Dip netting for Smelt

[brokenvet]

My son and I went to the Cowlitz River down by Castle Rock to dip net for smelt, Saturday 2/22.

Lots of people and no fish.  We watched others dipping their nets off and on for several hours and nothing.

[akirkland]

In due time, sir. In due time.

[Bullkllr]

IIRC February was usually the peak...?

River conditions have not been the best: extreme low/cold to blown out brown. But I would think if the run was gonna be big there might have been more around already...

[Hunterman]

This year may not be a too good for smelt. Remember the dipping has been closed for sometime because of no smelt. It'll take time.

Hunterman(Tony)

[Bullkllr]

And according to what the WDFW released, they were opening it more to monitor the population than because they were necessarily expecting a lot of smelt.