LONGVIEW — This year’s Cowlitz River smelt dipping season went out a lot like it started: without much happening.. The Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife said Friday that no one ...

Smelt dipping will return to the banks of the Cowlitz River as Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) approved recreational fisheries for Wednesday, March 12, and Saturday, March 15.

Mar. 6—Crowds from across the state gathered along the Cowlitz River on Tuesday afternoon for the second day of smelt-dipping approved by the Washington state Department of Fish and Wildlife ...

People dip for smelt at Gerhart Gardens Park in February 2024 along the Cowlitz River in Longview. The state opened a one-day, six-hour recreational fishery Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024, for the first ...

Smelt have been reported in the Cowlitz River, but holiday festivities are unlikely to include any dipping this month. According to the state Department of Fish and Wildlife, smelt researchers for ...

There swam dozens of smelt larvae, their eyes protruding from barely visible bodies. “There’s probably 100 in there, no problem,” Fry, who works for the Cowlitz Indian Tribe, said last week.

Another Cowlitz River dip-net smelt fishery is still a wait and see game. The preseason smelt forecast by state Fish and Wildlife called for an acceptable return, and somewhat down ...

Feb. 16—Crowds flocked to the Cowlitz River on Thursday morning as smelt-dipping returned after the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) approved a one-day recreational fishery. A ...

It’s time to dust off the smelt dip-nets as state Fish and Wildlife has approved a one-day, five-hour long sport fishery this Saturday (Feb. 25) along the banks of the Cowlitz River.

They’re a species of fish with many names, including hooligan, oolichan, eulachon, savior fish, salvation fish, candlefish, Columbia River smelt, and Thaleichthys pacificus.. By any name, the ...

The states are focusing on smelt in the Columbia River while the tribe, fittingly, is doing much of its work in the Cowlitz River. For decades, fish managers admitted that they didn't know much ...

The curious slender silvery fish known as smelt have reappeared suddenly down on the lower Cowlitz River, with dip-netters reporting limits in the Kelso area, but not at a rapid pace. "This looks ...