Eulachon smelt, also known as candlefish, are listed as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. While they return to the Columbia River annually to spawn, their presence in the ...

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.

In early March, tens of millions of eulachon smelt leave the Pacific and swim up the Columbia River. Eulachon, a threatened species, were a mainstay in the diets of previous generations of Oregonians ...

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 ...