Fish Are Always Biting in Cowlitz County!

World Class Fishing

The Columbia, Cowlitz, Kalama, Toutle and Lewis rivers all boast runs of salmon and steelhead. Yale, Merwin, Horseshoe, Silver, Kress and Lake Sacajawea offer lake fishing for everything from crappie, bluegill, and trout to kokanee, muskies, and bass.

Fish Are Always Biting in Cowlitz County!

The Columbia River and other renowned local tributaries and lakes offer numerous opportunities for anglers.

The Columbia, Cowlitz, Kalama, Toutle and Lewis rivers all boast runs of salmon and steelhead. Yale, Merwin, Horseshoe, Silver, Kress and Lake Sacajawea offer lake fishing for everything from crappie, bluegill, and trout to kokanee, muskies, and bass.

Water Access Sites: (Courtesy of WDFW)

Site Name Common Name Body of Water
Abernathy Creek Abernathy Creek Abernathy Creek
Beginners Hole Beginners Hole Kalama River
Fishermans Loop  Fishermans Loop Kalama River
Hand  Hand Kalama River
Island Island Lewis River
Kress Lake Kress Lake Kress Lake
Modrow Bridge Modrow Bridge Kalama River
Olequa Creek Olequa Cowlitz
Pekin Ferry  Pekin Ferry Lewis River
Pritchard's Pritchard's Kalama River
Silver Lake Silver Lake Silver Lake
Sportsman Club Sportman Columbia River
Toutle Toutle Cowlitz Merger Toutle River
Tower Bridge Tower Bridge Toutle River
Woodland Bottoms Woodland Columbia River

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