Standing on the banks of the Sandy River, Oregon, at 11:45 on Thursday morning, parents, grandparents and kids jostled for a good spot and ready their nets. Below, in the clear water, thousands of ...
Smelt’s annual return from the ocean has long drawn thousands of dip-netters up and down the Cowlitz River. This year, however, the prized tradition will be different. The Washington Department of ...
Derek Saxon, owner of D’s Camps, walks across the ice on the Cathance River in Bowdoinham, where Wednesday's temperature dipped into the high teens that night. (Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer) ...