Q: I hear the smelt are running and I want to net some for a smelt fry. Can I use a cast or seine net on the beach? A: Minnesota does not allow the use of cast nets to take smelt in any location. If ...

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Fishermen from Milwaukee travel to Ashland and Washburn to net for smelt on the shore of Chequamegon Bay in Lake Superior.

LONGVIEW — Thousands of eager anglers lined the banks of the Cowlitz River from Kelso to Castle Rock on Tuesday hoping to score a net full of smelt. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife ...

As February approaches, local sportsmen and women start to think about smelt dipping. Will the popular smelt dip take place on the Cowlitz River this year, or is the run supposed to be too depressed ...

Duluth, Minn., has a tradition to mark the end of long, hard winters - a tradition that centers around smelt, a small, silvery fish. For a couple of weeks every spring, tens of thousands of those fish ...