This year’s Cowlitz River recreational smelt dip-fishing season kicked off Wednesday almost totally without its two most important elements: smelt and people dipping for them.

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.

This year’s Cowlitz River recreational smelt dip-fishing season kicked off Wednesday ... prepare for the impacts that Longview, Kelso, Castle Rock might incur, allow them to have a little ...

and Castle Rock. The key word here is “guessing.” Who knows? My suggestion for Saturday is to start at Gearhart but be prepared to drive up the Old Westside Highway until you see the seagulls and ...

Steelhead has finally come alive on the Cowlitz River ... asking how the river has been fishing. He kept it short and said, “not well for springers, but there are a ton of wild steelhead ...

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

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 ...

From there, the lower Cowlitz River ferries an average of nearly 3 millions tons of sediment through Castle Rock, Kelso and Longview, where it dumps into the Columbia River That 3 million tons is ...

From there, the lower Cowlitz River ferries an average of nearly 3 millions tons of sediment through Castle Rock, Kelso and Longview, where it dumps into the Columbia River. That 3 million tons is ...

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