March 8 Fish Report

Mar 08, 2010 10:08 AM Filed in: Cowlitz Fish Report

Last week, Tacoma Power recovered 132 winter-run steelhead, one spring Chinook adult and one cutthroat trout during five days of operation at the Cowlitz Salmon Hatchery separator.

During the week Tacoma Power employees released 14 winter-run steelhead into the Tilton River at Gust Backstrom Park in Morton.
Tacoma Power employees released 28 winter-run steelhead and one spring Chinook adult into Lake Scanewa behind Cowlitz Falls Dam during the week.

River flows at Mayfield Dam are approximately 5,050 cubic feet per second on Monday, March 8. Water visibility is ten feet. River flows could change at any time so boaters and anglers should remain alert for this possibility.

Current river flow information on the Cowlitz, Nisqually, Wynoochee and Green rivers, plus lake levels for Riffe, Alder, Wynoochee and Cushman lakes, are available on Tacoma Power’s Fishing Line, toll free at 1-888-502-8690