Lots and lots of really balck chinook at the barrier monday.Quite a few people fishing for the ugly things too.I did see a very few silvers above the deadline.1 nice silver caught.
I would fish around the Toutle for the next week or so.The Toutle is pretty muddy but it dilutes in the Cow pretty fast.The Cow looked pretty fishable just a few hundred yerds below the mouth of the Toutle.And was in great shape on the Chapman road side.
I hear that throwing plugs (BW29) under the overhangig brush,and trolling them in the frogwater above the Toutle has been pretty productive.Plugs work all up and down the river with a cast and retrieve method. I fished for a few hours Mon. morn at the park below Castle rock.Saw several rollers but no biters.I tried eggs,jigs, different spinners.to no avail.I think the low pressure system(really windy) had something to do with the lack of a bite.
There are a few fish being caught all up and down the river,but I think for awhile your better off down low.The nets are in till the end of the month.When they come out things should really break loose in the whole system.
Dick Nites should work as does all the usuall hardware.Mepps and Blue fox spinners.Do a search on here about jig fishing and you should see a fantastic article Cowlitzfisherman wrote a few months ago.You would be amazed at how well they work after just a little practice. I also do good drifting eggs.For some reason I've had the best luck using big baits.And I like orange eggs as well or better than red eggs.Experiment around with scents also.Vanilla.anise,shrimp etc.I try to be prepared with a good assortment of stuff.You never know what they want.
Theres all kinds of bank access around Castle Rock if you look around a bit.
You might know a lot of this stuff,but thought I would throw in as much as i could before my fingers get tired from typing.
I agree with you that these boards are for sharing info,and I think Woodsy Waynes reply was pretty lame.I've seen him give and recieve good info in the past.So I'm a bit surprised.Hopefully it was just a bad day.
If I can be of anymore help let me know.