Together, the counties stretch between the high Cascade Mountains on the east to the coastal Willapa Hills and the top of the Columbia River estuary to the west.įor many non-anglers, Cowlitz County is these days perhaps best known as the gateway to the Mount St.
Other communities in Cowlitz County include Kalama, most of Woodland and a bunch of smaller communities scattered around the river valleys and forested hills.īesides Cathlamet, the small number of residents in Wahkiakum County are scattered around from Puget Island, Skamokawa, elsewhere along Highway 4 (Ocean Beach Highway) and up into several river valleys. This article also will talk about the best fishing spots near Cathlamet and other locations in neighboring Wahkiakum County, one of state’s smallest counties both by population and size located just down the Columbia River and within a short drive from Longview and elsewhere in Southwest Washington.
There is ton of amazing fishing near Longview, Kelso and Castle Rock in Cowlitz County, well beyond the great salmon and steelhead angling in the Cowlitz and Columbia rivers.
