A late, strong showing of smelt are in the Sandy River, allowing approval of a one-day dipping season Thursday, from noon to 7 p.m. Unlike traditional all-comers dipping seasons, smelt are now ...

A special 7-hour fishing season in Oregon brought chaos and a bit of lawlessness to the Sandy River on Thursday. As big pushes of tiny smelt worked their way upstream and into anglers’ dip nets, ...

Many men in waders, with long dip nets slung over their shoulders and buckets in hand, made their way down the steep hill to the banks of the river near Fishers Lane in Kelso Saturday morning.

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 naturally ...

Mar. 12—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 ...

The Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office confiscated approximately 2,500 pounds of illegally harvested smelt last week, after a poaching prevention operation conducted with Oregon State Police. This ...

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, and Saturday, ...

It's a tiny fish in the Niagara River, but on Friday evening it was the star of the village's sixth annual Smelt Festival. This spring festival now opens the festival season in Lewiston -- kind of ...