Cowlitz Fish Report
Cowlitz Restoration and Recovery grant funding is available for hatchery-associated production (HAP) projects or activities that lead to on-the-ground projects. The 2025 grant round is closed. Year-round engagement is encouraged to prepare for future grant rounds.
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July 21, 2025
Last week, Tacoma Power employees recovered 331 spring Chinook adults, 33 spring Chinook jacks, 212 spring Chinook mini jacks, 428 summer-run steelhead, and four cutthroat trout over five days of operations at the Cowlitz Salmon Hatchery separator.
During the past week, Tacoma Power employees released 58 spring Chinook adults, four spring Chinook jacks, and three cutthroat trout into Lake Scanewa at Copper Canyon and one cutthroat trout at Bremer Bridge. In addition, they released 136 spring Chinook adults and 15 spring Chinook jacks at Franklin Bridge in Packwood and 75 spring Chinook adults and five spring Chinook jacks into the Cispus River near Yellowjacket Creek.
As of Friday, July 18, 2025, Tacoma Power has recycled 754 summer-run steelhead and 303 spring Chinook adults this season to the I-5 boat launch in Toledo.
River flow below Mayfield Dam is 2,330 cubic feet per second on Monday, July 21, 2025. Water visibility is 12 feet and water temperature is 54.3 (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.