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 ...

John Han of Vancouver, from left, gets a hand from his son, Andrew, 13, as his father, Jaedeok, looks on as three generations of fishermen enjoy the smelt event along the Cowlitz River on Tuesday ...

Thousands of eager anglers lined the banks of the Cowlitz River from Kelso to Castle Rock on Tuesday hoping to score a net full of smelt. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife opened smelt ...

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 ...

Washington has approved a one-day smelt-dipping season Thursday on the Cowlitz River. Dipping will be allowed from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. with a 10-pound limit (approximately a quarter of a five-gallon ...

Washington will allow another smelt-dipping season Tuesday in the Cowlitz River. And although smelt entered the Sandy River in Oregon on Friday, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife said it ...

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 ...

Washington state’s Department of Fish and Wildlife opened up a highly anticipated one-day season for smelt fishing on the lower Cowlitz River — but maybe no one told the smelt. Thousands of people ...

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife announced on Friday the first — and potentially only — day of this year’s Cowlitz River recreational smelt fishery: 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday. Henry ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Feb. 12—Smelt-dipping will return to the banks of the Cowlitz River as the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) has ...