MORIOKA—Colorful ice-fishing huts in red, yellow and green dot the snow-covered ice on Lake Gandoko here that stretches as ...

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.

Scientists have discovered a 15 million-year-old freshwater fish fossil, which showed what was in its stomach.

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 incredible Great Lakes smelt situation was so described last week by Dr. John Van Oosten of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The vast smelt population of Lake Michigan and Lake Huron (where ...

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 ...

(Amanda Cowan/The Columbian) Smelt dipping will return to the banks of the Cowlitz River as Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) approved recreational fisheries for Wednesday ...

“The discovery of the 15 million-year-old freshwater fish fossil offers us an unprecedented opportunity to understand ...

Tim Humphrey of Aspen Outfitters has been burbot fishing and we get the details. Plus, he's gearing up for a smelt run, turkey season is on the way....and you b ...