Fisheries managers for the WDFW have started the process by which the state will decide if there will be enough of a smelt return to the Columbia River to open recreational smelt dipping on the Cowlit ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mar. 8—Smelt dippers will return to the banks of the Cowlitz River as the Washington state Department of Fish and Wildlife has ...

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 ...

This week in Southwest Washington, we have water levels coming down and the Columbia clearing up, all while chinook numbers are increasing over Bonneville and into the tributaries. Tributary steelhead ...

Tributary steelhead is winding down, with the Cowlitz being the only option for finding steelhead this week. Tributary chinook has started to pick up as well, with almost all local tributaries ...