"Overharvesting has serious consequences." Authorities seize 2,500 pounds of fish after inspection exposes illegal operation: ...

Oregon authorities seized around 2,500 pounds worth of illegally harvested smelt during a special, short season on the Sandy ...

Whether the Columbia River’s eulachon smelt run will make its way into the Sandy River is always a crap shoot, but this year’s run appears to have waited for spring break. A pulse of the tasty little ...

LONGVIEW — This year’s Cowlitz River smelt dipping season went out a lot like it started: without much happening. The ...

The eulachon smelt fishery is truly a wonder ... Whitaker said he remembers fishing along the Sandy River in the 1980s when the smelt run was enormous. But, he said, numbers started declining.

The Department of Fish and Wildlife said Friday that no one caught any fish and no one received any license-related citations ...

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 fish were seized during the one-day smelt dipping season along the Sandy River on Thursday, an event that saw thousands ...