Adult rainbow smelt frequently supplement their diet of zooplankton by eating their offspring. Fewer adults means fewer predators for juvenile smelt. The need to find food in a lake infested with ...

Juvenile smelt feed predominantly on a variety of plankton and smaller aquatic invertebrates, while larger individuals target bigger forms of zooplankton, aquatic invertebrates, and even small fish.

Their 2013 survey found 11 juvenile smelt — smelt less than a year in age — per hectare, an area of 10,000 square meters. That was only 6% of the long-term average count.

Their 2013 survey found 11 juvenile smelt — smelt less than a year in age — per hectare, an area of 10,000 square meters. That was only 6% of the long-term average count.

The lake had a good hatch of lake herring and a decent crop of rainbow smelt this year, ... Before the 2011 flooding there were an estimated 100 million smelt and juvenile herring in the lake.

Patricia Pastella, commissioner of the Onondaga County Department of Water Environment Protection, confirmed recently the discovery of a rainbow smelt in Onondaga Lake -- the first one collected ...

Rainbow smelt are small, slender fish that do not grow larger than 6 or 7 inches in freshwater habitats. Their backs are dark green to olive color while their bright silvery sides shimmer with ...

Rainbow smelt from Green Lake near Interlochen, Mich. in a frying pan. Smelt, which are often fried whole after being gutted , are not native to Michigan or the Great Lakes.

LANSING, MI — It turns out that rainbow smelt and some panfish in Michigan are not as highly contaminated with toxic ‘forever chemicals’ as previously thought. This week, the Michigan ...

Scientists said more research is required to fully understand the potential impacts of rainbow smelt on native species in the region. "We don't even really know exactly how they managed to invade ...

Strom says rainbow smelt typically run in the spring time but are not as common as they used to be. Both Frailing and Tilkens say it's a shame the chemicals have made their way into these fish.