Anything but a 'bust': WDFW approves another one-day smelt fishery after successful opening

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

Lower Cowlitz To Open For Smelt Dipping February 18

The Cowlitz will be open five hours next Wednesday for smelt dipping. Whether the smelt cooperate is another question entirely.
The Columbian

Cowlitz smelt dip approved for Wednesday, but no fish in river yet

The Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife announced Friday the first — and potentially only — day of this year’s Cowlitz River recreational smelt fishery: 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday.
KGW8

Crowds jam Sandy River for rare, one-day smelt fishing opportunity

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 ...