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PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The ice fishing shacks that normally dot the Kennebec River and Merrymeeting Bay in the winter have folded up for the year, curtailing a Maine tradition because there’s no ice ...

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PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Winter ice fishing for smelt is a tradition in Maine, but fishermen say warm temperatures made this the shortest season in decades. Ice fishing shacks normally dot the Kennebec ...

It used to be a traditional winter sight on Prince Edward Island: wooden smelt shacks popping up on the ice in frozen harbours and bays around the Island, then disappearing at the start of spring. But ...

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Winter is for smelt fishing and, compared to other coastal states from New Jersey to New Hampshire, rainbow smelt — or Osmerus mordax — run in thicker schools and for longer seasons in Maine tidal ...

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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 ...

Each spring, hundreds of Chicago nocturnal fishermen stand elbow to elbow on the shore lines, piers and breakwaters of Lake and Cook Counties in search of the perfect spot to net Lake Michigan smelt ...

SHIMONOSEKI, Yamaguchi Prefecture--“Wakasagi” Japanese smelt fishing, a typical cold winter’s activity in a famed lake here, is a bust this year due to unprecedented low water levels. Other areas have ...

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