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.

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

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.

The WDFW said in a press release that the “Salmon Creek Hatchery steelhead program is replacing early returning winter ...

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 ...

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 ...

The WDFW said one of its crew members was on patrol when he received a radio call about the unusual theft. The WDFW said the suspect reportedly boarded the vessel, woke the crew, and instructed ...

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 ...

“WDFW has offered Black Friday fishing for more ... Roses Lake Clark County — Klineline Pond, Battle Ground Lake Cowlitz County — Kress Lake Island County — Cranberry Lake Earlier this ...