Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - In this Jan. 10, 2013 file photo, fisherman Tom Cowper of Peabody, Mass., walks from his ice fishing shack at Jim ...

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

The Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife announced Friday the first — and potentially only — day of this year’s Cowlitz River recreational smelt fishery: 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday.

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. PORTLAND — Maine’s beloved smelts rebounded somewhat in 2015, but state ...

A juvenile delta smelt inside a rearing tank at the UC Davis Fish Conservation and Culture Lab. Photo: Dale Kolke / California Department of Water Resources About a third of delta smelt samples from ...

Washington will allow smelt dipping Wednesday from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Cowlitz River. Commercial and test fisheries yielded high enough numbers to support at least a one-day dip and perhaps more ...

Ask folks to tell you what smelt tastes like, and you find out real quick it’s a tougher question than you think. Debbie Calcagni, the self-described “lunch lady” who serves up plate after plate of it ...

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Delta smelt are tiny fish — most adults are less than 3 inches long — and nearly translucent, with a steely-blue sheen on their sides. As larvae, they start out eating microscopic food like ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Ice fishing for smelts is a winter tradition in Maine, where the small fish ...