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Other Activities => Fishing => Topic started by: wackmaster on February 13, 2008, 08:00:23 PM

Title: smelt
Post by: wackmaster on February 13, 2008, 08:00:23 PM: They finally showed up in the cowliz
Title: Re: smelt
Post by: ICEMAN on February 13, 2008, 08:03:29 PM: This from Bob's;

2/9/08 8:00 AM: We observed a few dippers with no smelt from Lexington to Gerhart Gardens.

2/8/08: The prospects for smelt in the Cowlitz River for Saturday 2/9/08 looks bleak! See the WDFW report below. We have not seen any encouraging signs either. We will drive the Cowlitz River Saturday morning and post here at about 8:30 AM.

http://www.bobsmerch.com/events/smeltinfo.htm
Title: Re: smelt
Post by: wackmaster on February 14, 2008, 08:17:08 AM: They did a updated creel survey and the test dipping on the cowliz was 3 to 4 fish per dip go to the game and fish website.
Title: Re: smelt
Post by: ICEMAN on February 14, 2008, 08:57:41 PM: From the Department of PoorlymanagedFishandWildlife's Website:

Cowlitz River:
Sport:
WDFW test dipping on Wednesday, February 13th, produced 15 smelt in 12 dips (up to 3 fish per dip) at Gerhart Landing. There was a mix of sizes. No smelt were caught at other locations further upstream.

Personally, I think i will wait a bit....untill at least 50 per dip....like it used to be...

http://wdfw.wa.gov/fish/creel/smelt/2008/feb1308.htm