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Title: Dip netting for Smelt
Post by: brokenvet on February 23, 2014, 08:36:34 AM

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.

Title: Re: Dip netting for Smelt
Post by: akirkland on February 23, 2014, 09:01:59 AM

In due time, sir. In due time.

Title: Re: Dip netting for Smelt
Post by: Bullkllr on February 23, 2014, 11:10:06 AM

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... :dunno:

Title: Re: Dip netting for Smelt
Post by: Hunterman on February 23, 2014, 12:24:04 PM

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)

Title: Re: Dip netting for Smelt
Post by: Bullkllr on February 23, 2014, 04:09:34 PM

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.