Dozens of fishermen from Oregon and Washington test their luck during a one-day chance for smelt dipping on the Cowlitz River on Tuesday afternoon. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian) Smelt dipping will ...

The incredible Great Lakes smelt situation was so described last week by Dr. John Van Oosten of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The vast smelt population of Lake Michigan and Lake Huron (where ...

Thousands of participants were expected to come out for smelt dipping this week to kick off the first recreational fishery of the season. But Wednesday got off to a slow start, with around 35 ...

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 ...

PORTLAND (WGME) -- The weather has a lot to do with smelt fishing season ... including the hand jigs, bait and the wood for the wood stoves. “All of my stoves have flat tops, so people bring ...

Probably the most controversial fish in this region, if not in California as a whole, is the Delta Smelt. The Delta smelt is the poster child of all that is wrong in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.

Masago is the roe, or ripened eggs, of capelin. This fish—which is part of the smelt family—looks like a sardine. The main ...

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 ...