It`s at this point that they concentrate along Chicago`s lakefront. Smelt fishing is very unpredictable, so patience is required. ”With every good day of smelt fishing, there`s a bad day,” say ...

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 ...

Bowdoinham’s Ice and Smelt Fishing Festival is a winter tradition, drawing tourists eager to fish and explore the town. However, the past two events lacked its key attraction: actual smelt fishing.

The beacons mark a temporary, seasonal encampment that is a living link to a generations-old Wisconsin outdoors tradition: smelt fishing. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle.

"Catching smelt is just a totally different way of fishing," Winfield said. No one brings a rod or reel because the fish are too tiny. Generations of anglers have used a simple dip net, scraping ...

"If any one likes fishing through the ice with the thermometer 10 below zero and the wind blowing sometimes at the rate of 25 miles an hour, he can find his ideal sport just now on any of the ...

I’m sorry to say he had no success after a full morning fishing various bank spots upriver from the Goerig Park. The smelt finally made it to the Lewis. I have never seen so many seals and sea ...

Provided Share Coho going on southern Lake Michigan, the spring variety of fishing options, openers Tuesday, April 1, at Heidecke Lake and for smelt netting in Chicago, plus a reminder on getting ...

Authorities seized 2,500 pounds of smelt, which equates to more than 12,000 individual fish. Photo courtesy Multnomah County Sheriff's Office A special 7-hour fishing season in Oregon brought chaos ...

Fishermen from Milwaukee use seine nets to catch smelt on Chequamegon Bay in Ashland and Washburn. Ashton Jeanty is a consensus generational RB prospect in the 2025 NFL Draft. Rockies, already off ...