Cowlitz Fish Report
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April 7, 2025
Last week, Tacoma Power employees recovered 453 winter-run steelhead adults and one cutthroat trout adult over five days of operations at the Cowlitz Salmon Hatchery separator.
During the past week, Tacoma Power employees released 50 winter-run steelhead into Lake Scanewa near Randle and they released 38 winter-run steelhead and one cutthroat trout into the Tilton River at Bremer Bridge.
Tacoma Power released 40 winter-run steelhead at Franklin Bridge in Packwood.
River flow below Mayfield Dam is 7,740 cubic feet per second on Monday, April 7, 2025. Water visibility is 9 feet and water temperature is 45.1 degrees F. River flows could change at any time so boaters and anglers should remain alert for this possibility.
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Cowlitz Fish Stats:
- Graphs of adult returns by species for each week and 10-year averages.
- Tables of collections by species for each week, season to date and weekly 5-year averages.