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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...
By: Jay7
Posted: 12/31/2009
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 12/28/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Got there around 1:00 pm and started to pound the water with fishing tackle. Lots of KFC but no hook ups. Had 2 nice steelheads caught above me but no more for that day. Tried a bit of night fishin...
By: flinginpooh
Posted: 12/31/2009
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/31/2009
Hot Spots: 0
WOOOOHOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! I did it last day of the year. 10lb steelie hen. Glow ballin all night long from 8pm wednesday till thursday morning then fished till noon. I got her just before day break. T...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 1/2/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 1/2/2010
Hot Spots: 0
got up this morning at 12 am and headed to the cowlitz with a few friends, we got to the river at 2 am and fished blue creek above the boat launch. We glo-balled it until 630 am without a single fish ...
By: NITRO 175
Posted: 1/2/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/2/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Only had 3 hours to fish today. My son got a 5lber. And a couple of minutes before we had to go I hooked one and got her to the bank, she was about 8-10 lbs. I hooked 4, landed 1. and my son hooked 3,...
By: deezy38
Posted: 1/2/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/2/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the cowlitz from about 3pm jan1st till 8 am jan 2nd LONG DAY lol but a great day since i took home a 7lb winter steelie my first steelhead YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! saw about 10 fish walked out as i ...
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: Toni
Posted: 7/9/2009
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/9/2009
Hot Spots: 0
At 1:30am (7-08-09) the most instantaneous value for this river was 2540cfs. That is very low. I had booked a trip with Mystical Legends Guide Service for myself and my son. My son didn’t want to go....
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: my87
Posted: 3/19/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/18/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Hit blue creek yesterday. About 25 boat trailers in the parking lot at 9am. Saw 1 hook up in front of the ramp from a boat when I got there, saw 1 landed at the mouth of blue creek, that was it. Talke...
By: bluebullitt2003
Posted: 3/20/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/20/2010
Hot Spots: 0
So after 2 years of river fishing i finally catch my first steelie!!!! I live up in the edmonds area so my buddy and i made the treck down to the cowlitz for the first time to try out his new wooldrid...
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: Jack Pricer
Posted: 7/11/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/11/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Aloha
Had a couple of great days (great weather and great fishing buddies) at Barrier and lost a couple on the rocks at the point but caught a nice one (dinner tonight!), from the rocks. Saw 4 Steel...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/15/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/14/2010
Hot Spots: 0
After stopping at the toutle on the way home my dad and i decided to stop by at the barier to see what was goin on there and to our surprise there were chromers stacked in all through out there so we ...
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: deezy38
Posted: 8/17/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/17/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Fished down at blue creek from 4am till about 9am there was a few people fishing I got this chromer at about 6:45 was the only hookup i saw while i was there good luck Tight Lines!!!!
By: flinginpooh
Posted: 5/30/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/29/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Water is high its fast the fishing is not ideal. But that's still ok means not so many people on the river. Started off walking to the mouth of bc. Talk about a waste of time. Water is way too hig...
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: Big Smooth
Posted: 5/16/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/15/2010
Hot Spots: 0
got to the cowlitz around 4:45 and fished it till 9:30. Only one take down all morning. The best part was I tied the jig myself. First time, one of my jigs worked :) Fish hit just before 6am, a nice 2...
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: 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
By: Blackstarfishing
Posted: 7/8/2019
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/1/2019
Hot Spots: 0
We have been fishing the Cowlitz River targeting summer steelhead the first week of July and experiencing some moderate success. We have been mainly covering the area between the town of Toledo all th...
By: Blackstarfishing
Posted: 7/22/2019
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/21/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Cowlitz River summer steelhead fishing has been steadily improving over the past week or so, disproving any previous theories about it going to be an average to less than average run size by yours tru...
By: CDL
Posted: 10/1/2016
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/27/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Another afternoon of Spey rod fishing using the ultra sophisticated spey loops C, D and L - (chuck/duck/ & luck) to cast and hook some fish. 2 cooperated by swimming up onto the shore for me. One ge...