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

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.

Guest Opinion. In January 2025, with the epic fire destruction of the Palisades home development area and surrounding regions ...

Since smelts are seasonal -- often only legally available come springtime -- there's a celebratory tradition to consuming the fish. After all, enjoying piles of whole smelt with a beverage in hand ...

The WDFW said in a press release that the “Salmon Creek Hatchery steelhead program is replacing early returning winter ...

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.

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 ...