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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

The countdown continues for the coming of the next regular sportfishing season. After burying away all the ice fishing equipment last weekend, it was exciting to bust out the open-water stuff. However ...

WMTW photojournalist Kevin Fowler recently captured some spectacular video of a smelt run in southern Maine, a sign of springtime in Maine. Fowler's video shows the smelt heading upstream to spawn ...