Fishing near Packwood, WA

Packwood sits in Lewis County along the upper Cowlitz River, flanked by Gifford Pinchot National Forest and the southern edge of Mount Rainier National Park. The area draws anglers to the Cowlitz and its tributaries for trout and steelhead, while Packwood Lake — a 452-acre alpine lake at 2,857 feet elevation — is a destination for wild rainbow trout reached by a 4.6-mile hike.

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Brown Trout

Salmo trutta

Chinook Salmon

Oncorhynchus tshawytscha

Coho Salmon

Oncorhynchus kisutch

Cutthroat Trout

Oncorhynchus clarkii clarkii (coastal cutthroat), O. clarkii lewisi (westslope cutthroat)

Mountain Whitefish

Prosopium williamsoni

Northern Pikeminnow

Ptychocheilus oregonensis

Rainbow Trout

Oncorhynchus mykiss

Sockeye Salmon

Oncorhynchus nerka

Steelhead

Oncorhynchus mykiss

Bull Trout

Common Carp

Cyprinus carpio carpio

Chum Salmon

Oncorhynchus keta

Brook Trout

Salvelinus fontinalis

Kokanee Salmon

Oncorhynchus nerka

Lake Trout

Salvelinus namaycush

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