The Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office seized approximately 2,500 pounds of illegally harvested smelt last Thursday during a ...

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

Since then, their populations have grown, and eulachon smelt are occasionally available for recreational harvest. These fish, ...

These small, silvery fish spend most of their lives in the ocean, migrating upstream to spawn and typically dying shortly after. Anglers were reminded that it is illegal to collect dead smelt ...

Thousands of northwesterners were disappointed when they failed to meet up with some hooligans in March. These hooligans ...

The Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office confiscated approximately 2,500 pounds of illegally harvested smelt last week, after a poaching prevention operation conducted with Oregon State Police.

Below, in the clear water, thousands of smelt streamed by, each one about 6 inches long. They spend their adult lives in the ocean, then return to their native stream to spawn and die. Little did ...

Grab your dipnet and head for the Sandy River Thursday afternoon. The smelt are running. Smelt are small fish that spend most of their life in the ocean and migrate in the Sandy ...

Longfin smelt live for several years, spawning in freshwater and inhabiting estuaries and nearshore waters, and even ranging out into the ocean. Usually growing from 3.5 to 4.3 inches as adults, these ...

and eulachon smelt are occasionally available for recreational harvest. These fish, known for their elongated bodies and silvery sides, spend most of their lives in the ocean before migrating up ...

Longfin smelt live for several years, spawning in freshwater and inhabiting estuaries and nearshore waters, and even ranging out into the ocean. Usually growing from 3.5 to 4.3 inches as adults, these ...