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Coldwater Fishing Reports

Coldwater
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 3/10/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/9/2015
Hot Spots: 1
Spent a beautiful Monday out on Coldwater Lake in the blast zone of Mount St. Helens chasing Rainbow Trout. This population of Rainbow Trout is self-sustaining and has been since they were introduced ...
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Coldwater
By: strikezone
Posted: 12/22/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 12/22/2014
Hot Spots: 3
What a beauty of a day to be out on a lake. Fishing was ok, but not hot by any means. Had 14 on and managed to get 8 to the boat. Released all of them. Barbless hooks makes it hard to keep em on. They...
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Coldwater
By: strikezone
Posted: 12/5/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/22/2013
Hot Spots: 3
Coldwater Lake last winter. It was a little cool up there, but it was an awesome day to be on the water. Caught a few fish as well. Most were caught on a fly I make that I call my drunkin dragon. I us...
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Coldwater
By: VHMLLC
Posted: 9/12/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/8/2010
Hot Spots: 0
I left vancouver at 430 am arrived at 630 sun up. No one on the lake, we put the toons in the water. as luck had it we had the lake to our selfs all morning. I was using a 5wt 9ft fly rig with a float...
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Coldwater
By: flyfisherguy
Posted: 5/23/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/23/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Made my first trip of the season to Coldwater today. Almost turned back, the sky was overcast and the temperature was a bit chilly as I approached Castle Rock. But I decided to drive on up the rest of...
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Coldwater
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/24/2007
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Rating: 3
Fished: 9/22/2007
Hot Spots: 0
I took my son to Coldwater Lake to see if the fish would be active this late in the season. We got kind of a late start but managed to get to the lake by mid-afternoon. The water temperature was 60 de...
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Coldwater
By: littleriver
Posted: 6/20/2007
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/19/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Retired people get to fish on weekdays and that's what I did yesterday. Took my 12' mckenzie style drift boat up to Coldwater lake and rowed it the full length of the lake and back. Rowing alo...
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Coldwater
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/30/2005
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Rating: 4
Fished: 7/29/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Finally made it back to Coldwater today. I got there a little later than I intended, at 10:30 a.m. The weather was perfect, not too hot but plenty of sunshine. After loading my gear onto my pontoon ...
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Coldwater
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/23/2003
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Rating: 5
Fished: 8/23/2003
Hot Spots: 0
Fished with my friend and his son. We caught and released 46 fish over the 2 days. A variety of Rainbows, Cutthroat, and even a few of the Hybrids, Cutts with the Rainbow markings. Great lake hope...
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Coldwater
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/9/2003
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Rating: 1
Fished: 8/9/2003
Hot Spots: 0
What a worthless day. Arrived before 0800 and trolled all the way to the other end of the lake and back without bringing any fish into the boat. Don't think we ever got a bite--maybe one or two taps. ...
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Coldwater
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/28/2003
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Rating: 2
Fished: 6/28/2003
Hot Spots: 0
What happened to this lake??? I remember a few years ago, about 5 or 6 to be more precise, when you could go out on the lake almost any day from late April until September and see trophy-sized rainbo...
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Coldwater
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/15/2003
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Rating: 2
Fished: 6/15/2003
Hot Spots: 0
Once again we hit coldwater lake for a day of trophy trout fishing.....well as trophy as they get around these parts. Fishing was slow at best. We only managed one over 18in, that measured 22in. Al...
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Coldwater
By: Anonymous
Posted: 11/30/2002
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/30/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Tried to get here 3 weeks ago but ran into snow on top of the hill(3800ft) Since it's been dry we decided to give it another go. Outrageous scenery, vast canyons, very high bridges, and of course,...
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Coldwater
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/23/2002
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Rating: 5
Fished: 6/23/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Arrived at the lake at 06:00 a.m., saw lots of Elk and Deer on the road into the lake. It was a great day for fishing, weather was good and the fish were biting. My partner landed 13 and lost anothe...
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Coldwater
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/16/2002
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Rating: 5
Fished: 6/16/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Fished coldwater this morning got there about 6:00 to our surprise we were not the early birds this time with two boats already in the water. weather was real foggy with a slight wind gradually gettin...
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Coldwater
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/15/2002
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Rating: 4
Fished: 4/15/2002
Hot Spots: 0
AS the opener comes upon us I thought I would give out a couple of secret's for certain lake's. Since the day Coldwater opened it has and still is a favorite lake of mine. The boat launch facility's a...
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Coldwater
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/8/2001
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Rating: 4
Fished: 7/8/2001
Hot Spots: 0
When I arrived at Coldwater the sun was high, the wind was calm and there were sporadic rises across the water. Of course by the time I put the tube in the water the wind came up and the fish dove do...
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Coldwater
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/15/2000
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Rating: 2
Fished: 4/15/2000
Hot Spots: 0
Got to Coldwater about 8:00 am. Wind was blowing real hard, white cap city. Two other fly boys had been their since 6:30 am waiting to see if the wind would die down. But it didn't. Got me a Buck...
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Coldwater
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/4/1999
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Rating: 4
Fished: 9/4/1999
Hot Spots: 0
Arrived at Coldwater Lake about 1pm after viewing St. Helens. There is a 16" size limit here with 1 fish allowed. Artificial lures only. Never been here before. Got my tube in the water, tied on a ...
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