hows the cowlitz

[lawdog]

has anyone been down to the cowlitz this week and if so whats the fishn like, plan on going down there and spending the night after work today.

[bowtech721]

I havent been down this week but a buddy of mine got a couple jacks yesterday up at barrier. There are definetly some in there but id say over half of whats being caught are jacks. Still good eaters for sure though 

[lawdog]

kind of stupid question but ive never ate a jack king before, do they have the same red meat that the adult kings do? or are they more like big trout

[bowtech721]

Their meat is just like an adult as far as Ive seen. Correct me if im wrong guys but the ones ive cut open were

[lawdog]

sweet thats good to hear, ive always tossed the few i cought back into the river. unharmed of course i just figured they were like trout more than anything. and i have a love hate relation with trout since ive choked several times on there tiny bones 

[elkslayer069]

My buddy caught a nice springer the other day but the river is running kinda high the best fishing so far was about a week and half ago