Smelt are running in the Sandy River and Oregon is opening a rare 7-hour dipping season

Smelt dipping will be allowed in the Sandy River from the mouth up to the Stark Street Bridge on Wednesday between noon and 7 ...
Skagit Valley Herald

Catching smelt in the sunshine

LA CONNER — Bobbing the jig on his fishing line up and down in the water, 17-year-old Avery Cooper waits for bites from the small, silver fish called smelt that populate the Swinomish Channel. But ...
Los Angeles Times

Don’t blame the smelt: The salmon too reflects the dire state of the California Delta

Reporting from STOCKTON — The delta smelt is: 1) A nearly extinct species that serves as a crucial barometer for the health of the California Delta. 2) A useless bait fish that deprives Central Valley ...

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 ...
Capital Public Radio

Endangered Delta Smelt May Be Extinct

"Prepare for the extinction of the Delta Smelt in the wild," UC Davis fish biologist Peter Moyle told a group of scientists with the Delta Stewardship Council. He says the latest state trawl survey ...
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.
The Columbian

A sad milestone: All smelt dipping is banned

I’ve seen smelt in the Lewis, Cowlitz and Sandy rivers so thick you could almost grab them barehanded. I’ve seen them dipped at such odd places as the Marine Park boat ramp, Beacon Rock moorage and ...
Sacramento Bee

Meet the man trying to save this ‘stupid little fish’ and see why he thinks it’s important

The fragile little fish that swim around in dark tanks in a lab are the last hope for their kind. The lab director who oversees their care, Tien-Chieh Hung, explained that when the Delta smelt ...

Luck and hard work align in success for Cowlitz River smelt dippers

Last Wednesday’s Cowlitz River recreational smelt dip fishing was cold, windy and overall fruitful — at least for the people who worked hard and were a little lucky. Sea lion barks at ...
E&E

Trump admin approves funding to keep California’s delta smelt alive

The University of California, Davis’ Fish Conservation and Culture Laboratory was in financial limbo after its grant lapsed. SACRAMENTO, California — The federal government agreed Tuesday to continue ...
Los Angeles Times

Column: The delta smelt heads for extinction, marking a half-century of failed California water policy

You might wish you had as much power to affect the environment and the economy as the delta smelt. Enemies have blamed the tiny freshwater fish for putting farmers out of business across California’s ...