Authorities seized 2,500 pounds of illegally caught smelt during a one-day poaching sting on the Sandy River. The fish were confiscated during Oregon’s rare smelt dipping season and donated to the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs. Click the link in our bio for more photos and details on Thursday’s legal smelt fishery — and the poaching bust that followed. --Reporting by Mark_W_Graves, The Oregonian/OregonLive #Smelt #Poaching #OregonWildlife #SandyRiver #ODFW #FisheryEnforcement #WildlifeCrime #IllegalFishing #SmeltRun #Eulachon #Troutdale #Conservation #EndangeredSpecies #SustainableFishing #RiverEcosystem #FishingRegulations #SmeltSeason #FishSeizure #OregonOutdoors #NaturalResources #EnforcementAction #FishingLimits