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Title: Cowlitz River Steelhead fishing
Post by: Pazn25 on December 16, 2012, 06:46:51 PM
Im headed down to fish the cowlitz this week sometime and could use some tips for drifting in a sled.  any tips will help
Title: Re: Cowlitz River Steelhead fishing
Post by: GEARHEAD on December 16, 2012, 08:47:08 PM
pm'd
Title: Re: Cowlitz River Steelhead fishing
Post by: Button Nubbs on December 16, 2012, 09:42:38 PM
the tighter to the bank you fish the better youll do.
Title: Re: Cowlitz River Steelhead fishing
Post by: CallMeBigPapa on December 19, 2012, 02:40:16 PM
Don't foul the conga line!!!  :bash:
Title: Re: Cowlitz River Steelhead fishing
Post by: TheHunt on December 19, 2012, 02:43:55 PM
Don't foul the conga line!!!  :bash:

That is soooo true on the crack pipe area...

Don't get tooo close to the bank people.  That bugs the heck out of me.  Well, that and being envious of you standing or sitting in a boat with a heater.  SOB's...    ;)
Title: Re: Cowlitz River Steelhead fishing
Post by: Button Nubbs on December 19, 2012, 05:30:38 PM
Don't foul the conga line!!!  :bash:

You take all my lineeeeee!!!!!!!!!!
Title: Re: Cowlitz River Steelhead fishing
Post by: huntnphool on December 19, 2012, 05:36:47 PM
How has the fishing been lately?
Title: Re: Cowlitz River Steelhead fishing
Post by: HUNTINCOUPLE on December 19, 2012, 05:43:42 PM
That brings back memories of the big hook ups on big silver boats with 4 oz of lead! Good fight for a very short time! Glad i dont do that any more now that i have a boat! :yike:
Title: Re: Cowlitz River Steelhead fishing
Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on December 20, 2012, 09:00:35 AM
the tighter to the bank you fish the better youll do.
Never fished the Cowlitz for steelhead but I fish the Skagit Religiously ..as a matter of fact my boys have caught a couple already ...your comment about fishing tight to the bank is nutz on ..I like fishing tight as I can to the bank , sometimes within inches of the bank ,,Most of the bigger steelhead I have caught were just deep enough to where I barely could see my riggin .. :tup:
Title: Re: Cowlitz River Steelhead fishing
Post by: bankwalker on December 20, 2012, 02:56:16 PM
How has the fishing been lately?

I went 1 for 5 last night  :tup: i got a nice big buck 14.9lbs
Title: Re: Cowlitz River Steelhead fishing
Post by: huntnphool on December 20, 2012, 03:24:26 PM
How has the fishing been lately?

I went 1 for 5 last night  :tup: i got a nice big buck 14.9lbs
Bank or boat?
Title: Re: Cowlitz River Steelhead fishing
Post by: bankwalker on December 20, 2012, 04:50:24 PM
How has the fishing been lately?

I went 1 for 5 last night  :tup: i got a nice big buck 14.9lbs
Bank or boat?


Embarrassed to say, off the bank, glowballin them up with theee ol flossin rig  :chuckle:

Actually it's hard to say whether they were flossed or not. Last night was odd, we seen 2 steelhead chase glowing corkies right up to the bank in the lights of our headlamps. And 4 of my fish were hooked directly off the bank letting my corkie just float around directly downstream...no drift motion to actually floss fish  :dunno:
Title: Re: Cowlitz River Steelhead fishing
Post by: WSU on December 20, 2012, 05:03:25 PM
I have seen some great flossers who fish by plunking on soft inside water at night.   :twocents:
Title: Re: Cowlitz River Steelhead fishing
Post by: Antlershed on December 20, 2012, 08:52:15 PM
How has the fishing been lately?
J's in-laws fished it today @ BC. About 25 fish landed for about 10 boats.
Title: Re: Cowlitz River Steelhead fishing
Post by: huntnphool on December 20, 2012, 09:04:44 PM
How has the fishing been lately?
J's in-laws fished it today @ BC. About 25 fish landed for about 10 boats.
:tup: time to get my boat out I guess.
Title: Re: Cowlitz River Steelhead fishing
Post by: TheHunt on December 31, 2012, 06:19:27 PM
My son and I were down there two days ago.   We walked out with two. 

Lots of dental cleaning going on.  I mean 11 feet of leader or more. LOTS of people on the bank.

Still fun.

BUT if you are going down tonight it is going to be slick.  There is about 2 inch of snow down there.
Title: Re: Cowlitz River Steelhead fishing
Post by: tmike on December 31, 2012, 06:30:55 PM
There's lots of good water below the gong show  :twocents:
Title: Re: Cowlitz River Steelhead fishing
Post by: TheHunt on January 01, 2013, 10:33:02 AM
Yea, we were about 150 yards down from the crack pipe.
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