A five-hour opening for recreational smelt dipping along the Cowlitz River brought Snow Bai and her 11-year-old daughter Jessica nearly an hour north Saturday.

For those planning on making the trek south to the Cowlitz River for smelt will like the latest news. Joe Hymer, a state Fish and Wildlife biologist said the commercial catches on Monday picked up ...

Currently, on commercial waters dealers are allowed to harvest eight quarts of smelt all winter long with the use of drop nets and they can then dip eight quarts of smelt during the spring ...

Lithuanians love smelt and use vibrations to lure the small, slippery creature into nets through fishing holes drilled through the ice.