Smelt dipping will be allowed in the Sandy River from the mouth up to the Stark Street Bridge on Wednesday between noon and 7 p.m. The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife announced the short season ...

OLYMPIA — The state is considering changes to commercial and recreational fishing regulations that could increase protection for smelt in Puget Sound and the Strait of Juan de Fuca. The state ...

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) has approved an additional one-day recreational smelt fishery on the ...

We're so happy to be back out on the ice. Today we're out here fishing for smelts using tiny Stingnose Jigging Spoons to jig up smelt after smelt after smelt. I prefer to tip my Stingnose with a ...

The state House of Representatives passed a bill Wednesday that affects a rite of passage practiced by generations of Washingtonians with a license — smelt dipping. Smelt, also called a candlefish, is ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. The recent frigid temperatures bring with them the return of ice fishing for ...

It's a Saturday night in early April in Milwaukee, with mild temperatures and a light south wind. As Lake Michigan laps gently against the sea wall on Jones Island, jetliners pass overhead on approach ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. PORTLAND – The ice fishing shacks that normally dot the Kennebec River and ...

In this photo taken on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2019, a fisherman checks a net during a traditional winter smelt fish festival on Lusiai lake some 120 kilometers (74 miles) north of Vilnius, Lithuania.

Gov. Jay Inslee will soon a bill into law that will require Washington smelt dippers to get a license before they wade out with their nets. Recreational fishing licenses have been required to harvest ...

DULUTH, Minn. (WCCO) --There is a place on Lake Superior where crashing waves meet the mouth of the Amnicon River. The pristine scenery is a tempting lure in its own right, but every spring dozens are ...