow around 5am, checked out barrier on a hunch but no fish and a couple of drunk guys got me to change up my game plan. shot over to blue creek and fish a ways down from the pipe. got...
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Posted: 12/11/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 12/11/2010
Hot Spots: 0
went fishing down @ blue creek.today was really fun got to take a guided tour with ehli from xrods. got to try out there line of fishing poles freaking great poles! well balanced really light all arou...
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By: jonfishin
Posted: 11/14/2010
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/13/2010
Hot Spots: 0
my day at the cal consisted of casting alot and only had 4 hook ups ,1 steelhead witch got off at the bank and brought home 2 kings 1 buck and 1 25lbr hen
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By: jonfishin
Posted: 11/14/2010
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/8/2010
Hot Spots: 0
on sunday morn went to the cowlitz and hooked up five times and brought home this big boot 45lbr good for smoking i rate my day a 10
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Posted: 11/13/2010
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/13/2010
Hot Spots: 0
I didnt get skunked today :) but, did not catch a salmon. Got out to Barrier dam at about 9:00 a.m. It was NOT combat fishing, there was maybe 20 people from the boat launch all the way up all day. W...
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By: chromerss
Posted: 11/13/2010
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/11/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Went back out with my dad and hooked into lots of fish. It wasn't as hot as sunday but still managed 15 or so hookups landing about 8 between the two of us. It is gettin really snaggy out there. Pops ...
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By: dhokes
Posted: 11/11/2010
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 11/11/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Fished @ barrier dam from about 10-1 before the rain came. Went 2 of 5. 1st was about a 12# wild coho in ok shape that I C&R. One guy wanted to keep it if I wasn't going to and I told him no, it was a...
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By: Jhuynh2
Posted: 11/11/2010
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 11/11/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Water was running higher than normal, didn't get one take down, neither did my fishing buddies, all 4 of us, not many taken down today, maybe the run is slowing quite a bit down
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Posted: 11/9/2010
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 11/8/2010
Hot Spots: 0
This fishery reminded my wife and I of a trout pond. Excited grown men going nutsos over the Silvers like a kid at a trout pond. Cast and set your hook for every little bump. TIP411 sure got my text...
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By: chromerss
Posted: 11/7/2010
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Rating: 5
Fished: 11/7/2010
Hot Spots: 0
had a awesome three hours of fishing with the fasha. the water was high but still lots of fish. caught 8 fish nice and chrome too. have fun its worth a try! also let go about a five pound nat steelie....
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By: Jhuynh2
Posted: 11/5/2010
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 11/4/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Not a lot of fish in the river, it is very high, blown out, very narrow space to fish at the dam with everyone, not many fish landed - too much gear lost for such a high river right now
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 11/2/2010
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/2/2010
Hot Spots: 0
One nice afternoon on the cowlitz just beautiful.Pulled up at the river at like 12:00am tons of people so i had to stick with combat fishing the cowlitz. Fish are every where. Hooked bout 35 fish land...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/27/2010
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/27/2010
Hot Spots: 0
hit barier dam with a buddy,got there around noon.between us we walked outn with 8,bright to bright enough and released quite a few.Driftin eggs and corkie and yarn.
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By: phishOn
Posted: 10/18/2010
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/12/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Priceless !!!!
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/18/2010
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/12/2010
Hot Spots: 0
cowlitz pics for those non-believers.
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/18/2010
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/12/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Cowlitz is hot ...! The silvers were litterally eating corkies like trout on opening day .. Check it out...CHROME CHROME CHROME.
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