LONGVIEW — This year’s Cowlitz River smelt dipping season went out a lot like it started: without much happening. The Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife said Friday that no one ...

(Amanda Cowan/The Columbian) Smelt dipping will return to the banks of the Cowlitz River as Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) approved recreational fisheries for Wednesday ...

The Department of Fish and Wildlife said Friday that no one caught any fish and no one received any license-related citations during the season, which ran from Feb. 5 to March 22. “Smelt are ...

Jan. 16—The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) has announced a new tentative schedule approach for the Cowlitz River recreational smelt fishery. "This approach is designed to ...

Another Cowlitz River dip-net smelt fishery is still a wait and see game. The preseason smelt forecast by state Fish and Wildlife called for an acceptable return, and somewhat down from the past ...

The states are focusing on smelt in the Columbia River while the tribe, fittingly, is doing much of its work in the Cowlitz River. For decades, fish managers admitted that they didn’t know much ...

Feb. 16—Crowds flocked to the Cowlitz River on Thursday morning as smelt-dipping returned after the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) approved a one-day recreational fishery.

“I get requests from tribal leaders across the Northwest looking for some Cowlitz River smoked smelt.” “They are so fat they require no additional sauce, and I think them superior to any ...

The states are focusing on smelt in the Columbia River while the tribe, fittingly, is doing much of its work in the Cowlitz River. For decades, fish managers admitted that they didn't know much ...

It’s time to dust off the smelt dip-nets as state Fish and Wildlife has approved a one-day, five-hour long sport fishery this Saturday (Feb. 25) along the banks of the Cowlitz River.

The states are focusing on smelt in the Columbia River while the tribe, fittingly, is doing much of its work in the Cowlitz River. For decades, fish managers admitted that they didn't know much ...

The curious slender silvery fish known as smelt have reappeared suddenly down on the lower Cowlitz River, with dip-netters reporting limits in the Kelso area, but not at a rapid pace. "This looks ...