LA CONNER — Bobbing the jig on his fishing line up and down in the water, 17-year-old Avery Cooper waits for bites from the small, silver fish called smelt that populate the Swinomish Channel. But ...

Oh, the wonderful smells of spring: tulips, rain and of course, a local favorite—smelt. In fact, one of the rituals of spring in Highland Park is catching, frying and eating smelt, a small fish that ...

I arrived at Lake Ijira at 6:30 in the morning. The lake was quiet, with almost no wind. I dropped my rig to the bottom and focused my attention on the tip of the rod. This time spent facing the lake ...

COLUMBIA FALLS, Maine (WABI) - Smelt fishing is a tradition in Maine. One that our WABI Morning crew had not experienced, until now. First, the Downeast Salmon Federation showed Alyssa Thurlow the ...

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 ...

For the first time in three years there was an open season for dipping smelt in Washington’s Cowlitz River on Friday, and the public came by the thousands to take part. People of all ages gathered ...

CHICAGO (AP) -- American Legion Post 82 in Port Washington, Wis., stands along Lake Michigan, a beacon for big-eating Midwesterners this time of year as members get ready to host the post's 57th ...