So is the Big Silver Return done or are we still in the ''BIGGEST SILVER RUN"

Think positive. There's still over a hundred thousand destined to enter the Cowlitz any day now.

The GOOD silver fishing hasn't even started yet.

Dan is right, As soon as we get the first fall, "BIG RAIN", it wont matter what river you are on its gonna be silver city everywhere.

KB, I can't possibly begin to imagine a hundred thou silvers in the Cow.....just about gives me a woodie Now, if I can just figure out how to get out of work...take the boss maybe?

Of course you need to remember,all those fish have to get by the commercial nets that are in the river 5 days a week before they can get into the Cowlitz.
You can get all the rain you want.It wont help the situation.Until the nets come out about the end of the month.
Which Gremlin says it best?

Yeah you're right, the silver run is over. Everyone should stay at home .

~ Dr Pepper

Another rumor, heard there was a school of fish at the mouth of the Columbia that is 7 miles long. How these tales get started I don't. Duck In The Fog

It's not over. I have heard rumors about fly overs from ship pilots going out to ships who claim to be able to see the fish hanging off the mouth of the Columbia. I don't know about it being a school of fish 7 miles long though. However, I do know that I have had one of my best years to date and Octobers ever down there. Best day was 37. There are so many Silvers jumping after high tide it is nuts. For example, Friday, in the 2 hours after high tide (From 10a-12p) I caught 5 silvers fishing off the N. Jetty and the limits still 4. 1 had too many fins. 2 were 15 lbs, covered in lice and the bucks are just showing a slight hook nose. Fresh herring has been the key for me, finding it requires a long drive or a Seattle contact. I saw only 1 other fisherman. Wish I was there again today.... Gotta wait 'til Monday. Great for stocking up an egg supply. No secret. Lots of room, lots of fish, go get 'em.
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I caught two bright silver hens this morning before the Mariners game. Seems like the run is still on.

C&R 3 silvers 2 5lbs and 2lbs all hatchery fish. Got one of them on my 5 weight flyrod. I fished for 2 hours and I seemed to catch them in 45 minutes. The run is not over.

The hatchery on Big Creek over by Astoria is expecting sixty thou-thou-thou-thousand silvers to come up there. We ran into a decent surge of them this past weekend with several doubles and a triple in one hole with 20+ shiny fish coming out of it.

The run's over. There's nothing to look at here. Move along.

It's so sad, all them silvers coming and the netters are loving life. Poor silvers, on there way home by the thousands and WHAM RIGHT INTO A NET!!!!!!!! Just stay out near the mouth of the columbia Mr silver and wait the nets will be out at the end of the month. SO SAD!!!
Keith