Last month it was mealtime on the Lower Columbia. We could hear the excited barking of sea lions across the city of Longview, where I live, as they hauled themselves onto the rocks near the mouth of ...

Tributary steelhead is winding down, with the Cowlitz being the only option for finding steelhead this week. Tributary ...

LONGVIEW — This year’s Cowlitz River smelt dipping season went out ... of the timing of hatchery releases of young chinook salmon upriver. The smelt have since continued upstream and provided ...

Lower Columbia River, Rocky Point/Tongue Point line upstream to Bonneville Dam, flight count taken April 18. Sec 1 (Bonneville) — 324 bank anglers kept 40 Chinook and released 13 Chinook. 2 boats/3 ...

“While the tentative schedule provided structure, the fish did not cooperate by entering the Cowlitz River during the fishery ... releases of young Chinook salmon upriver.