Oh, the wonderful smells of spring: tulips, rain and of course, a local favorite—smelt. In fact, one of the rituals of spring in Highland Park is catching, frying and eating smelt, a small fish that ...

LA CONNER — Bobbing the jig on his fishing line up and down in the water, 17-year-old Avery Cooper waits for bites from the small, silver fish called smelt that populate the Swinomish Channel. But ...

Nothing was going to get between Rosane Koch and a plateful of pan-fried smelt Saturday: Not the two-hour drive from her home in the southern Willamette Valley, not the crowds of dip-netters clogging ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lewiston’s smelt festival kicks off the summer festival season on Friday — but not without a little help from out of town. Due to ...

For the first time in three years there was an open season for dipping smelt in Washington’s Cowlitz River on Friday, and the public came by the thousands to take part. People of all ages gathered ...

CHICAGO (AP) -- American Legion Post 82 in Port Washington, Wis., stands along Lake Michigan, a beacon for big-eating Midwesterners this time of year as members get ready to host the post's 57th ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. PITTSTON (AP) — Maine’s smelt fishery appears to be bouncing back somewhat ...