CO Tony Elwell (Cloquet) monitored angling and turkey hunting and investigated trapping complaints involving possible ...

Submitted Photo The joy of spring fishing in North Dakota also lies in the unpredictability. Photo by Ashley Peterson, NDGF.

Bowdoinham’s Ice and Smelt Fishing Festival is a winter tradition, drawing tourists eager to fish and explore the town. However, the past two events lacked its key attraction: actual smelt fishing.

The Department of Fish and Wildlife said Friday that no one caught any fish and no one received any license-related citations during the season, which ran from Feb. 5 to March 22. “Smelt are ...

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About 100 fish writhed in a blue bucket by his side. The eulachon smelt fishery is truly a wonder, tugging the imagination back to the days when, legend has it, people could walk across Oregon’s ...

LONGVIEW — This year’s Cowlitz River smelt dipping season went out a lot like it started: without much happening. The Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife said Friday that no one ...

But even this bone-chilling place is feeling the effects of climate change. The ice fishing season for pond smelt opened on Feb. 6, the latest date since 1998 when such statistics were first recorded.