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By: Trout_hunter
Posted: 10/29/2013
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/29/2013
Hot Spots: 1
Played a little hooky from work this afternoon and headed with a buddy up to the Blue Creek hatchery on the Cowlitz. Wading out and casting night crawlers, the fishing was hot immediately, well at le...
By: billyl
Posted: 8/7/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/6/2012
Hot Spots: 0
River appear to be low. Tried a fly first part of the day. Switch to spin rod and spinner. One hookup.
By: Big Smooth
Posted: 10/25/2009
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/25/2009
Hot Spots: 0
I've never seen so many big kings. Went to Barrier Dam and fished from 7am to 1:30pm. I didn't get any fish, but there are plenty of fish jumping. People around me had better luck. Saw five silver and...
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
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
By: jeflen651
Posted: 8/3/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/3/2010
Hot Spots: 0
My son and I went down to the Cowlitz today and fished four spots between Blue creek and Barrier dam. The river is still pretty high making it tough to fish from the bank. We caught a few trout but...
By: jens
Posted: 4/9/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/8/2010
Hot Spots: 0
I fished with a good friend 4/7/10 and 4/8/10 with my son at the Cowlitz River. I took a couple days off so my son could get his first Steelhead. 2 day total: 6 fish between my son and I.
Spri...
By: PatrickC
Posted: 12/15/2017
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 12/15/2017
Hot Spots: 0
So I left “early” around 6:15 and make the 1.5 hour south to fish barrier dam. Got there about 7:45-8:00 after a couple pit stops. Started twitching jigs for the first hour or so, saw one smaller coho...
By: Blackstarfishing
Posted: 2/21/2019
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/18/2019
Hot Spots: 0
I had a chance to fish the Cowlitz river for late winter hatchery steelhead for the first time this season on Monday February 18th with two other anglers. When I got up to leave the house that morning...
By: fish_4_coho
Posted: 7/27/2016
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/27/2016
Hot Spots: 1
Fished for 2 hours in the evening saw 7 summer steelhead landed, all super chrome bright. Good time other then the one fisherman who set the hook at the end of every drift, and snagged all but one of ...
By: igotfishon
Posted: 3/6/2022
Species: Other
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/5/2022
Hot Spots: 0
I remember when I was young my mom and two older brothers took me smelt dip, and it was so fun. Now that I have two boys of my own what a great way to share the experience and passing on the tradition...
By: jbandurraga
Posted: 5/5/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/5/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Even though the fishing has really slowed down in the Blue Creek area, it is still producing some really nice quality summer run steelhead. Best bite is first few hours of daylight and late afternoon
By: jbandurraga
Posted: 3/31/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/31/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Good day on the river. Landed a 14 1/2lb hen chromer. Saw a few fish caught. Could tell when a school came by as everyone was hooking up. Lost more then I landed, but that steelhead fishing. Was great...
By: jbandurraga
Posted: 3/25/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/23/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Made the journey to the Cowlitz. Was not dissapointed. Have several hookups and landed a nice steelie hen (12lbs). Fight was awesome, especially trying to keep her out of the fast water. Amazing that ...
By: fishingslayer
Posted: 4/8/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/8/2010
Hot Spots: 0
went down to the cowlitz river aprl 8 got there about 7:30 tryed at the dam got jack shit.used corkies and yarn, every color i had,green,red,yellow,orange,blue,pink nothing.Even tried a jig with a bob...
By: dmangler69
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...
By: phishOn
Posted: 10/18/2010
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/12/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Priceless !!!!
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 ..
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By: jens
Posted: 10/20/2009
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/20/2009
Hot Spots: 0
I took the day off today and my son begged to go. I'll let him play real hooky today. We met up with Goin_postal and hit the water right before 7am. The river wasn't too crowded compared to the w...
By: jens
Posted: 10/17/2009
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/17/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Met up with Goin_postal. We fished Barrier Dam slightly below the spillway. I was using chartreuse corky and tuft of peach yarn 1/2 oz weight and 5 feet of leader. I was running 15lb main and 12lb ...
By: jens
Posted: 11/1/2009
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/1/2009
Hot Spots: 0
My son and I arrived at Barrier Dam a little before 5:30am. Met up with Bigsmooth and his bud Jeff. Goin_postal, Kinghunter, and Jerry were also fishing along side of us as well. I think numerous...
By: jens
Posted: 10/29/2009
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/29/2009
Hot Spots: 0
I fished from 1-4 today. Not many people out fishing. The river was a lot higher compared to over the weekend. I found a nice spot amongst the line and had some nice battles with Kings. I switched...
By: jens
Posted: 10/26/2009
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/25/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Picked up D-wizzle by 4:15am with Kinghunter and Goin_postal not too far behind us. We wanted to get to the hotspot early for those reports of the b-run of Silvers. I had another buddy meet us ther...
By: Livin4Fishin
Posted: 7/27/2009
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/26/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Went out to the cowlitz near blue creek hatchery and boat launch to try my hand at some steelies for the first time. No luck! It was still a great day fishing even though the heat was relentless. Lots...
By: littleriver
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...
