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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 ...

With smelt on the endangered species list, no commercial or sport fishing will be allowed for the once-plentiful little fish this season. Tuesday, Oregon and Washington fishery officials set the ...

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 ...

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Gov. Jay Inslee will soon a bill into law that will require Washington smelt dippers to get a license before they wade out with their nets. Recreational fishing licenses have been required to harvest ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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