Today we're out here fishing for smelts using tiny Stingnose Jigging Spoons to jig up smelt after smelt after smelt. I prefer to tip my Stingnose with a little piece of plastic to help entice that ...

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 ...

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 ...

With water temperatures still hovering around 60 degrees, the harbors have held on to a good supply of blues and bass. Newcomb credits both the warm water and the huge bait supply that got bigger in ...

MAKE no mistake, smelt fishing is not a frivolous pastime. You should see Art and Gus pull up in their truck near the mouth of the Ipswich River—they have driven some sixty-odd miles over the road — ...

Dozens of fishermen from Oregon and Washington test their luck during a one-day chance for smelt dipping on the Cowlitz River on Tuesday afternoon. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian) Smelt dipping will ...

John Han of Vancouver, from left, gets a hand from his son, Andrew, 13, as his father, Jaedeok, looks on as three generations of fishermen enjoy the smelt event along the Cowlitz River on Tuesday ...

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 ...

Smelt fishing, a Chicago tradition that never wanes in popularity-even when nets are pulled up empty-is in full swing along the lakefront. Netters can fill their grills with smelt instead of hotdogs ...

Lanterns brightened the normally dark stretch of Milwaukee's lakefront Sunday night under the Hoan Bridge. And at 8:20 p.m., a cheer went up among the 40 people assembled, charging the site with ...