TheNewsTribune.com, WA - Feb. 23

The fishing has been a bit on the slow side this past week, although there are a few good reports. Steelhead anglers should consider the Wynoochee or the coastal rivers. Trout fishermen may want to head to the Yakima. For blackmouth, the Tacoma waters are improving.

Rivers

Cowltiz: Anglers are catching a few more late winter-run steelhead, said Karen Glaser at Barrier Dam Campground. The river level dropped on Friday. Anglers are using sand shrimp, corkies and yarn or jigs.

Green: The fishing has been fair to good, mainly for wild steelhead in the middle section of the river. Most anglers are using pink worms or sand shrimp.

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The Columbian, WA - Feb 13, 2008

Chinook die-hards already angling It’s too early to fish for spring chinook salmon, but, of course, anglers are starting already. A flight on Saturday tallied 40 Oregon salmon bank rods, 13 Washington bank rods and five boats. The count also included 34 boats after sturgeon, plus 12 Washington and eight Oregon bank rods. Two spring chinook — 17 and 21 pounds — were caught Tuesday night near Skamokawa in the commercial sturgeon fishery,

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Centralia Chronicle, WA - Feb 15, 2008

The current spell of fair and dry weather has pushed most area rivers into fishable shape, and has also improved Stillwater fishing for trout anglers. The typical February-cool sun hasn’t done much to raise surface temperatures on the lakes, but the increased light levels seem to have coaxed a few insects into action, and that’s helped fishing in the lakes. Anglers this week took advantage of the fine weather to collect some limits of rainbow and at least a couple off big brooder trout at Carlisle Lake, which remains open until the end of February.

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