The Cowlitz River is widely considered to be one of ... One word of warning: If you’re lightly rigged for trout fishing, you could easily hook a 10-pound coho or 15-pound chinook, and then, ...

For decades, the lower Cowlitz River reigned as king ... at the mouth of Blue Creek at Cowlitz Trout Hatchery. “It used to transition from late coho fishing to winter steelhead without any ...

Locally, trout fishing remains fairly decent at Lone ... Smelt in Puget Sound and Cowlitz River: “They are still getting some smelt at the Everett waterfront and Cornet Bay, and some days ...

OFFUT: Water temperatures seem to have dropped enough that the trout are becoming ... COLUMBIA: The chinook fishing has been good upstream from the mouth of the Cowlitz River.

A rainbow trout hops out of the water as it is reeled ... or temporary combination license. Cowlitz River I-5 Bridge downstream — 25 bank rods had no catch. Cowlitz River above I-5 Bridge ...

Each year the Cowlitz River Trout Hatchery releases around 90,000 ... were using the tried and true fishing technique of worms and a bobber from the bank on Saturday morning.

Bill Wagner The Daily News, Longview, file, 2008 A portion of the Cowlitz River will be open ... Chelan: The lake’s fishing for kokanee and lake trout has been consistently good this winter.

Tributary steelhead is winding down, with the Cowlitz being the ... due to the lack of rain. Fishing started to heat up a bit. I talked with several anglers on the river on Saturday, and a few ...

The latest fishery reserved for wheelchair-bound anglers opened last month on the Cowlitz River ... at the trout hatchery. “Wheelchair-bound anglers have limited options to go fishing ...

WDFW will announce final approval for fishing dates and hours of harvest by 3 p.m. on the Friday preceding each week's tentative dates. Visit the WDFW's Cowlitz River smelt fishing webpage for ...