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 ...

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 ...

Anglers and smelt harvesters on Minnesota's North Shore have been hearing lots of conflicting information about smelt regulations this spring. I checked with two conservation officers and a fisheries ...

Nothing was going to get between Rosane Koch and a plateful of pan-fried smelt Saturday: Not the two-hour drive from her home in the southern Willamette Valley, not the crowds of dip-netters clogging ...

As the smelt run begins in the Duluth area, those who harvest the silvery forage fish are being told they can be used only for eating, not as bait. The message is being spread in an effort to limit ...