As February approaches, local sportsmen and women start to think about smelt dipping. Will the popular smelt dip take place on the Cowlitz River this year, or is the run supposed to be too depressed ...

STOCKTON — For the fourth year in a row, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has caught zero Delta smelt in its Fall Midwater Trawl Survey on the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta.

Mar. 8—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, ...