Cowlitz River stealhead

[ridgefire]

Anybody know if any fish are being caught? Planning on heading there this weekend and haven't heard much about it yet.

[elkslayer069]

Not a lot going on down here as of yet couple springers I know have been caught in the last two weeks but that's about it river is high with lots of debris from all the rain

[ctwiggs1]

Went down Saturday and had two hookups within an hour.  After they lowered the water level the bite just stopped.  I didn't see a single net go up for 4-5 hours.  The next day the boat we were on only landed one.  Maybe it'll pick up again by this weekend. 

[WSU]

Slow fishing and the action is pretty limited to right around blue creek.

[Rodney107]

Any one heading down this weekend

[Mfowl]

Any one heading down this weekend

I'll be down there tomorrow plunking in the lower river somewhere if it's fishable when I show up.

[spoonman]

Went Tuesday morning and saw 7 fish landed in 3 hours

[Mfowl]

Any one heading down this weekend

I'll be down there tomorrow plunking in the lower river somewhere if it's fishable when I show up.

Plunked below I-5 this morning until 1pm, utter dead zone for us and all we spoke to. Headed up to Blue Cr. and laughed at the madhouse for a minute and only heard of minimal success. Spent a couple more hours plunking down from Barrier Dam, again a dead zone. A motivated steelhead could probably get over Barrier Dam right now the water is so high.

[Rodney107]

Fished Friday night into sat morning  hooked 4 landed 3 and picked another one up this morning 

[elkslayer069]

Fished Friday night into sat morning  hooked 4 landed 3 and picked another one up this morning

Good deal Rodney now head back home so the locals can fish during the week again   

[Rodney107]

Right lol. Definitely  a s show down there

[SkookumHntr]

There must have been 100 boats fishing the pipe drift, it was a *censored* show! Never been so relieved to get off the river! Seen maybe 5 nets out up till about 11am! I'm gonna go fish in the mud down at cathlamet tomarrow, at least it will be more relaxing! 

[Rodney107]

I fished till 9  couldn't do it no more

[PolarBear]

Caught a 14 pound hen last Sunday.  Worked our butts off for only a few bites

[Rodney107]

Last 3 weekends have been good to me I've got 6  so far