It's a Saturday night in early April in Milwaukee, with mild temperatures and a light south wind. As Lake Michigan laps gently against the sea wall on Jones Island, jetliners pass overhead on approach ...

The Delta smelt, the small fish that is often at the center of California's water wars, is likely headed toward extinction. Since 2002, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife has surveyed the ...

KALAMAZOO COUNTY, MI -- It's an eerie look, if you're honest with yourself. Small huts, huddled together for protection from the wind, all perched atop a sharp green glow. On Saturday night, 5 inches ...

GULL LAKE – It’s all a matter of perspective. I thought we were doing pretty well, hauling in smelt at a fairly steady rate from 70 feet of water on Gull Lake here in Kalamazoo County. But C.J. Hale ...

Delta smelt are tiny fish — most adults are less than 3 inches long — and nearly translucent, with a steely-blue sheen on their sides. As larvae, they start out eating microscopic food like ...

DULUTH, Minn. (WCCO) --There is a place on Lake Superior where crashing waves meet the mouth of the Amnicon River. The pristine scenery is a tempting lure in its own right, but every spring dozens are ...

Smelt fishing is in full swing at Lake Suwa in central Japan. The winter pastime can be enjoyed at the lake in Nagano ...

The state House of Representatives passed a bill Wednesday that affects a rite of passage practiced by generations of Washingtonians with a license — smelt dipping. Smelt, also called a candlefish, is ...

A juvenile delta smelt inside a rearing tank at the UC Davis Fish Conservation and Culture Lab. Photo: Dale Kolke / California Department of Water Resources About a third of delta smelt samples from ...

As the smelt run begins in the Duluth area, those who harvest the silvery forage fish are being told they can be used only for eating, not as bait. The message is being spread in an effort to limit ...

Ask folks to tell you what smelt tastes like, and you find out real quick it’s a tougher question than you think. Debbie Calcagni, the self-described “lunch lady” who serves up plate after plate of it ...