We're back here on the saltwaters of Buzzards Bay. The winds were south-west all week, however today they have shifted and ...

Standing on the banks of the Sandy River, Oregon, at 11:45 on Thursday morning, parents, grandparents and kids jostled for a good spot and ready their nets. Below, in the clear water, thousands of ...

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 ...

Thousand Acres Park just outside of Troutdale is a popular destination for dog walkers. Bordered by the Sandy and Columbia rivers, the park offers wide open spaces, forested paths and access to both ...

A longfin smelt in the San Francisco Bay area is measured during population surveys. (Jacob Staff/USFWS via Courthouse News) (CN) — Federal officials this week will start the process of designating ...

The Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office seized approximately 2,500 pounds of illegally harvested smelt last Thursday during a joint poaching enforcement operation with Oregon State Police on the Sandy ...

Authorities seized 2,500 pounds of illegally caught smelt during a joint poaching operation on the Sandy River, the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office announced. The operation, conducted in ...

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 ...

Longfin smelt at the University of California, Davis Fangue Lab in an undated photo. (Brianna Yetter/University of California Davis via Bay City News) The longfin smelt, a fish the length of a ...

Smelt are back in the lower Sandy River, and that means wildlife managers have opened a rare one-day dipping season Thursday afternoon, March 30, 2023. Dipping (only) will be allowed from the bank ...