Oregon authorities seized around 2,500 pounds worth of illegally harvested smelt during a special, short season on the Sandy ...

The incredible Great Lakes smelt situation was so described last week by Dr. John Van Oosten of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The vast smelt population of Lake Michigan and Lake Huron (where ...

John Baird, director of the Department of Conservation of the State of Michigan, is responsible for the statement that several Lansing sportsmen pronounced Crystal Lake smelt equal to brook trout ...

Nicknamed the "French fry of the lake," smelt are a bite-sized, mild-flavored fish that are best served lightly dredged and deep-fried. On average, they grow to about five inches in length ...

Smelt netting has a long history and tradition in Chicago, but the season reopening as usual on April 1 looks to be another ...

Grab your dipnet and head for the Sandy River Thursday afternoon. The smelt are running. Smelt are small fish that spend most of their life in the ocean and migrate in the Sandy ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Authorities seized 2,500 pounds of illegally caught smelt during a joint poaching operation on the Sandy River, the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office announced.

Whether the Columbia River’s eulachon smelt run will make its way into the Sandy River is always a crap shoot, but this year’s run appears to have waited for spring break. A pulse of the tasty ...

Coho going on southern Lake Michigan, the spring variety of fishing options, openers Tuesday, April 1, at Heidecke Lake and ...

MITO--Government and company officials here plan to turn Lake Kasumigaura, known for “wakasagi” smelt and “shirauo” icefish, into a caviar production center using the roe of locally farmed ...

The ice fishing season for pond smelt opened on Feb. 6, the latest date since 1998 when such statistics were first recorded. To ensure safety, the fisheries association of Lake Gandoko measures ...