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 ...

Smelt jiggers have been scoring pretty well recently at the Oak Harbor Marina, according to Mike Chamberlain at Ted’s Sport Center in Lynnwood. The time to be there, Chamberlain said, is during the ...

Although surf smelt can be found year-around at various places in Puget Sound, winter is the traditional time to bundle up the family and head for La Conner, Cornet Bay or Oak Harbor marina for a ...

We're back out here on the water with the boatless angler (yes on a boat again), and we're using a special smelt imitating jigging spoon: the bigger of the Stingnose line. From previous video ...

HIGGINS LAKE -- It felt like forever since the last time I sat on a bucket jigging with an ice fishing rod. My hands were freezing, my toes were nubs, and extreme boredom poured over me like a bad ...

There were a variety of ducks at the base of the rapids, which told me that finally, ice had captured most of the river, forcing the ducks to the fast-flowing water that rarely freezes. Once the ducks ...

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 ...

Winter is for smelt fishing and, compared to other coastal states from New Jersey to New Hampshire, rainbow smelt — or Osmerus mordax — run in thicker schools and for longer seasons in Maine tidal ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Despite the midwinter warm-up this past week, ice conditions throughout much ...

Ocean waters have finally dipped below 50 degrees Fahrenheit, the magic minimum temperature that sustains great fishing. Sea herring have moved into warmer Long Island Sound, where striped bass and ...