A small village of shanties is spread out before us as we make our way across the ice. Despite a snowfall that is increasing in intensity and the fact that it is a weekday, there are a surprising ...

Today we're out here fishing for smelts using tiny Stingnose Jigging Spoons to jig up smelt after smelt after smelt. I prefer ...

Bowdoinham’s Ice and Smelt Fishing Festival is a winter tradition, drawing tourists eager to fish and explore the town.

Last year's ice fishing for smelt on Great Bay was pretty much nonexistent because of the lack of ice that would support this great pastime. When a lot of people mention Great Bay fishing, such as ...

Shantytowns come alive in the night, as anglers use bright lights to draw Northern Michigan smelt up from the dark bottoms of inland lakes. A frozen lake in the dead of night is a desolate place ...

The countdown continues for the coming of the next regular sportfishing season. After burying away all the ice fishing equipment last weekend, it was exciting to bust out the open-water stuff. However ...