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By: natetreat
Posted: 9/29/2010
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/28/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Went to the cowlitz yesterday. After all of the fishing in these loacaql rivers it felt nice to have a familiar river. It was perfect. No snags in your drift, fishing rolling. Current was perfect and ...
By: spokey9
Posted: 10/2/2010
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/1/2010
Hot Spots: 0
went down to cowlitz to fish the pool at barrier dam, got there around 6am. started of glow balling til sunrise, hooked up 7 or 8 fish (i think they were all kings) but they kept snapping off. at sun...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/27/2010
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/27/2010
Hot Spots: 0
hit barier dam with a buddy,got there around noon.between us we walked outn with 8,bright to bright enough and released quite a few.Driftin eggs and corkie and yarn.
By: Anonymous
Posted: 11/2/2010
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/2/2010
Hot Spots: 0
One nice afternoon on the cowlitz just beautiful.Pulled up at the river at like 12:00am tons of people so i had to stick with combat fishing the cowlitz. Fish are every where. Hooked bout 35 fish land...
By: Jhuynh2
Posted: 11/5/2010
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 11/4/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Not a lot of fish in the river, it is very high, blown out, very narrow space to fish at the dam with everyone, not many fish landed - too much gear lost for such a high river right now
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: Gonzipheris
Posted: 4/11/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/10/2010
Hot Spots: 0
I took my first trip down to the Cowlitz (Blue Creek area). First thing in the morning my buddy Brian hooked and landed this 20lb Springer. What a way to start the day. We fished all day and the fishi...
By: KrillZone253
Posted: 4/15/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/14/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Hit blue creek yesterday afternoon with my buddy Justin. Nothin really going for about a hour, then we started layin into them. We hooked 25-30 in between the both of us. I landed 5 probably, with my ...
By: flinginpooh
Posted: 4/17/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/17/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Went to the cow and glow balled from 11pm till sunrise. It was slow to say the least. Not one bite at all, all night. Didnt see any fish caught only heard a few jump here and there. The parking lo...
By: the Salmonid Kid
Posted: 4/26/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/25/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the Cowlitz again Sunday.....lost a couple early .... friend got one......lull till about 1:45pm and then they came through fairly consistantly.... all in all, our trio went 4 for 10 with all rele...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/29/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/29/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Fished all morning and only seen one fish caught at mouth of blue creek .water is still really low wouldn't use prop .if they would release some water fishing should pick up.
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/9/2010
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/8/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Had a great start too the day started out at 6:30Am and by 6:50 had the first fish on 10min later a nice 24lbs springer in the boat on 8 pound test line great fight.fished until noon no other takers. ...
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: Big Smooth
Posted: 4/3/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/3/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Hit up the area above blue creek and came home with Two Stealheads. My first of 2010 and first using bobber and jig. Used the nightmare jig. Caught a 9.1# and a 6.5#. Also caught 4 12"'ers :). had a g...
By: bluebullitt2003
Posted: 4/4/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/3/2010
Hot Spots: 0
so i went to the cowlitz a few weeks ago and made up a secret jig to see if it worked and it did, so i came down yesterday from edmonds, so it was a 2 hour drive, and i got 2 steelhead in 3 cast! I do...
By: flinginpooh
Posted: 4/5/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/5/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Went to the cow this morning. Got there at around 3:45, should have been heading home by 5am. I however could not seal the deal on my second fish. We got there and in about 3 casts my son gets one ...
By: the Salmonid Kid
Posted: 4/6/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/5/2010
Hot Spots: 0
well, i am pleased to report that my string of skunks on the Cowlitz has finally come to a victorious end!!! After watching people pull 'heads out around my buddy and I for a few hours we finally swal...
By: deezy38
Posted: 3/27/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/27/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Great day on the river! Hooked up 6 times landed 2met some cool people down at blue creek. All fish were hooked just up from the mouth of blue creek. Tight lines!!!!!!!!
By: NITRO 175
Posted: 3/29/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/28/2010
Hot Spots: 0
My son and I went to Blue Creek the usual area we fish. When we arrived at our spot, my son casted his first cast and before I could put my back pack down, he was fighting a fish already. As I turned ...
By: KrillZone253
Posted: 3/30/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/30/2010
Hot Spots: 0
My buddy and I got to the mouth of Blue creek at 1:30pm. Only 3 guys down there, about 8 at the point. Hooked a nice one an hour later or so and lost it. Then a guy hooked and lost one. Hour lat...
By: goin_postal
Posted: 12/20/2009
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 12/20/2009
Hot Spots: 0
FINALLY FINALLY FINALLY,did i land my first stee-lee.im sorry for not posting these past several trips but i have been a crybaby getting skunked at steelhead fishing being that im new to targeting the...
By: my87
Posted: 3/11/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/10/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Got there at 9:30 am.12 boats on the water,14 cars parked without trailers. Most people were fishing down river by the first island. I fished at the mouth of blue creek.had 2 on,both came off.2 others...
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: 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...