At 11:59 a.m. on Thursday, the anticipation was palpable on the banks of the Sandy River in Troutdale. Hundreds of people lined the river’s edge, dip nets at the ready, waiting for the first ...

Droves of smelt dippers headed to the lower Sandy River on Thursday for a rare seven-hour season to capture the oily fish -- the first opportunity in eight years. The rare fishing opportunity, which ...

Smelt are thick in the lower Sandy River, prompting a one-day dipping season Thursday, from noon until 7 p.m. Dipping (only) will be allowed from the bank (only) from the river’s mouth upriver to the ...

TROUTDALE Ore. (KPTV) - On Thursday, hundreds of families and fishermen took to the banks of the Sandy River for the one-day recreational harvest of eulachon smelt. “The keys are to have a strong ...

After nine drownings over three years in the Sandy River, emergency personnel from several Portland metro area agencies decided to team up to help keep the river safe. “We got together ... and asked, ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Officials seized 2,500 pounds of illegally caught smelt in a poaching operation on the Sandy River, the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office said. In collaboration with Oregon ...

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. This ...