Cowlitz Fish Report
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August 4, 2025
Last week, Tacoma Power employees recovered 157 spring Chinook adults, 10 spring Chinook jacks, 316 spring Chinook mini jacks, eight fall Chinook adults, 473 summer-run steelhead, and three cutthroat trout over five days of operations at the Cowlitz Salmon Hatchery separator.
During the past week, Tacoma Power employees released 50 spring Chinook adults and four spring Chinook jacks into Lake Scanewa at Copper Canyon and they released 25 spring Chinook adults and three spring Chinook jacks at Franklin Bridge in Packwood.
Tacoma Power employees released 56 spring Chinook adults and one spring Chinook jack into the Cispus River near Yellowjacket Creek amd they released seven fall Chinook adults at Bremer Bridge.
As of Friday, August 1, 2025, Tacoma Power has recycled 1,468 summer-run steelhead and 303 spring Chinook adults this season to the I-5 boat launch in Toledo.
River flow below Mayfield Dam is 2,380 cubic feet per second on Monday, August 4, 2025. Water visibility is 11 feet and water temperature is 54.7 (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.