2 years ago I fished the Cowlitz at Barrier Dam. Today I attempted to recreate that magic.

I hooked into two dark kings. Shortly after that a crew of dudes posted upstream from me and proceeded to pull in 4 silvers.

Position is key in this fishery!

For the future readers of this report, water level was about 6500 CFS. The weekend had a large storm, tons of water. When night set the rain was rediculous. The dudes gave up.

For future reference, for me:

6' leader with corky. Scent is good
Baitcaster is not good for this area. I need to get a spinning rod setup, preferably 12' or longer.

There is still time to fish this fishery

If anyone located in the greater seattle area has a 12' + long spinning rod combo for sale (OR FREE, HEH HEH HEH), let me know in the comments!