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By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/29/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/29/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Fished all morning and only seen one fish caught at mouth of blue creek .water is still really low wouldn't use prop .if they would release some water fishing should pick up.
By: the Salmonid Kid
Posted: 4/26/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/25/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the Cowlitz again Sunday.....lost a couple early .... friend got one......lull till about 1:45pm and then they came through fairly consistantly.... all in all, our trio went 4 for 10 with all rele...
By: flinginpooh
Posted: 4/17/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/17/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Went to the cow and glow balled from 11pm till sunrise. It was slow to say the least. Not one bite at all, all night. Didnt see any fish caught only heard a few jump here and there. The parking lo...
By: KrillZone253
Posted: 4/15/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/14/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Hit blue creek yesterday afternoon with my buddy Justin. Nothin really going for about a hour, then we started layin into them. We hooked 25-30 in between the both of us. I landed 5 probably, with my ...
By: Gonzipheris
Posted: 4/11/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/10/2010
Hot Spots: 0
I took my first trip down to the Cowlitz (Blue Creek area). First thing in the morning my buddy Brian hooked and landed this 20lb Springer. What a way to start the day. We fished all day and the fishi...
By: code3daddy
Posted: 4/10/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/9/2010
Hot Spots: 0
So I took both my girls out to the Cowlitz River on Friday to go fishing. We left at 0330am and got there around 6am. We started at Blue Creek and after several hours of fishing we moved to Barrier Da...
By: jens
Posted: 4/9/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/8/2010
Hot Spots: 0
I fished with a good friend 4/7/10 and 4/8/10 with my son at the Cowlitz River. I took a couple days off so my son could get his first Steelhead. 2 day total: 6 fish between my son and I.
Spri...
By: fishingslayer
Posted: 4/8/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/8/2010
Hot Spots: 0
went down to the cowlitz river aprl 8 got there about 7:30 tryed at the dam got jack shit.used corkies and yarn, every color i had,green,red,yellow,orange,blue,pink nothing.Even tried a jig with a bob...
By: the Salmonid Kid
Posted: 4/6/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/5/2010
Hot Spots: 0
well, i am pleased to report that my string of skunks on the Cowlitz has finally come to a victorious end!!! After watching people pull 'heads out around my buddy and I for a few hours we finally swal...
By: flinginpooh
Posted: 4/5/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/5/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Went to the cow this morning. Got there at around 3:45, should have been heading home by 5am. I however could not seal the deal on my second fish. We got there and in about 3 casts my son gets one ...
By: bluebullitt2003
Posted: 4/4/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/3/2010
Hot Spots: 0
so i went to the cowlitz a few weeks ago and made up a secret jig to see if it worked and it did, so i came down yesterday from edmonds, so it was a 2 hour drive, and i got 2 steelhead in 3 cast! I do...
By: Big Smooth
Posted: 4/3/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/3/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Hit up the area above blue creek and came home with Two Stealheads. My first of 2010 and first using bobber and jig. Used the nightmare jig. Caught a 9.1# and a 6.5#. Also caught 4 12"'ers :). had a g...
By: jbandurraga
Posted: 3/31/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/31/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Good day on the river. Landed a 14 1/2lb hen chromer. Saw a few fish caught. Could tell when a school came by as everyone was hooking up. Lost more then I landed, but that steelhead fishing. Was great...
By: KrillZone253
Posted: 3/30/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/30/2010
Hot Spots: 0
My buddy and I got to the mouth of Blue creek at 1:30pm. Only 3 guys down there, about 8 at the point. Hooked a nice one an hour later or so and lost it. Then a guy hooked and lost one. Hour lat...
By: NITRO 175
Posted: 3/29/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/28/2010
Hot Spots: 0
My son and I went to Blue Creek the usual area we fish. When we arrived at our spot, my son casted his first cast and before I could put my back pack down, he was fighting a fish already. As I turned ...
By: deezy38
Posted: 3/27/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/27/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Great day on the river! Hooked up 6 times landed 2met some cool people down at blue creek. All fish were hooked just up from the mouth of blue creek. Tight lines!!!!!!!!
By: jbandurraga
Posted: 3/25/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/23/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Made the journey to the Cowlitz. Was not dissapointed. Have several hookups and landed a nice steelie hen (12lbs). Fight was awesome, especially trying to keep her out of the fast water. Amazing that ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/24/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/18/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the cowlitz thur and fri, i was will 2 buddies we got some bumps landed a couple my advice for anyone that wants to fish the cowlitz is to have or get a jet boat everyone i saw in boats were na...
By: Big Smooth
Posted: 3/22/2010
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/21/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Tough day today. Hit Barrier with Jens, and Kinghunter for the morning bite. Drifted eggs and jigs under a bobber. Only saw 1 or 2 stealhead landed. No springers on the shore. Surprisingly mellow mood...
By: bluebullitt2003
Posted: 3/20/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/20/2010
Hot Spots: 0
So after 2 years of river fishing i finally catch my first steelie!!!! I live up in the edmonds area so my buddy and i made the treck down to the cowlitz for the first time to try out his new wooldrid...
By: my87
Posted: 3/19/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/18/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Hit blue creek yesterday. About 25 boat trailers in the parking lot at 9am. Saw 1 hook up in front of the ramp from a boat when I got there, saw 1 landed at the mouth of blue creek, that was it. Talke...
By: salmonslayer117
Posted: 3/16/2010
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/13/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Well, another long day on the banks of the ol' cowlitz and another skunk. Hit the water just below Barrier Dam at about 4 am mainly targeting springers but willing to take what I could get. Started gl...
By: deezy38
Posted: 3/15/2010
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/14/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the cowlitz on Sunday for some springers up at barrier damn fish were rollin across the river near the island but we couldn't get a nibble tried every thing I could think of. Wishin we were on a b...
By: 'OL GREY DOG
Posted: 3/12/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/11/2010
Hot Spots: 0
well our trip to the Columbia to try 'n murder a few poor defenceless springers was planed a few weeks ago.....conditions on the big C at daylight..winds blow'n bout 30 mph gust'n higher temp tr...
By: my87
Posted: 3/11/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/10/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Got there at 9:30 am.12 boats on the water,14 cars parked without trailers. Most people were fishing down river by the first island. I fished at the mouth of blue creek.had 2 on,both came off.2 others...