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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

State Fish and Wildlife biologists are bracing for another poor smelt run in the Columbia River and its tributaries. “Every indication points to another poor smelt return this year,” said Brad James, ...

Each spring, hundreds of Chicago nocturnal fishermen stand elbow to elbow on the shore lines, piers and breakwaters of Lake and Cook Counties in search of the perfect spot to net Lake Michigan smelt ...

A smelt dip on the Cowlitz River brings about a festival atmosphere as folks gather to have fun, and hopefully end up with a mess of smelt. (Terry Otto for The Columbian) RIDGEFIELD — There will be ...