Cowlitz Fish Report
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April 12, 2021
Last week, Tacoma Power employees recovered 518 winter-run steelhead adults and three spring Chinook adults during five days of operations at the Cowlitz Salmon Hatchery separator.
During the past week, Tacoma Power released eight winter-run steelhead adults into the Tilton River and 31 winter-run steelhead adults and two spring Chinook adults into Lake Scanewa near Randle.
Tacoma Power released 32 winter-run steelhead adults into the Cispus River near Yellow Jacket creek.
River flows at Mayfield Dam are approximately 8,150 cubic feet per second on Monday, April 12, 2021. Water visibility is 12 feet and the water temperature is 44.8 F. River flows could change at any time so boaters and anglers should remain alert for this possibility.
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Get the Cowlitz Fish Report online at MyTPU.org/CowlitzFishReport. Current river flows for the Cowlitz, Nisqually, Wynoochee and Green rivers, plus lake levels for Riffe, Alder, Wynoochee and Cushman lakes, are available at MyTPU.org/lakelevels.
- Get information about river flows and lake levels at MyTPU.org/LakeLevels.
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.