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, and Saturday, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Merwin remains the single most reported bright spot in the local region. WDFW angler checks this week didn’t convey any effort or success for our tributaries except for the Cowlitz River. Most area ...

Smelt dippers will get only four days to try to fill their buckets this year. With another poor run of smelt expected back to the Columbia River and its tributaries, the Washington Department of Fish ...

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) Smelt-dipping will return to ...

A nice mix of late spring chinook and early summer steelhead is on tap for anglers working the Cowlitz River, according to Marshall Borsom at Fish Country Sports in Ethel (360-985-2090), and you won’t ...

LONGVIEW — 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 ...

State fishery managers approved a limited sport fishery for smelt on the Cowlitz River for Saturday, Feb. 25. WDFW Courtesy A portion of the Cowlitz River will be open to smelt fishing on Saturday, ...