We're out here with the whole team using the American Smelt and jerking / cranking them for stripers. And guess what? First ...

LONGVIEW — This year’s Cowlitz River recreational smelt dip-fishing season kicked off Wednesday almost totally without its two most important elements: smelt and people dipping for them.

smelt-fishing in maine; the army of sportsmen encamped on the ice.the method of catching the delicatelittle fish--a village of smeltfishers flying before a gale. Share full article Dec. 24, 1883 ...

This year’s Cowlitz River recreational smelt dip-fishing season kicked off Wednesday almost totally without its two most important elements: smelt and people dipping for them. Each year for ...

PROFITABLE SMELT FISHING. Share full article. Dec. 19, 1887. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from December 19, 1887, Page 5 Buy Reprints.

Related: 2,500 pounds of smelt seized from poachers along the Sandy River Eulachon smelt have a long history with Native American tribes. They’re sometimes called “salvation fish,” because ...

Donald Trump (left), a delta smelt fish (center) and Gavin Newsom (right). Trump alleged that protections for the endangered fish species in California are, in part, blamed for the mayhem ...

The state added two more smelt-fishing mornings a week later. Still, no smelt arrived. When I interviewed Bill Iyall, the fishery had begun, but the smelt were still missing in action.

Longfin smelt are the sixth fish species in the bay estuary to be added to the federal endangered species list. The fish were listed by the state as threatened in 2009.

With smelt numbers very low in Lake Michigan and public access now prohibited to a traditional fishing spot, Milwaukee-area smelt fishermen traveled to Lake Superior and found good success and access.

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 ...