A rare one-day smelt dipping season on Thursday, March 27, 2025, drew crowds to Troutdale s Sandy River, as a spring break surge of eulachon returned in harvestable numbers.

The Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office seized approximately 2,500 pounds of illegally harvested smelt last Thursday during a joint poaching enforcement operation with Oregon State Police on the ...

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