Is Barrier dam & Mayfield dam (as in the Gazetteer) the same dam? I can't find Barrier dam anywhere. Also, is the Kalama
open for steelhead? It doesn't say in the reg's. Has anyone fished either of these rivers recently? Thanks for any response.

Kalama is open for hatchery stealhead, I know the regs are kind of odd, usually they say other gamefish after trout. must either be a typo or they are lumping stealhead in with trout. fished the canyon saturday 5-8. walked up to the river threw in and fish on, a nice 10# hatchery buck on the first cast, about four or five more casts and released a nice 10# hen, half hour later and the same hole and landed a 12# hatchery buck, packed it in and went home. there for two hours never moved more that 10 feet. talked to the guy at prichards he said the fishing was no good and I was the only one with fish. not many people fishing though. (don't go there the fishing sucks trust me... no fish nope nope) I will be there this weekend making sure the fish still aren't there.><^>

Thanks for the reply & the info Mr.T. I'm headed down there on thursday for my new drift boats maiden voyage. I hope there are some fish left after your last trip. ha ha. Thanks again. Good luck this weekend. DryFli

Fished the Cowlitz on 5/10. Started at Barrier Dam, didn't see anything caught for the three hours I fished. Heard rumors of fish being caught last week in this area. Anyway moved down to the Blue Cr. area and talked to many drift boats as they floated by my fishing spot and none of them had touched a fish all day! What ever happened to the days where any trip to the Cowlitz always meant a bright steelhead on the dinner table? I would skip this one and fish the Kalama.

Oh, by the way after getting skunked on the Cowlitz, took the long drive up to the Green River (trib. to the N.F. Toutle) for spring chinnook. The area in front of the hatchery is open for salmon. This little river is out in the middle of nowhere, anyways got to the hatchery after 3 miles of logging roads and it was a ghost town. Fished for a little while and quit after an hour. If anybody decides to give this one a try you want to target the South bank of the hatchery stretch, the hatchery side has limited access.

Oh well, June 1st. the Sky will be open, no need to go south for a long while.