GRAY – With smelt running in brooks and streams, anglers who dip nets for bait and forage fish should be mindful of some new laws.The modifications were designed to increase conservation. The ...

Plenty of dead smelt can be found along the beaches of the lower Columbia. These were on the Washington shore near Marine Park on Monday. Smelt dipping on Saturday in Oregon’s Sandy River turned ...

There will be no recreational or commercial smelt dipping on the Cowlitz or Lower Columbia rivers this year because the annual return is expected to be even worse than last year’s, according to ...

The state House of Representatives passed a bill Wednesday that affects a rite of passage practiced by generations of Washingtonians with a license — smelt dipping. Smelt, also called a ...

Sport smelt dipping season in Oregon tributaries of the Columbia will close Jan. 1. Commercial dipping in the Sandy and Umpqua rivers is expected to be closed beginning Wednesday. Since smelt ...

Sport smelt dippers can get their nets out of storage. The first dipping season in four years will be offered in the Cowlitz River Saturday, though the fickle fish may ...

The hot ticket on the outdoor stage - smelt dipping on the Cowlitz River - dropped off dramatically early this week, but with any luck at all it should pick back up with warmer weather.

Smelt dipping is a longtime tradition on the lower Cowlitz, with dip netters lining the banks at various spots from Lexington downstream to Longview near the river's mouth when the fish are in strong.

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. Fishing ...

Thousands of people are expected to converge this Saturday along the banks of the Cowlitz River to hopefully pursue millions of smelt. “The big question is will the smelt be there when the ...

Smelt are back in the lower Sandy River, and that means wildlife managers have opened a rare one-day dipping season Thursday afternoon, March 30, 2023.

Washington announced Tuesday it will allow a five-hour smelt dip fishery Saturday morning on the Cowlitz River shoreline. No license is required, but dippers are limited to 10 pounds of smelt ...