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

The fish spread and in 1928 the first smelt in Wisconsin waters were reported caught in gill nets near Little Sturgeon Bay in Door County. By 1930, the fish had reached Manitowoc, Port Washington ...

Fishermen from Milwaukee use seine nets to catch smelt on Chequamegon Bay in Ashland and Washburn. Ashton Jeanty is a consensus generational RB prospect in the 2025 NFL Draft. Rockies, already off ...

Armed with a Sabiki rig and a Solo Skiff, watch a fun and rewarding winter day of smelt fishing turn into a tasty coastal cook-up. Democrats walk out of crypto hearing after tense moments Forget ...

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 ...

So fishing prospects today were not high to start with,” he said. At the top of WDFW’s Cowlitz River smelt webpage, it notes that the fishery is open.

With the delta smelt hardly around to take a beating, said Felicia Marcus, former chair of the State Water Resources Control Board, the biggest loser in Trump’s fixation on the fish is the ...

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 ...

Longfin smelt were once among the most abundant fish in the estuary, serving as an important food source for larger fish and birds, and for a time supporting a commercial fishery in the 1800s ...

When smelt was listed as an endangered species in 2010, the Department of Fish and Wildlife put a pause on all smelt harvesting, commercial and recreational, for the next four years.

“They come in waves. If the water’s clear, you can see it turn blue,” he said referring to the fish’s colorful scales. As of early 2024, a fishing license is not required to dip-net for smelt.