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By: natetreat
Posted: 5/5/2013
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/4/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Well we've been fishing the Cowlitz now for a bit. We banked it today though, had some good springer lessons in some 80 degree weather. It's been very good. Today was a lot of fun, fish jumping everyw...
By: natetreat
Posted: 5/13/2013
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/11/2013
Hot Spots: 2
I’ve been fishing the Cowlitz from the drift boat and the bank, and the fishing has been better from the bank, believe it or not. Eggs drifted at the barrier dam are the ticket, alongside a crippled h...
By: SoDakboy
Posted: 9/17/2013
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/17/2013
Hot Spots: 0
This is my first time side drifting for salmon, so if I got the rating wrong whoops. Went out with guide Mike Mike was right on time and then we followed him to the Castle Rock boat ramp. Got the boat...
By: KIDKOKANEE
Posted: 11/11/2013
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/2/2013
Hot Spots: 0
My fishn partner informd me Barrier Dam Chinook hook ups were good so early there in the am we go hooked onto several bringing them in not so easy alot of people and the idea of calling out FISH ON an...
By: Ducks
Posted: 12/1/2013
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 11/30/2013
Hot Spots: 0
went fishing in Packwood below the bridge and caught 1 jack and lost 2 adults, used a green corky with black yarn and a 1/2 oz weight with a 4.5 ft leader
By: natetreat
Posted: 4/6/2014
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/5/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Fishing on the Cowlitz for springers is starting to pick up! The B-run steelhead are in. We were searching for springers yesterday from Barrier to Blue Creek. Springers are a little slow, but they are...
By: Toni
Posted: 3/25/2014
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/25/2014
Hot Spots: 0
It rained, it was windy, and some sun showed up. I don’t know exactly where we were but Phil knew where some fish were.
We were happy!
We are in a battle! Angler against fish! We need an arsena...
By: sealegs
Posted: 4/18/2014
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/18/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Felt " sick " on Thursday night and called in "sick" on Friday. Amazingly, I felt better as I was driving down to the Cowlitz River to try my odds at a second Chinook. I prepped Roe sacks the night be...
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: KIDKOKANEE
Posted: 5/8/2014
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/6/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Well I m on Vacation Missed the Lake Wilderness Opener to many boat trls got turned away fished lake Meridian and my fire extinguisher pin fell out and shot off all over big mess still cleaning it up ...
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...
Posted: 5/24/2014
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/23/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Drove down Thursday night (Slept in the Truck) in hopes of bringing home some fish. Up bright an early in line at barrier tossing eggs under a float as usual. A few guys tagged springers early but it ...
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: AJFishdude
Posted: 5/31/2014
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/31/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the Cowlitz at the barrier dam early this morning for spring Chinook. Saw quite a few fish hooked/landed with people having success drifting glow corkies, using darts, drifting eggs, and floati...
By: tele_maniac
Posted: 5/31/2014
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/30/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Hit Barrier Dam on Friday evening with Hepker hoping to catch my first Springer of the season. We float fished eggs and sand shrimp for several hours. Missed a couple take downs, had two solid bites t...
By: Fishman_Kuzan
Posted: 6/17/2014
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/12/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Got out for a great day of springer fishing last week. Launched o dark thirty at the barrier access site. River was pretty desolate which was not what I expected. Flows had been dropped significant...
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 ...
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: 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: 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...