About once every decade or so, give or take, I like to recall the halcyon days of smelt “fishing” each April in Duluth. The ranks of those of us who experienced the anarchy and chaos of smelt ...

In order for ciscoes or smelt to be used as bait for the taking of "wild animals," including fish, they must be processed in one of three approved methods by the holder of a Minnesota commercial ...

The Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan state health departments in recent months have all issued fish consumption advisories for all people to limit their meals of Lake Superior smelt to just one ...

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 ...

Hordes of die-hard anglers in Minnesota flock to streams for the smelt run, where thousands of the tiny, silver fish congregate to spawn. The runs have declined since the heyday of the 1960s and 70s.

"There are still smelt running," said Russ Francisco, owner of Marine General, a long-standing fishing, marine supply and water sports store in Duluth. "The runs aren't what they once were.

It was a smelt festival in Duluth, which celebrates the small fish that people used to eat fresh from roadside stands. The smelt with the Prince theme?

Hordes of die-hard anglers in Minnesota flock to streams for the smelt run, where thousands of the tiny, silver fish congregate to spawn. The runs have declined since the heyday of the 1960s and 70s.

Hordes of die-hard anglers in Minnesota flock to streams for the smelt run, where thousands of the tiny, silver fish congregate to spawn. The runs have declined since the heyday of the 1960s and 70s.