Delta smelt are tiny fish — most adults are less than 3 inches long — and nearly translucent, with a steely-blue sheen on their sides. As larvae, they start out eating microscopic food like ...

According to the most recent work by the USGS, prey fish numbers in Lake Michigan look slightly better, well, not so much ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Fish maw — the swim bladder of a fish — is one of the most expensive dried-seafood products in the world. A Chinese delicacy, it can fetch $450 to $1,000 per ...

Standing on the banks of the Sandy River, Oregon, at 11:45 on Thursday morning, parents, grandparents and kids jostled for a good spot and ready their nets. Below, in the clear water, thousands of ...

Thousands of northwesterners were disappointed when they failed to meet up with some hooligans in March. These hooligans ...

LONGVIEW — This year’s Cowlitz River smelt dipping season went out a lot like it started: without much happening. The ...

The Department of Fish and Wildlife said Friday that no one caught any fish and no one received any license-related citations ...

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 ...

The Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office confiscated approximately 2,500 pounds of illegally harvested smelt last week, after a poaching prevention operation conducted with Oregon State Police.