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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
By: spokey9
Posted: 9/15/2011
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/15/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Saw the number of fish the hatchery got back last week so my buddy and i shot down to barrier to see what we could do. Got there around 5:30am and rigged up. Made my first cast about 5:50 or so with a...
By: RiverChromeGS
Posted: 5/26/2011
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/26/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Went to the Cowlitz with friend Rob. Fishing was so good last week that i had to head down. He was hitting 10-15 springs a day. however, fishing slowed when we got there of course, and we worked HARD ...
By: natetreat
Posted: 5/29/2011
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/28/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Well, I had to take the Toyota to the dealer for "dealer maintenence" so I was in Chehalis and we decided to kill time by fishing the Cispus river. Spent most of the morning there looking for the fish...
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 ...
By: Big Smooth
Posted: 3/22/2010
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/21/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Tough day today. Hit Barrier with Jens, and Kinghunter for the morning bite. Drifted eggs and jigs under a bobber. Only saw 1 or 2 stealhead landed. No springers on the shore. Surprisingly mellow mood...
By: goin_postal
Posted: 9/6/2009
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/5/2009
Hot Spots: 0
went to the cowlitz today at the barrier damn and there were kings rolling everywhere. i tried just about everything and to my suprise i didnt get anything. from eggs to flossing and nothing. i here t...
By: Toni
Posted: 5/27/2009
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/26/2009
Hot Spots: 0
My son and I went fishing from 6am until 4pm. He had one Springer King at the boat that dove between the motors and was gone! It might have been 8-10 pounds. Had a couple of bites on drift gear that...
By: deezy38
Posted: 3/15/2010
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/14/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the cowlitz on Sunday for some springers up at barrier damn fish were rollin across the river near the island but we couldn't get a nibble tried every thing I could think of. Wishin we were on a b...
By: salmonslayer117
Posted: 3/16/2010
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/13/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Well, another long day on the banks of the ol' cowlitz and another skunk. Hit the water just below Barrier Dam at about 4 am mainly targeting springers but willing to take what I could get. Started gl...
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: nascarrich64
Posted: 9/11/2015
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/9/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Took a day to fish the Cowlitz River. Left Castle Rock boat launch motoring down river working different areas side drifting eggs/shrimp. By the end of the day we had 21 hookups, 15 large Chinook/Coho...
By: fish_4_coho
Posted: 8/23/2016
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/22/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Back home, with a week of vacation left. Went to the barrier dam to see what's happening. Actually got to fish the hatchery intake swimming pool (I just made that up-but that's what it feels like I a...
By: AJFishdude
Posted: 5/21/2015
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/16/2015
Hot Spots: 0
So, this is a skunk report, but I got a lot of good info in the process and have decided to share with you all. Also, this report has absolutely nothing to do with fishing the barrier dam, so if you a...
By: c_saeteurn
Posted: 5/28/2015
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/28/2015
Hot Spots: 0
headed down to barrier early this morning. got there around 3am, waited on the banks at 4am. good crowd. Was able to hook and land one 15 lbs buck. bright, very oily springer. had a 11foot rod and cou...
By: 4n6fisher
Posted: 6/1/2015
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/31/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Heading back home after the skunk at Scanewa, I dropped the wife of a Mayfield lake to cruise around on the pontoon boat, while I went down to barrier dam to scope out the scene. Maybe just because i...
By: Bassmaster76
Posted: 6/2/2015
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/2/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Figured I'd make my way down to the Cowlitz today to get in on some springer action before the run was over. Woke up late and managed to get there by 9:45. Started off casting eggs under a float for...
By: Bassmaster76
Posted: 6/6/2015
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/6/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Today was a perfect way to spend the last day of my staycation before returning to work. The sun was shining and there wasn't a ton of people since the number of fish has dwendled over the last week....
By: Toni
Posted: 4/21/2017
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/20/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Randy Ahearn and I met with Phil Stephens at Massey Bar, for a day of trying to get springers. We went up river and down river and each of us got one. The fish were great and Randy’s was the biggest a...
By: Tylerpearson19
Posted: 10/9/2016
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/9/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Started about 645am today down in Castle Rock area to see if I could catch me a silver. Saw alot jumping first thing sun uprotection was only able to get one to bite for 3 hrs. Watched a kid across r...
By: fish_4_coho
Posted: 10/1/2016
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/1/2016
Hot Spots: 0
I must say first that if you don't like lots of people around you when fishing, the barrier dam is not a good choice. But if you are willing to accept the challenges and give fellow fisherman a littl...
By: Rickey
Posted: 9/29/2016
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/20/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Barrier Dam: Mainly Wild Chinook, a few hatchery. Fish not feeding well, repetitive hookups to same fish by several on river. No hookups of Steelhead, some Cutthroat taken.
Blue Creek Hatchery: Mainl...
By: HookEmBoy
Posted: 9/18/2016
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/17/2016
Hot Spots: 1
Hook 10 kings all together, landed 4 and 3 came off the hook and the other 3 snap my leader line so it was a very good day for me just below the barrier dam.
By: fish_4_coho
Posted: 9/25/2016
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/24/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the barrier dam after reading reports of a few salmon being kept, including some coho on the wdfw sw Washington fish report. I was hoping the rain might entice some fresh fish upstream, but I w...
By: entropico
Posted: 6/24/2014
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/21/2014
Hot Spots: 1
I don't post much, but I had not seen much from the Cowlitz River so I thought it would add some knowledge. Three of us arrived near the Barrier Dam at around 0730. I have not fished Chinnok before ...
