After the catch, smelt are cleaned and battered for a fish fry. Each spring, there are several places to catch them along the south and north shore of Lake Superior.

While health expets are advising people to limit meals of Lake Superior smelt to once montly due to PFAS contamination, fish in some lakes and rivers in Michigan have such high levels of PFAS that ...

Smelt on the run in Lake Superior It's 10:30 p.m. Lights are snuffed out in homes across the hillside as Duluth settles in for a good night's rest. But down at Park Point, where an east wind is ...

The precautionary guideline takes effect immediately and replaces the existing Eat Safe fish guideline for Lake Superior Smelt issued due to mercury.

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is reminding people to limit eating rainbow smelt caught in Lake Superior due to elevated levels of PFAS.

The warning recommends people limit their Lake Superior smelt consumption to one serving (an 8-ounce portion for adults and 2/4 ounce portion for children) monthly.

MDHHS first issued the precautionary fish consumption in March 2021. The guideline was created due to data shared by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources that showed elevated PFOS in Lake ...

Smelt typically run through streams along the lake when ice cover recedes in April. The silvery fish, generally four to 10 inches long, become abundant enough in some areas to catch with hand-dip ...

LANSING, MI — Michigan health officials want people to limit intake of a popular fish from Lake Superior due to concerning levels of toxic “forever chemicals” in some samples.

The Department of Natural Resources issued a consumption advisory Friday for rainbow smelt from Lake Superior after elevated levels of PFAS were found in the fish. The DNR, along with the ...

The state is advising people to limit the amount of Lake Superior smelt they eat after elevated levels of a likely carcinogen were found in some fish.