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.

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

So fishing prospects today were not high to start with,” he said. At the top of WDFW’s Cowlitz River smelt webpage, it notes that the fishery is open. Thirty-nine lines of text below that ...

Smelt dipping will return to the banks of the Cowlitz River as Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) approved recreational fisheries for Wednesday and Saturday (March 15). Dip-netting 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 ...

Based on preseason forecasts, anglers can also expect to harvest spring Chinook in the Cowlitz, Kalama, and Lewis rivers in 2025. To receive regulation updates and Columbia River Compact fishery ...

According to Ryan Lothrop, WDFW's Columbia River fisheries manager ... also see opportunities for Chinook harvests within the Cowlitz, Kalama, and Lewis rivers based on preseason forecasts.

For more information on the project see the WDFW news release ... rusty-colored coyote, and a river otter who’s jogging path between water bodies happened to be only a few feet behind Wickhem while ...

Staff members talked to the property owner and added several new signs in hopes that the anglers using the Beaver Creek Access Area will follow the proper route to get to the river ... with the WDFW ...