Anglers are doing well in some tributaries of the Columbia, but low water has slowed the bite in some places, while others are fishing well. The late run of coho has been inconsistent in recent years, ...

Emily Fitzgerald, The Chronicle, Centralia, Wash. Sep. 30—Six males between the ages of 15 and 23 accused of breaking into the Cowlitz River Salmon Hatchery in Salkum on Sunday and snagging salmon out ...

This week in Southwest Washington, we have spring chinook just starting to swim up the local tributaries with the best odds being out on the Columbia. Steelhead has finally come alive on the Cowlitz ...

CENTRALIA — During a meeting Wednesday, Cowlitz River fish managers projected columns of numbers of how many young salmon and steelhead could be raised on the river. “There is a missing column up ...

Jan. 16—The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) has announced a new tentative schedule approach for the Cowlitz River recreational smelt fishery. "This approach is designed to provide ...

Mar. 8—Smelt dippers will return to the banks of the Cowlitz River as the Washington state Department of Fish and Wildlife has approved recreational fisheries for Wednesday, March 12, and Saturday, ...