SW Washington fishing

SW Washington – The Cowlitz, Lewis and Klickitat Rivers are the last remaining options for late run coho. Winter steelhead are beginning to show on the Cowlitz River and numbers should build as Christmas nears.

SW Washington fishing

SW Washington – A few winter steelhead are beginning to show in area streams. The Cowlitz, Kalama and Lewis systems have already seen their first few fish.

Coho remain available in the Cowlitz and Lewis but catches are light. Some chinook are still being caught but must be released.

SW Washington fishing report

SW Washington – Despite an increase in bag limits, the late run coho to the area streams continue to disappoint anglers. Chinook are still showing in the catches but very few anglers are participating in the catch and release fishing.

Anglers used to be able to rely on November steelhead on the Cowlitz but hatchery plants have been cut back and returns are poor. It will be a while before these streams produce any good numbers of retainable fish again.

The Klickitat River remains one of the better options for late run coho.