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Other Activities => Fishing => Topic started by: ridgefire on March 12, 2024, 10:54:19 AM

Title: Cowlitz River Steelhead
Post by: ridgefire on March 12, 2024, 10:54:19 AM: Any reports on the Cowlitz? We are heading down on Friday and I am curious how the fishing has been. Thanks.
Title: Re: Cowlitz River Steelhead
Post by: 2MANY on March 12, 2024, 10:56:17 AM: 250 boats cant be wrong.
Title: Re: Cowlitz River Steelhead
Post by: fowl smacker on March 12, 2024, 12:36:05 PM: River looks like crap below the Toutle. Best bet would be Blue Creek with all the crazies!
Title: Re: Cowlitz River Steelhead
Post by: WSU on March 12, 2024, 12:45:40 PM: Quote from: 2MANY on March 12, 2024, 10:56:17 AM
250 boats cant be wrong.

Or can they? What a CF that cow has become.
Title: Re: Cowlitz River Steelhead
Post by: buckfvr on March 12, 2024, 12:50:57 PM: Quote from: WSU on March 12, 2024, 12:45:40 PM
Quote from: 2MANY on March 12, 2024, 10:56:17 AM
250 boats cant be wrong.

Or can they? What a CF that cow has become.

:yeah:
Title: Re: Cowlitz River Steelhead
Post by: 2MANY on March 12, 2024, 12:54:26 PM: It parallels WDFW very closely.
Title: Re: Cowlitz River Steelhead
Post by: elkslayer069 on March 12, 2024, 01:07:59 PM: Reminds me of the north east whitetail east vs west thread. Everyone from somewhere else comes here to fish it. But everyone complains there’s no fish and too many people. Sound fimliar?
Title: Re: Cowlitz River Steelhead
Post by: duckmen1 on March 12, 2024, 01:10:11 PM: Quote from: elkslayer069 on March 12, 2024, 01:07:59 PM
Reminds me of the north east whitetail east vs west thread. Everyone from somewhere else comes here to fish it. But everyone complains there’s no fish and too many people. Sound fimliar?

One common denominator though!
Title: Re: Cowlitz River Steelhead
Post by: elkslayer069 on March 12, 2024, 01:14:31 PM: Olympia? LOL
Title: Re: Cowlitz River Steelhead
Post by: trophyhunt on March 12, 2024, 01:22:05 PM: Friend at work caught a 16 lber sat, gave me a big chunk. Saw a few caught he said. I’ll be out this sat.
Title: Re: Cowlitz River Steelhead
Post by: HntnFsh on March 12, 2024, 02:02:23 PM: Good luck!
Been wanting to get out myself, but too busy! :(
Title: Re: Cowlitz River Steelhead
Post by: duckmen1 on March 12, 2024, 02:23:42 PM: Quote from: elkslayer069 on March 12, 2024, 01:14:31 PM
Olympia? LOL

Bingo
Title: Re: Cowlitz River Steelhead
Post by: Dhoey07 on March 12, 2024, 03:11:40 PM: Dad, BIL and a family friend fished Sunday. Got 2 hatchery brats.
Title: Re: Cowlitz River Steelhead
Post by: ridgefire on March 12, 2024, 03:46:33 PM: Thanks for the updates.
Title: Re: Cowlitz River Steelhead
Post by: HntnFsh on March 12, 2024, 03:49:21 PM: Saw some guys that obviously got done with a guide trip a bit ago. Looked like they has filets off 3 or 4 fish
Title: Re: Cowlitz River Steelhead
Post by: metlhead on March 12, 2024, 06:29:19 PM: Counts at the dam have been stable and increasing. Last week of March til mid April will have the highest returns. Course it's crowded with other local systems shut down. If you are in a boat there are miles of productive water you can have to yourself. 30 boats will pound that stretch at the BC launch over and over before spreading out.
Title: Re: Cowlitz River Steelhead
Post by: Irish_hunter93 on March 19, 2024, 10:44:11 AM: Well, how did you do?

Me and a friend of mine went on the 14th, got there at 4:45 am, by 7 am the river came up a ton! Went from 5100 CFS to almost 6400 CFS! Really seemed to put the fish down.

My luck go figure 😅
Title: Re: Cowlitz River Steelhead
Post by: HntnFsh on March 19, 2024, 10:49:38 AM: Fish transport flows! Required weekly i think.
Title: Re: Cowlitz River Steelhead
Post by: ridgefire on March 25, 2024, 06:54:46 AM: Sorry for the late update. 3 of us fished all day and put 2 fish in the boat. Saw a few other fish get caught but a little slow overall. Good times anyways.
Title: Re: Cowlitz River Steelhead
Post by: Taco280AI on March 25, 2024, 07:01:24 AM: I was there a couple days ago on the bank. One evening saw two boats pull in fish, the next morning didn't see anything caught.