Tag Archive: Best Times to fish the Cowlitz River

Cowlitz River Fishing Report 9-18-2018

    WDFW FISHING RULE CHANGE   Chinook salmon retention to close on the lower Cowlitz River   Action: Chinook salmon retention closes on the lower Cowlitz River and tributaries (except the Toutle River). Effective dates: Sept. 22, 2018 until further notice. …
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Cowlitz River Fishing Report 7-02-2018

  WDFW FISHING RULE CHANGE   Chinook salmon retention to close July 3 on Cowlitz River   Action:  Chinook salmon retention closes on the Cowlitz and Cispus rivers and in Lake Scanewa. Effective dates: July 3 through July 31, 2018.  Species…
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Cowlitz River Fishing Report 6-09-2017

  Tacoma power is reporting that they have recovered 806 Columbia River spring Chinook adults, 52 spring Chinook jacks, three winter-run steelhead adults, one winter-run steelhead jack , 20 summer-run steelhead adults and nine cutthroat trout in four days of…
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Cowlitz River Fishing Report 04-14-2017

04/14/2017 – J. W. Snyder – Fishing The Cowlitz    2017 Cowlitz River Fishing Report:   This past week Tacoma power has dropped the water and there are still good numbers of winter steelhead and decent numbers of Spring Chinook as…
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Cowlitz River Fishing Report 4-05-2017

04/05/2017 – J. W. Snyder – Fishing The Cowlitz    2017 Cowlitz River Fishing Report:   The water on the Cowlitz is high and green right now with about 3 feet of visibility, there are decent numbers of winter steelhead by…
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Fishery managers delay decisions on Cowlitz smelt season

  OLYMPIA – Washington state fishery managers have delayed setting a recreational smelt-fishing season on the Cowlitz River until they can better gauge the size of this year’s run. In a joint meeting Tuesday with their Oregon counterparts, they also…
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Cowlitz River Fishing Report 10-22-2016

10/22/2016 – J. W. Snyder – Fishing The Cowlitz    2016 Cowlitz River Fishing Report:   The Cowlitz has been offering up some good numbers of Coho and the bite has been pretty decent up at the barrier dam. Drifting eggs,…
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2016 Cowlitz River Fishing Report 03-28-2016

03/28/2016 – John Snyder – Fish The Cowlitz (FTC)   Cowlitz River Fishing Report:   The flows on the Cowlitz are good right now and there are both steelhead and Springers there. Side-drifting roe has been the ticket cured in…
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