Smelt dipping will be allowed on the lower Cowlitz River this Saturday, February 21, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., WDFW announced ...

Ocean waters have finally dipped below 50 degrees Fahrenheit, the magic minimum temperature that sustains great fishing. Sea herring have moved into warmer Long Island Sound, where striped bass and ...

This story, “Down by the Old Smelt Stream,” appeared in the Dec. 1967 issue of Outdoor Life. The name of the game was smelt fishing, and my partner — or my opponent, I wasn’t too sure which — was ...

OLYMPIA — The state is considering changes to commercial and recreational fishing regulations that could increase protection for smelt in Puget Sound and the Strait of Juan de Fuca. The state ...

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) has approved an additional one-day recreational smelt fishery on the ...

At 11:59 a.m. on Thursday, the anticipation was palpable on the banks of the Sandy River in Troutdale. Hundreds of people lined the river’s edge, dip nets at the ready, waiting for the first ...

GULL LAKE – It’s all a matter of perspective. I thought we were doing pretty well, hauling in smelt at a fairly steady rate from 70 feet of water on Gull Lake here in Kalamazoo County. But C.J. Hale ...

It's a Saturday night in early April in Milwaukee, with mild temperatures and a light south wind. As Lake Michigan laps gently against the sea wall on Jones Island, jetliners pass overhead on approach ...

Gov. Jay Inslee will soon a bill into law that will require Washington smelt dippers to get a license before they wade out with their nets. Recreational fishing licenses have been required to harvest ...