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By: Toni
Posted: 5/27/2009
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/26/2009
Hot Spots: 0
My son and I went fishing from 6am until 4pm. He had one Springer King at the boat that dove between the motors and was gone! It might have been 8-10 pounds. Had a couple of bites on drift gear that...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 12/28/2011
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 12/28/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the cowlitz with our guide Rob for the first time ever. Had 2 buddies with me and we only managed 1 steelhead each and we had to work 9 hours to get those! Water flow was 5800. Back-trolled slots ...
By: Fish-or-man?
Posted: 8/13/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/12/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Launched out of Blue Creek. Fished dawn to 10am. Went 1/1, a 7 pound steelhead. Back trolling red and purple brined shrimp behind hotshots. Bite was off-- sun on the water early, very low clear water,...
By: usarmyret
Posted: 8/27/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/24/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the Cowlitz River at the Blue Creek Trout Hatchery, launched the boat at 0545. Me another and his 10 year old son. With in 1 hour the "Son" boated a 14LBS Steel Head, 45 Min later "Father" boated...
By: GRIZZ55
Posted: 7/5/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/22/2013
Hot Spots: 3
While fishing the Cowlitz River between the Cowlitz River Dam and Riffe Lake we caught many Kokane in the 10" to 16" range trolling the river with 00 dodgers and wedding ring spinners tipped with very...
By: jens
Posted: 12/17/2009
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 12/16/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Met up with goin_postal early and fished below the boat launch. We found a nice opening to fish and we had very high expectations today since we coaxed our bosses into letting us have the day off. O...
By: jens
Posted: 2/8/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 2/6/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Fished with Since2, FISHINROB, bigsmooth, and flinginpooh and his daughter down below Blue Creek boat launch. We tried the mouth of Blue Creek for about an hour and the sign for us to go was a large ...
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: 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 ...
By: Toni
Posted: 4/21/2017
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/20/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Randy Ahearn and I met with Phil Stephens at Massey Bar, for a day of trying to get springers. We went up river and down river and each of us got one. The fish were great and Randy’s was the biggest a...
By: snatchinglips
Posted: 11/12/2017
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/10/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Had to put my boat in the shop to have so work done at cascade marine, Big Dave squeezed me in, so I consider myself very luck. Ever fisherman knows that boat problem comes right when the fishing is b...
By: igotfishon
Posted: 2/23/2024
Species: Other
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/15/2024
Hot Spots: 0
WDFW gave the go ahead couple days before February 15th for a smelt dip from 8AM to 1PM. We did the last minute call on the morning of the opener do drive to down to the Cowlitz River for the smelt di...
By: RiverChromeGS
Posted: 5/26/2011
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/26/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Went to the Cowlitz with friend Rob. Fishing was so good last week that i had to head down. He was hitting 10-15 springs a day. however, fishing slowed when we got there of course, and we worked HARD ...
By: goin_postal
Posted: 9/6/2009
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/5/2009
Hot Spots: 0
went to the cowlitz today at the barrier damn and there were kings rolling everywhere. i tried just about everything and to my suprise i didnt get anything. from eggs to flossing and nothing. i here t...
By: rgeeze
Posted: 8/6/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/6/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Awesome day on the cowlitz gotta fish with dad and got us a summer run 4 hours of fishing
By: natetreat
Posted: 5/13/2013
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/11/2013
Hot Spots: 2
I’ve been fishing the Cowlitz from the drift boat and the bank, and the fishing has been better from the bank, believe it or not. Eggs drifted at the barrier dam are the ticket, alongside a crippled h...
By: Burnside
Posted: 2/21/2014
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/21/2014
Hot Spots: 0
First time on the Cowlitz today. Didn't catch any steelhead but, hooked into an early springer (my first king ever) which put up an awesome fight! Got it to the net and the plug tangled in it and Mr. ...
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: Mike Carey
Posted: 1/2/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 1/2/2012
Hot Spots: 3
OK, last trip to the Cowlitz river for this winter steelhead season (I think!). natetreat and I hit the water with a ton of other anglers at 7:30am and started side drifting the upper blue creek drift...
By: natetreat
Posted: 4/22/2012
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/20/2012
Hot Spots: 0
We worked the Cowlitz at the barrier dam, trying for some of the springers that have been showing up lately. Went through the assorted techniques for barrier dam success, drift fishing, float fishing ...
By: natetreat
Posted: 4/29/2012
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/29/2012
Hot Spots: 0
We fished out on the Cowlitz this Saturday. The weather was cooperative, but the fish weren't. We started at Blue Creek searching out steelhead. Threw everything in the bag at them, and didn't find an...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/5/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/5/2012
Hot Spots: 0
fished blue creek down to mission.fished for 9hrs.nothing. made one last drift above the boat launch and finally hooked into one,and would'nt you know it, lost it,talked to a bunch of guys,boaters and...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 12/5/2011
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/5/2011
Hot Spots: 3
OK, so the morning started out a little rough as my boat collided with another boat that was pulling plugs. What can I say, I'm out of practise. My apologies and fortunately no damage done.
Nate an...
By: RiverChromeGS
Posted: 12/20/2011
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/20/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the cowlitz monday in the sled. Backtrolled bait at blue creek and below in a few lower holes. limited all 3 people, and missed 4 other massive takedowns. Went 6 for 10. Hit one from shore the nex...
