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, March 15.

A detailed map, including fishing boundaries and popular access locations, is available on the Cowlitz River smelt fishing webpage. A current Washington fishing license is required to dip-net for ...

LONGVIEW — This year’s Cowlitz River recreational smelt dip-fishing season kicked off Wednesday almost totally without its two most important elements: smelt and people dipping for them.

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 nets for ...

This year’s Cowlitz River recreational smelt dip-fishing season kicked off Wednesday almost totally without its two most important elements: smelt and people dipping for them. Each year for ...

Dipnetting from the shore is allowed on the Cowlitz River from the Tennant Way Bridge upstream to the Al Helenberg Memorial Boat Ramp in Castle Rock, Fish and Wildlife reports. Popular dipnetting ...

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