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Other Activities => Fishing => Topic started by: lawdog on May 13, 2011, 08:21:13 AM

Title: hows the cowlitz
Post by: lawdog on May 13, 2011, 08:21:13 AM: 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.
Title: Re: hows the cowlitz
Post by: bowtech721 on May 13, 2011, 08:47:05 AM: 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 :)
Title: Re: hows the cowlitz
Post by: lawdog on May 13, 2011, 09:11:10 AM: 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
Title: Re: hows the cowlitz
Post by: bowtech721 on May 13, 2011, 09:57:17 AM: 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
Title: Re: hows the cowlitz
Post by: lawdog on May 13, 2011, 10:22:10 AM: 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 :(
Title: Re: hows the cowlitz
Post by: elkslayer069 on May 13, 2011, 11:16:40 AM: 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