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Fishing Report
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Cowlitz census shows this is best coho season since 1990Last week, 13,556 coho returned to the Cowlitz Salmon Hatchery which is nearly 1,500 more fish than the previous week’s return. Through the end of October, more than 50,000 coho had returned to the hatchery, the best return since at least 1990.
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Fish the rivers before they get any higher, but skip coast
Heavy rains earlier this week have raised water levels and flows in a number of rivers this side of the Cascades. Some of those rivers are blown out, but many are fishable and producing respectable catches of salmon.
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River fishing might not be spectacular, but it’s not bad
River fishing wasn’t exactly spectacular on the west side of the state last week, but it wasn’t too bad. On several rivers, action was pretty good and catching was about the same.
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The present is still OK, but the future looks pretty strong
The number of migrating coho and chinook returning to the Cowlitz Salmon Hatchery was phenomenal last week (7,266 coho, 470 jacks; 1,461 chinook, 300 jacks) and the migration has been even better this week. Tacoma Power reported 10,260 coho and 910 jacks, 1,354 chinook and 290 jacks had returned to the hatchery. Given those numbers the probability of fishing success looks good, but there are no guarantees.
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Looking for salmon success? Better converge on the Cowlitz
Fishing possibilities continue to be good for anglers this week. The Strait of Juan de Fuca has been producing excellent catches of coho, and fishing has been decent from Whidbey Island to Seattle. In the Tacoma area, coho catches are leaning out but blackmouth are on the bite. Angler activity continues to be light in Hood Canal and south of the Narrows Bridge.
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Coho catch has been strong this week on coast and rivers
For the past couple of weeks, coho have been providing a lot of angling excitement for coastal and shore-bound anglers and it hasn’t changed this week. In the Sekui area, anglers have been averaging a coho per rod and fishing has been about the same in the Everett area.
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Coho fishing good in freshwater, even better in saltwater
Saltwater fishing has been outstanding for coho in the Strait of Juan de Fuca and Marine Areas 8-2 (Port Susan and Port Gardner) and 9 (Admiralty Inlet). Freshwater fishing for coho also has been good with several Washington rivers producing excellent catches. Most notable are the Cowlitz, Kalama, Lewis, Chehalis, Carbon and lower Columbia.
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North of Falcon Ocean recreational salmon catch update
Last week, Marine Area 1 (Ilwaco) anglers averaged 1.1 salmon per rod. Almost all of the catch was coho.
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Pink fishing winding down, but coho picking up slack
The pink salmon fishery is starting to wind down in saltwater, but still is good in a few local rivers.
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Anglers enjoy success for salmon, steelhead, walleye
Fishing has been good this week for pinks, steelhead, chinook and coho. Pinks have been providing non-stop action in the Puyallup and Carbon rivers while the Cowlitz, Toutle, Kalama and Lewis rivers have been providing excellent catches of steelhead, chinook and coho. Catches of sea-run cutthroat have been awesome in the Cowlitz from Blue Creek to Mission Bar.
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