No Go On Cowlitz Smelt Dip This Year
Put those long-handled dipping nets back up on the hooks in the garage, folks. While signs started to look good last week with decent commercial catches and Friday saw a large presence of sea lions downstream in the Lower Columbia WDFW stated there won’t be a smelt dipping opener on the lower Cowlitz this season.
WDFW Commission To Send Out Draft Conservation Policy For Comment
Red flags – by admission, the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission’s latest draft Conservation Policy for itself, WDFW and the agency’s various advisory groups comes with many of ’em.