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.

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

We're back here on the saltwaters of Buzzards Bay. The winds were south-west all week, however today they have shifted and ...

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 ...

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 ...

Standing on the banks of the Sandy River, Oregon, at 11:45 on Thursday morning, parents, grandparents and kids jostled for a good spot and ready their nets. Below, in the clear water, thousands of ...

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 ...

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 ...

Longfin smelt live for several years, spawning in freshwater and inhabiting estuaries and nearshore waters, and even ranging out into the ocean. Usually growing from 3.5 to 4.3 inches as adults, these ...

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 ...

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 ...