The smelt are in and thick, I live next to the cowlitz and Saturday I could have filled a 5 gallon bucket with 3 dips, but there was only 3 of us so I could only fill the bucket 3\4 of the way, the same last Wednesday. A little advice stay away from Carnival Market, drive into Lexington and turn into Riverside Park as soon as you turn into the park look to the left and you'll see the dike anywhere along there, last Wednesday they were only getting 1 or 3 smelt per dip at the carnival market I went to Riverside and was dipping 30 to 40 a dip.