This year’s Cowlitz River recreational smelt dip-fishing season kicked off Wednesday almost totally without its two most important elements: smelt and people dipping for them.

On Thursday, WDFW approved dipping on Wednesday and March 22 — the last day of the season. Saturday's dipnetting is also ...

MORIOKA—Colorful ice-fishing huts in red, yellow and green dot the snow-covered ice on Lake Gandoko here that stretches as ...

Smelt dippers will return to the banks of the Cowlitz River as the Washington state Department of Fish and Wildlife has approved recreational fisheries for Wednesday, March 12, and Saturday, March 15.

Scientists discovered a 15-million-year-old fish fossil, Ferruaspis brocksi. It has preserved stomach contents and visible ...

Scientists have discovered a 15 million-year-old freshwater fish fossil, which showed what was in its stomach.

In an Australian first, researchers have described a new species of 15-million-year-old fossilized freshwater fish, ...

An unusually well-preserved Australian fossil reveals details about the diet, behavior, and appearance of a ...

Anglers from across the Pacific Northwest took to the banks of the Cowlitz River on Wednesday, March 12, for the opening of the state's brief smelt dipping season. All it took was a few empty nets for ...