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

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife will hold a virtual public meeting on March 4 to discuss a proposed ban on certain fishing activities near state ferry terminals. The proposal is in ...

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 ...

Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Police Officer Chris Dean observed several late-night crabbers on Float 20 in Westport and went down for a compliance check over the weekend. After ...

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 ...

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 ...