The Downeast Salmon Federation will host its 24th annual Smelt Fry & Fisheries Celebration on Saturday, April 25.

Alyssa and Joy head to the cutting board at Downeast Salmon Federation's Smelt Shack ...

By V. Paul Reynolds “Smelts are running!” To an outdoor forager, who has been cooped up all winter and awaiting the maples buds and black flies and all the good fishing that follows, this exaltation ...

Smelt dippers gather along the Cowlitz River banks to try to net the small, silvery, fat-rich smelt. These fisheries draw large crowds, including families. (Photos by Terry Otto/for the Columbian) The ...