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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...
By: Scheindogg
Posted: 8/23/2016
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/23/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Quite the interesting day... As a side note before I start with the rest of this, know that I just got back into fishing those year for the first time since being a little kid so therefore I'm quite t...
By: 66kma
Posted: 8/24/2016
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/20/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Water was on drop. Bite was on up until midnight. Lost 5, got 2. One of my best fishing outing. Met with cool, nice people.
Learn a lot. Later is going to be better. Love that fishery. Just found out...
By: Scheindogg
Posted: 8/27/2016
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/27/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Went with my dad today. Got to barrier dam by 645, lines in water by 7.
Water was higher than Tuesday but still quite low.
Hooked into one around 8, still a novice fisherman I was walking him down t...
By: CDL
Posted: 9/28/2016
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/23/2016
Hot Spots: 0
I fished last week for approximately 2-3 hours in the middle of the day. Spey rod fishing using ultra sophisticated spey loops C, D and L - (chuck/duck/ & luck) to cast and hook 6 fish. 4 cooperated...
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...
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: 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: lhouch
Posted: 10/29/2007
Species: Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/29/2007
Hot Spots: 0
I didn't have any luck. Seems everyone around me was catching old beat Kings. Fished for about three hours. Enjoyed being out but not getting skunked.
By: 64omcangeler
Posted: 10/3/2008
Species: Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/3/2008
Hot Spots: 0
well for the past three days i have been goin to rocky point and i have not seen much get caught I'm fishing 5-12 feet from the shore i have seen steelhead salmon an jack all get caught there and for ...
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: jetman221
Posted: 8/21/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/21/2008
Hot Spots: 0
went for three days there is a lot of fish there fished at blue creek caught a few but nothin to brag about was using divers and shrimp will be there next week
By: catchanything66
Posted: 11/17/2014
Species: Other
Rating: 1
Fished: 11/15/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Started early by boat launch at Blue creek by throwing glo corkies. Then went to floats and eggs and spinners. Nothing. Worked my way down the river to Blue creek hitting any number of open spots and ...
By: salmonlander
Posted: 3/9/2014
Species: Other
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/8/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Headed South for the Smelt dip on Saturday morning not really knowing what to expect as I had never experienced one. After a coaching and some general info from a great friend, and a borrowed net from...
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 3/1/2014
Species: Other
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/1/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Pacific Eulachon aka Columbia River Smelt Dip Netting
Friday I had some business to attend to in Longview, WA. I decided to check out the Cowlitz River to see if I could find any eulachon swimming ...
By: akfishgrl
Posted: 3/2/2014
Species: Other
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/1/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Drove down to the river to meet a couple friends to try our hand at smelt...
Was a fortunate day I must say! It took about 40 minutes to get our limits.
Was fun, some spots were hot and some the fi...
By: dj2loud
Posted: 2/25/2017
Species: Other
Rating: 1
Fished: 2/25/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Boy from what I'm seeing and hearing the smelt fishery was a bust! Obviously the WDFW had their head where the sun dont' shine unless your walking around naked for sure..... Such a miss managed mess w...
By: igotfishon
Posted: 3/6/2022
Species: Other
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/5/2022
Hot Spots: 0
I remember when I was young my mom and two older brothers took me smelt dip, and it was so fun. Now that I have two boys of my own what a great way to share the experience and passing on the tradition...
By: nerka nailer
Posted: 3/5/2022
Species: Other
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/5/2022
Hot Spots: 0
All I can say is wow!!!!! I went to the Cowlitz river to try smelt dipping for the first time. I could not believe how many Washingtonian's participate in this fishery. We arrived at the river and it ...
