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By: 64omcangeler
Posted: 10/3/2008
Species: Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/3/2008
Hot Spots: 0
well for the past three days i have been goin to rocky point and i have not seen much get caught I'm fishing 5-12 feet from the shore i have seen steelhead salmon an jack all get caught there and for ...
By: NITRO 175
Posted: 12/21/2009
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 12/20/2009
Hot Spots: 0
My son and I got up at 5am yesterday and headed to the Cowlitz. We got there a little bit after 8am. The guys that had been there for a couple of hours already said that there had been nothing and tha...
By: jens
Posted: 11/8/2009
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 11/7/2009
Hot Spots: 0
I arrived at Barrier Dam a little after 1p. Matt and I met up with Jerry who had been fishing all morning. He had a nice Chromer already banked, gorgeous fish. Using my hot color and set up I foun...
By: jens
Posted: 11/14/2009
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 11/14/2009
Hot Spots: 0
I met up with Jerry at daybreak, there were only 5 of us on the river a little after 6:15am when I approached the drift...It was cold out today, the action was even colder. I really had to work at my...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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. ...
By: brycep
Posted: 2/8/2015
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 2/7/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Floated from Blue Creek to Mission, Water was running high at about 13,000 CFS and dark. There has been a lot of rain over the past couple of days. Was really intending to go to the coast but the H...
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.
By: seattledan
Posted: 11/1/2014
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/24/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Weather: Mostly overcast and no rain. Heavy rains the previous day.
Location: Below barrier dam boat launch. I crossed the creek just below the boat launch and walked down the bank as far as I coul...
By: RiverOtterGS
Posted: 7/30/2015
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/30/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the Cowlitz river today with two clients husband a wife team from Oregon. The water was on the rise over the past two days it has gone from 3,000 to 6,000 cfs which brought in some fresh fish a...
By: pblazer76
Posted: 2/17/2016
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/13/2016
Hot Spots: 0
River was high but got one fishing jig tipped with shrimp. I didnt have a scale but im guessing it was 14-16lb range. Fishing was slow but i was happy to get one when most weren't.
By: Jhuynh2
Posted: 10/26/2015
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/23/2015
Hot Spots: 0
no one fishing, only saw 4 to 5 brown old boot kings, no fish sad to see this year, went home to the Skokomish and hit 2 chums!
By: sgreni
Posted: 11/4/2015
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/26/2015
Hot Spots: 3
Well we braved the rain to do the Barrier to Blue creek float in the drift boat with my buddy Brandon who had a couple days off from the Army. It started out pretty sloppy wet, but we weren't deterred...
By: CDL
Posted: 9/28/2016
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/23/2016
Hot Spots: 0
I fished last week for approximately 2-3 hours in the middle of the day. Spey rod fishing using ultra sophisticated spey loops C, D and L - (chuck/duck/ & luck) to cast and hook 6 fish. 4 cooperated...
By: Smoke
Posted: 1/16/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/16/2013
Hot Spots: 0
What a day to remember......spent the night in my truck at Blue Creek Launch, did i mention the lack of sleep i got trying to get compfortable in the front seat with sub-freezing temps. at 7:00 am I s...
By: birdjazz10
Posted: 9/26/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/23/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the mouth of the Toutle for three days. They were rolling everywhere but no hang ups. I threw everything I had at them...different color corkies, different color Vibrax, jigs, Dick Nites...noth...
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.
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 ...
By: bestee1
Posted: 1/12/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 1/11/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Fished blue creek yesterday for the first time. I was fishing just a little downstream from the boat launch area. I was there for probably 5 hours fishing with a float and jig and eggs. had zero luck ...
By: goin_postal
Posted: 1/7/2010
Species:
Rating: 2
Fished: 1/2/2010
Hot Spots: 0
well my computer froze and lost my report so whatever.i seen a lot of reports of cuttroat and in all the pics i didnt see a cutt,so here are some pics of real cutts and the marks that make them.the re...
By: flinginpooh
Posted: 1/8/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 1/8/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Man I feel defeated. Got to the cow at 10 pm yesturday and left at 4 pm today. Notta nothing. I had them jump within 6 ft of me and I couldnt hook one. I only seen maybe 12 caught all day. I trie...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 1/9/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 1/9/2010
Hot Spots: 0
So me and my buddies decided to try our luck at some steelhead again. Arrived at the boatlaunch at the hatchery around 2:00 am, glow balled a few different holes until around 6 am. Not a single hit, a...
