Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mar. 8—Smelt dippers will return to the banks of the Cowlitz River as the Washington state Department of Fish and Wildlife has ...

A smelt dip on the Cowlitz River brings about a festival atmosphere as folks gather to have fun, and hopefully end up with a mess of smelt. (Terry Otto for The Columbian) RIDGEFIELD — There will be ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Feb. 13—The Washington state Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) approved a one-day recreational smelt fishery in the Cowlitz ...

Whether the Columbia River’s eulachon smelt run will make its way into the Sandy River is always a crap shoot, but this year’s run appears to have waited for spring break. A pulse of the tasty little ...