Cowlitz and Kalama
Washington Fishing
Jan 15, 2023 14:32:28 #
cldarling5
Loc: Washington
Anybody been fishing the Cowlitz or Kalama? If so, how are the conditions?
Jan 15, 2023 15:43:26 #
cldarling5 wrote:
Anybody been fishing the Cowlitz or Kalama? If so, how are the conditions?
Conditions on the Cowlitz are controlled a lot by the two Dams. My Brother in Law who is now gone used to have an app on his computer which told what the flow rate was over the dam.
Jan 16, 2023 08:42:22 #
Gmchief
Loc: New Hampshire coast
I’ve always been amused by the fact that the Lewis River is in Cowlitz County and the Cowlitz River is in Lewis County 🤔
Jan 16, 2023 13:12:12 #
You can get river flow data for WA here:
https://waterdata.usgs.gov/wa/nwis/rt
Conditions also depend on where you are on the river.
https://waterdata.usgs.gov/wa/nwis/rt
Conditions also depend on where you are on the river.
Jan 16, 2023 13:33:46 #
Gmchief wrote:
I’ve always been amused by the fact that the Lewis River is in Cowlitz County and the Cowlitz River is in Lewis County 🤔
With the Lewis it depends on whether you’re on the north side or south side. North side Cowlits. South side Clark…
🐟onJan 16, 2023 13:38:18 #
Right now the Lewis is flowing at 11,500 cubic feet per second at Ariel, Wa. 🐟on
Jan 16, 2023 13:39:09 #
Jim Bradbury
Loc: Buckley Washington
I fished the lower part of the Cowlitz last Saturday the 7th. It was high and dirty then. I have no clue what it is like since then. I wish that I had a contact in the area that I could get updates from. It sucks to drive two and a half hours, launch in the dark, cross the Columbia and go up the Cowlitz to see it is high and dirty once there is enough light.
Jan 16, 2023 13:43:24 #
Gmchief
Loc: New Hampshire coast
DozerDave wrote:
With the Lewis it depends on whether you’re on the north side or south side. North side Cowlits. South side Clark… 🐟on
🐟onYes. It’s also interesting that almost every major river in Washington eventually crosses I-5, with the exception of the Chehalis, and it comes all the way up to I-5 before it makes the U-turn back to the ocean 😲
Jan 16, 2023 13:58:52 #
Gmchief wrote:
Yes. It’s also interesting that almost every major river in Washington eventually crosses I-5, with the exception of the Chehalis, and it comes all the way up to I-5 before it makes the U-turn back to the ocean 😲
Where does the Chehalis originate? Is it a tributary? Everything else comes down from the Cascades…
🐟onJan 16, 2023 14:35:55 #
Gmchief
Loc: New Hampshire coast
[quote=DozerDave]Where does the Chehalis originate? Is it a tributary? Everything else comes down from the Cascades… 🐟on[/
The Chehalis River starts in the Willapa Hills, south of PeEll, flows East to I-5, and then back to the ocean at Gray’s Harbor in Aberdeen. When you cross the Skookumchuck at Centralia, and before the airport, you can see the Chehalis. The Chehalis is what floods I-5 when it rains. Take a look next time on your way to Merwin.
🐟on[/The Chehalis River starts in the Willapa Hills, south of PeEll, flows East to I-5, and then back to the ocean at Gray’s Harbor in Aberdeen. When you cross the Skookumchuck at Centralia, and before the airport, you can see the Chehalis. The Chehalis is what floods I-5 when it rains. Take a look next time on your way to Merwin.
Jan 16, 2023 14:38:04 #
cldarling5
Loc: Washington
Thanks for the info! Any rivers you recommend checking out for steelhead or is it still too early?
Jan 16, 2023 15:05:26 #
Gmchief
Loc: New Hampshire coast
cldarling5 wrote:
Thanks for the info! Any rivers you recommend checking out for steelhead or is it still too early?
I don’t know about the timing of the run, but I’ve seen steelhead come out of the Green River at Highway 18. Walk upstream of the bridge. We would walk out on the old bridge and see the fish in the river. The river looks really fishy in Flaming Geyser State Park, also. I would go with my dad in the winter and fish the Puyallup in McMillan, between Sumner and Orting. He always thought that we kids could make a lot of money if we took thermoses of coffee and hot chocolate to sell to fishermen with cold hands. 😊
Jan 16, 2023 17:20:26 #
Gmchief wrote:
I’ve always been amused by the fact that the Lewis River is in Cowlitz County and the Cowlitz River is in Lewis County 🤔
That is to confuse the out of staters.
Jan 16, 2023 17:34:30 #
Gmchief
Loc: New Hampshire coast
Kerry Hansen wrote:
That is to confuse the out of staters.
It confuses in-staters, too! What’s really confusing is keeping straight where the Skykomish, Skokomish, Snohomish, and Swinomish Rivers are!😁 When we were kids traveling east of the mountains we would stop for snacks in George. It was fun to tell everyone that we saw George, Washington!😝😆
Jan 16, 2023 17:38:46 #
Gmchief wrote:
It confuses in-staters, too! What’s really confusing is keeping straight where the Skykomish, Skokomish, Snohomish, and Swinomish Rivers are!😁 When we were kids traveling east of the mountains we would stop for snacks in George. It was fun to tell everyone that we saw George, Washington!😝😆
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