reports came in of smelts moving farther up the Columbia River, having bypassed the mouth of the Cowlitz. Smelt and salmon both return from years at sea to the streams they were spawned in ...

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 ...

“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.

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 ...

Sec 9 (Cathlamet) — 18 bank anglers had no catch; 44 boats/92 rods kept one Chinook. Cowlitz River from Interstate 5 bridge downstream — 46 bank rods kept four steelhead; one boat/two rods had ...