On Thursday, WDFW approved dipping on Wednesday and March 22 — the last day of the season. Saturday's dipnetting is also ...

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.

Nearly 45 years after Mount St. Helens' eruption sent almost 90 billion cubic feet of debris into the upper Toutle Valley, ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Lower Columbia River and Cowlitz River Valleys, South Washington Coast, and South Washington Cascade Foothills. East winds near the Columbia River Gorge will bring warmer temperatures.

COWLITZ COUNTY, Wash. — The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) responded to reports of an alligator swimming in Cowlitz County. Or so they thought. In a video posted to the WDFW ...