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By: natetreat
Posted: 10/22/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/21/2013
Hot Spots: 0
I had an opportunity to fish down on the Cowlitz the other day, and it was a blast! Lots of fish, lots of hookups. Chinook and silvers both were willing to play!
We got our fish on eggs, drifted an...
By: Brat Bonker
Posted: 7/1/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/1/2012
Hot Spots: 0
SLOW!!! yesterday saw 3 springers & 2 steelhead caught in the afternoon and nothing glow balling. Today only saw 1 springer caught along with my 16inch jack that I released at barrier. Water is super ...
By: Brat Bonker
Posted: 7/5/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/4/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Heard Hawg quest show yesterday was on the cowlitz river for winter runs but unfortunately I missed it but who cares because I made my own hawg quest. Hooked 2 landed a 13.76lb chrome summer steelhead...
By: Brat Bonker
Posted: 7/15/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/14/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Fished friday night and saturday morning with my dad and I wnet 1 for 2 with 2 missed bober downs and 2 springer jack released along with a bonked 6lb summer run on bobber and jig. My dad lost one as ...
By: gonnahookit
Posted: 11/5/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/4/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Took my 3 yr old boy to Blue Creek to search for some steelhead or salmon. Didn't find any, heard of only one caught all day, but caught a nice batch of cutthroats, smallest about 13", largest one was...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 12/24/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 12/24/2012
Hot Spots: 0
This is getting old. Took my son Matt down to the Cowlitz with hopes of getting him his first steelhead. We fished from daybreak until 1:30. Our primary method was boondogging eggs/float. We also trie...
By: steelehead13
Posted: 1/8/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/5/2013
Hot Spots: 0
I went down to blue creek i had a half day to fish before picking up my doughter from winter break. We started at around seven. In the first hour of fishing we saw five fish rolling five feet in front...
By: rseas
Posted: 3/30/2009
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/29/2009
Hot Spots: 0
First, I am not sure I like the rating system. You can have a great outing or day on the water and catch no fish. I wonder if the rating system should be based on the overall experience? Anyway that s...
By: Toni
Posted: 8/16/2008
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/14/2008
Hot Spots: 0
I went fishing once again with Phil Stephens of Mystical Legends Guide Service 4pm to 8 pm. It was just as great as it was in June but it was a very hot day, at times almost to hot to handle. He told ...
By: 64omcangeler
Posted: 11/12/2008
Species: Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 11/12/2008
Hot Spots: 0
I had some roe and i got a six foot leader and i got three casts into my morning and it was pouring down too and on my third cast fish an game came to me and asked for my LIC which was no biggy and th...
By: goin_postal
Posted: 2/7/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 1/31/2010
Hot Spots: 0
sorry this is so late but jensen,kinghunter,fishinsince2,and i were the first on the river before dark.tried globalling for the hole dark time and nothing.as soon as light hit i went to float and jig ...
By: Jay7
Posted: 2/17/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 2/16/2010
Hot Spots: 0
No Love today........ Water was low and green. Worked a large area above blue creek boat launch but no caught fishy. Few cars in parking lot with a couple boats. Nothing notable but did have a fish...
By: kingfisherman8
Posted: 2/20/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 2/20/2010
Hot Spots: 0
fished the cowlitz to day at blue creek with in the first hour i caught a nice 12 pound steelhead. i was using a pink jig under a bobber. as far as i know i was one of the only bank anglers to get a s...
By: goin_postal
Posted: 11/29/2009
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 11/28/2009
Hot Spots: 0
made it to the cow and the boats werent doing to bad with the steelheads,they averaged 3 per boat,but the bank anglers had nothing.i tried new tactics with jigs and bobber all day and had nothing but ...
By: weldcraft221
Posted: 12/30/2009
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 12/30/2009
Hot Spots: 0
the fishing was terrible i didnt get one and neiher did ANYONE else i didnt even see a guide boat pull one in heard rumers of only three fish caught that morning so i left water was perfect height an...
Posted: 5/30/2011
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/30/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Wow what a exciting trip. we got at blue creek luanch at 5:40 and started fishing at 6:10. there was not that many people fishing for a surprise. i was fishing and got the bump bump bump.... missed th...
By: spokey9
Posted: 6/7/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/7/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Went down to barrier dam this morning. Water was really high so we fished the rocks just below the fish ladder. My buddy hooked up twice (one for sure was a springer) and lost them both. He was using...
By: spokey9
Posted: 6/10/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/10/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Went to barrier dam this morning and fished the rocks with bobber and eggs. Caught two jack springers (the biggest was a whopping 16 inches). Saw tons of fish rolling, just had lockjaw. Really tough...
By: salmonslayer117
Posted: 3/7/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/6/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Well... Another day without a single fish. Me and bigsmooth headed down and started the morning at Barrier Dam at about 6 am. Quite a few people there. I started out running a bobber and jig setup usi...
By: NITRO 175
Posted: 5/30/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/30/2010
Hot Spots: 0
My son and I were going to start out at Blue Creek Area but we ran into some friends that were camping there and said it was dead because the water was too high and told us to try Barrier Dam. So we h...
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: code3daddy
Posted: 4/10/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/9/2010
Hot Spots: 0
So I took both my girls out to the Cowlitz River on Friday to go fishing. We left at 0330am and got there around 6am. We started at Blue Creek and after several hours of fishing we moved to Barrier Da...
By: fish_4_coho
Posted: 11/6/2016
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/6/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Finally got a chance to get back out fishing finally. Coho numbers have been steady on Cowlitz, but not very impressive. I did see a number of happy guys carrying out at least one fish. Good number o...
By: fish_4_coho
Posted: 11/11/2016
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/11/2016
Hot Spots: 0
With part of the morning and afternoon free, I headed for the barrier dam. Its close and convenient and a spot you can catch a fish from time to time. I wasn't expecting the number of people I saw wh...
By: snyderman399
Posted: 2/24/2019
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 2/24/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Still really slow. Got one and saw just a couple more caught
