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By: blurock
Posted: 9/17/2012
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/9/2012
Hot Spots: 0
What a fun day! We went out with Bruce Warren to learn the lower Cowlitz and have a fun day as well as hopefully catch some fish. Got up at 2:30 to meet at 5:30AM in Castle Rock.
We fished the ge...
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: 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: billyl
Posted: 8/7/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/6/2012
Hot Spots: 0
River appear to be low. Tried a fly first part of the day. Switch to spin rod and spinner. One hookup.
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/5/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/4/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Started at 5am at barrier. Everyone was hooking up. This time we got 3 steel and 1 springer. FISH ON
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/28/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/28/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Got to barrier around 445 in the am and began throwing line in the water. Left at 10. Me mad my buddy left with 2 steelis and 3 springers. #14 orange corkie.
By: Toni
Posted: 7/22/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/22/2012
Hot Spots: 0
The day started at 12:30am when someone rang my house and hung up. I was awake and couldn’t go back to sleep even though my alarm was set for 2:30am. So I got up and checked weather.com and did some o...
By: Brat Bonker
Posted: 7/15/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/14/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Fished friday night and saturday morning with my dad and I wnet 1 for 2 with 2 missed bober downs and 2 springer jack released along with a bonked 6lb summer run on bobber and jig. My dad lost one as ...
By: Brat Bonker
Posted: 7/5/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/4/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Heard Hawg quest show yesterday was on the cowlitz river for winter runs but unfortunately I missed it but who cares because I made my own hawg quest. Hooked 2 landed a 13.76lb chrome summer steelhead...
By: Brat Bonker
Posted: 7/1/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/1/2012
Hot Spots: 0
SLOW!!! yesterday saw 3 springers & 2 steelhead caught in the afternoon and nothing glow balling. Today only saw 1 springer caught along with my 16inch jack that I released at barrier. Water is super ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/30/2012
Species:
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/30/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Hit up the cow pulled in about an 8 lb hen and saw a guy loose one. Nice fish but it was tore up from nets. Didn't see anything else but hiked away from the crowds. First summer run so far so Im prett...
By: blurock
Posted: 6/15/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/9/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Took the boyfriends family out in the Willie for free fishing weekend on the Cowlitz at Bluecreek. We tried a few different things, yarnies mainly, and also drifted EZ-Eggs and some corkies and cheat...
By: schu7498
Posted: 5/29/2012
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/28/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Spent the morning and afternoon at the cowlitz trying for springers. Started out between the hatcherys at a quiet spot. Saw lots of boat traffic, and no fish. Then went up to the barrier dam, lots of ...
By: Brat Bonker
Posted: 5/28/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/27/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the Cow at barrier and blue ck from 5am-1pm and caught a nice 8-10lb summer run steelhead on float and eggs on my second cast at barrier. Nothing going on at blue ck, but a lot of people were c...
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: rephresh
Posted: 4/29/2012
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/28/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Great day on the river. 5 fish hooked and 1 landed. These guys are very big and bright. Eggs are the ticket. Few steelhead still coming thru too. Saw one guy leave with 2 and buddy hooked 1.
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: Gringo Pescador
Posted: 4/29/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/28/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Met up with another WaLaker and headed south to the Cowlitz hoping for late B-run Steel or Early Springers. Started at Blue Creek around 7am and fished our way down to the old creek and back, threw e...
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: sumpqua
Posted: 4/20/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/19/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Caught a suprisingly bright hen at the "tailout" above blue creek. Hooked another high closer to the pipe but lost it. About 1 fish per every 4 poles from what I could tell. Fished 6:30-10 AM at th...
By: marvin
Posted: 4/8/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/7/2012
Hot Spots: 0
WENT FISHING WITH MY TWO BROTHERS FOR MY BIRTHDAY. WE HAD A GREAT DAY. WE CAUGHT 5 FISH THEY WERE 9-14LBS REALLY NICE FISH. WE WERE FISHING BLUE CREEK LOTS OF FISH BEING CAUGHT. ...
By: Toni
Posted: 4/3/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/2/2012
Hot Spots: 1
It was nice to be fishing with Mystical Legend Guide Phil Stephens again. We started about 7am and finished the day about 5. The river started out at 7000cfs and went up to 11000 while we were fishing...
By: djw0414
Posted: 4/3/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/3/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Decided to hit the Cowlitz from the bank at Blue Creek with a fellow retired Boeing friend. The river was running at 11,000 cfs which is high but fishable from the bank. Got there at 6:30 AM and the p...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 3/27/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/26/2012
Hot Spots: 3
The Cowlitz was in good shape Monday, with river flows at 8,300 csf for the day. I met up with Gringo Pescador and Nate Treat for one last shot at the “B” run steelies. Conditions were upper 40s to lo...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/26/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/24/2012
Hot Spots: 0
50 guys at least at blue creek. Saw 10-15 fish taken, couple nice size fish. Started at 7:30 or so and left 1:30pm with my two #11 #7.