On Thursday, WDFW approved dipping on Wednesday and March 22 — the last day of the season. Saturday's dipnetting is also still on, but if the fish make it to the river by the weekend remains to be ...

(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 ...

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

As of publication, there were three smelt dips on the Cowlitz and I have not heard ... The Oregon side of the river has been fishing much better compared to the Washington side.

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.

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 ...

Mar. 8—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 ...

Grab your dipnet and head for the Sandy River Thursday afternoon. The smelt are running. Smelt are small fish that spend most of their life in the ocean and migrate in the Sandy ...