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By: Scheindogg
Posted: 2/23/2017
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 2/23/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Got to blue creek area trout hatchery around 7. Fished a couple spots between the trout hatchery and blue creek with not a bite.
Tried spinners, drifting corkies. One guy on a boat caught a steelhead...
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: 4n6fisher
Posted: 4/12/2016
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/9/2016
Hot Spots: 0
The day started off with high hopes, as we were walking in about 6:15 we see some guy walking out with six fish for him and his buddy. We jumped into their spot thinking it would be a good location, ...
By: Mort
Posted: 7/25/2015
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/23/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Wife and I spent the morning fishing the Cowlitz river. We put in at the Trout Hatchery launch. We started at first light and in just a few hours had our limit of 6 Steelhead drifting Salmon eggs alon...
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: NITRO 175
Posted: 1/1/2015
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 12/31/2014
Hot Spots: 3
My son and i went to the cowlitz yesterday his back from college for winter break and also work while his here trying to help me out,so we start fishing at the flats with jigs and bobber well i did he...
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: RiverOtterGS
Posted: 2/19/2015
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/19/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Today I had two clients first time fishing for steelhead. Launched at Mission at 700 hrs and headed up river. Decided to put out a couple bait divers with sand shrimp and a 4.5 Mag lip plug on the 3rd...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 2/23/2015
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 2/22/2015
Hot Spots: 0
I got to fish the beginnings of the Cowlitz “B” run with author Jason Brooks, and Gringo Pescador today. We were guests of Bruce Warren, FishingForFunGuideService.com. I could say it was a “guides day...
By: RiverOtterGS
Posted: 2/26/2015
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/26/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Today I fished with one client for just a half day trip. We had a good day getting 3 steelhead. One steelhead was a wild fish so we released it unharmed. The other two steelhead one buck and one hen. ...
By: RiverOtterGS
Posted: 2/27/2015
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/27/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Woke up to the sound of rain pounding on my roof, oh boy going to be a wet day on the river. Managed to roll out and after a shot of coffee I was on my way to meet my guys on the Cowlitz at Blue cree...
By: RiverOtterGS
Posted: 3/5/2015
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/5/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the Cowlitz river today a chilly start of 33 degrees with 4 guys and a 16 year old young man about to catch his first and soon to be hard to ever beat 18lb hatchery steelhead.
The water was co...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 3/7/2015
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/7/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Fished all day with Gringo Pescador, his brother Gene, and friend Jim. We launched out of Toledo at 7am. I had to remind myself that this was Saturday as there were no rigs at the launch, unreal! As w...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 3/8/2015
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/8/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Day 2 of our weekend fishing adventure. This time gringo and I fished with his friend Dan. Plan was the same, side drifting or bobber dogging the area around Mission Bar to downriver of Toledo. We l...
By: TahoeFisherman
Posted: 3/11/2015
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/6/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Got out on the Cowlitz on Friday. Lots of sleds on the river, no suprise there, so we ended up hitting most of the gravel brs below blue creek. Landed one hatchery about 6 or seven pounds but saw many...
By: Elcalamar
Posted: 3/16/2015
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/15/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Went fishing with my buddy yesterday on the Cowlitz. took our time and launched late, which was awesome since we completely missed the rain. We launched at blue creek and boy were there a lot of boats...
By: RiverOtterGS
Posted: 3/16/2015
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/16/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Today we launched at Blue Creek in the heavy fog and the water rising from 4,000 to just under 5,000 CFS,
and adding color quickly. Visibility around 6 feet going to about 3-4 feet by the end of the...
By: RiverOtterGS
Posted: 3/31/2015
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/31/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Today myself and one client met at Blue Creek ramp. It was sunny with a storm front on the horizon. The forecast was for rain, hale, and thunderstorms by 11am. The river was clear and running at 4,000...
By: fish_4_coho
Posted: 7/10/2016
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/24/2016
Hot Spots: 1
Took advantage of an early day of work and ran down to my favorite summer steelhead spot on the Cowlitz. My 5th cast something took off with my two corkies and after a pretty good tussle finally wore...
By: fish_4_coho
Posted: 7/27/2016
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/27/2016
Hot Spots: 1
Fished for 2 hours in the evening saw 7 summer steelhead landed, all super chrome bright. Good time other then the one fisherman who set the hook at the end of every drift, and snagged all but one of ...
By: dad3lb
Posted: 8/8/2016
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/7/2016
Hot Spots: 0
First time steelhead fishing and first time at the Cowlitz, fished the blue creek below the dam and used corky and yarn. 0900 that I hooked a good size hatchery steelie 9 lb plus or minus . put up ...
By: Scheindogg
Posted: 8/11/2016
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/11/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Got to blue creek trout hatchery area around 630, lines in water by 645. Water was super low today for the cowlitz. I had to walk a solid 35 yards out into the river and was still only at my waist. Tr...
By: Snoop
Posted: 8/18/2016
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/16/2016
Hot Spots: 0
12 years ago as an 8th or 9th grader I fished the Cowlitz River with my dad. I haven't been back since, and avoided it because of the horror stories of combat fishing, and the long drive. With every...
By: Snoop
Posted: 8/18/2016
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/17/2016
Hot Spots: 0
After an awesome time re learning this river after 12 or so years the day before I made another 2.5 hour drive to blue creek. This time I took the more direct trail to the bank where all the action w...
By: dad3lb
Posted: 8/23/2016
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/21/2016
Hot Spots: 0
spend a day at the blue creek, saw some silver caught and a few steelhead. used black and orange corky on a drift. caught this beauty. beautiful day and had a bit of warden encounter, not towards me...