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

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 ...

After all, enjoying piles of whole smelt with a beverage in hand and friends alongside makes the prospect of bones much less intimidating. Such a delicious nature makes smelt a cheap fish worth ...

Dipnetting from the shore is allowed on the Cowlitz River from the Tennant Way Bridge upstream to the Al Helenberg Memorial Boat Ramp in Castle Rock, Fish and Wildlife reports. Popular dipnetting ...

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.

More than three decades after being listed for protection, California's delta smelt is “functionally extinct.” The Trump administration could hasten its demise.

Smelt dipping will return to the banks of the Cowlitz River as Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) approved recreational fisheries for Wednesday and Saturday (March 15). Dip-netting will ...

There’VE been many recent winters when the ice isn’t thick enough for David MacDougall to set up his smelt shack on the ...