Today we're out there at the mouth of Lake Ontario, doing something I normally wouldn't do until the spring: trolling for ...

Today we're out on Lake Ontario, it's late April, and the water temp is 42F. We're trolling with lead core line fishing for ...

Image | Rainbow smelt Caption: Despite a decades-old tradition of fishing for them every spring, rainbow smelt are not native to northern Ontario. (Department of Fisheries and Oceans) ...

Smelt fishing normally is done by trolleying gill nets off the seawalls in hopes of capturing schools of the tiny, succulent fish. Mechanically elaborate dip nets also can be used.

The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources an Forestry is seeking smelt from the Canadian side of Lake Superior for a new study.