However, what about when you're served a plate of smelts? Even for seasoned fish enthusiasts, these small and slender animals can be confusing. Often dredged and fried whole, it's not always clear ...

Let me share a tasty whiff of nostalgia from springtime long ago. Dad says, “The smelt are running; tonight I will get a ...

Authorities seized 2,500 pounds of illegally caught smelt during a one-day poaching sting on the Sandy River. The fish were confiscated during Oregon’s rare smelt dipping season and donated to the Con ...

Winston Luo, left, catches smelt with his dad. Kristian Foden-Vencil / OPB His family has five buckets full of fish and they’re planning a big meal. “We usually fry them,” Luo said.

LONGVIEW — This year’s Cowlitz River smelt dipping season went out a lot like it started: without much happening. The Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife said Friday that no one ...