Cowlitz Fish Report
January 18, 2022
Last week, Tacoma Power employees recovered 92 coho adults, five coho jacks, and 12 winter-run steelhead adults during five days of operations at the Cowlitz Salmon Hatchery separator.
During the past week, Tacoma Power released 20 coho adults, three coho jacks, and two winter-run steelhead adults into the Tilton River and they released 58 coho adults, two coho jacks, and four winter-run steelhead into the Cispus River.
River flow below Mayfield Dam is 12,200 cubic feet per second on Monday, January 18, 2022. Water visibility is 3 feet and water temperature is 43.5 degrees 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.
- Questions? Please email cowlitz@cityoftacoma.org.
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.