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Offline furbearer365

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What happened to the Cowlitz
« on: Yesterday at 03:13:39 PM »
There's still coho to had, but man.....This river used to be lights out for silvers, but its just gone down hill.  All kinds of ways to fish em, like casting plugs, twitching jigs, bobber and eggs, spinners, back bouncing mag lips, etc...but just a few fish here and there.  20 years ago you could troll wiggle warts and put 10 fish in the boat by noon.  Now just landing a nice bright fish consistently isn't easy. If watching black Chinook roll is your thing, the Cowltiz is the spot

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Re: What happened to the Cowlitz
« Reply #1 on: Yesterday at 04:19:17 PM »
Isn’t it early for coho on the cowlitz?  :dunno:
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Re: What happened to the Cowlitz
« Reply #2 on: Yesterday at 04:32:48 PM »
Isn’t it early for coho on the cowlitz?  :dunno:



Its far from over, but we were catching chromers in Mid Sept last year. Maybe they run is just late this year
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Re: What happened to the Cowlitz
« Reply #3 on: Yesterday at 05:10:15 PM »
I've been fishing drano and outside drano and it's been lights out for coho

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Re: What happened to the Cowlitz
« Reply #4 on: Yesterday at 06:17:08 PM »
Early Cowlitz coho are notorious for lock jaw. Wait for some cold snaps. Early Nov gets good when river stays below 6k.

 


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