SW Washington Fishing

SW Washington – The Cowlitz River remains the best bet for summer steelhead anglers. The Lewis and Kalama also have fish but effort is tapering. Anglers working the mainstem Columbia beaches in the region are still taking steelhead and an occasional chinook. With the promising chinook return this year, effort will bump quicker than usual in the coming weeks.

As chinook numbers increase at Bonneville Dam, so will effort at Drano Lake. This fishery however, won’t peak for another 3 weeks. New for 2012, any fall chinook and coho may be retained at Drano Lake beginning Aug. 1.

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