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 ...

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 ...

The advisory to limit meals of smelt to one per month is the first PFAS-specific warning for Lake Superior, and for the Great Lakes, and has now been adopted by the Minnesota Department of Health as ...

Long before April was synonymous with wild turkey hunting in Minnesota there was another outdoors tradition many folks eagerly awaited each spring. When news outlets proclaimed the smelt to be ...

A tiny woman in oversized waders grabbed a smelt from her pail. In the glow of the lantern light and the haze of campfire smoke on Minnesota Point, she raised the 4-inch fish to her lips and bit its ...

Even as recently as the early 1970s, more than 1.5 million pounds of smelt were being caught in trap nets by Minnesota commercial harvesters. By the turn of the century, however, that same harvest had ...

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A bucket of smelt caught off of Park Point in Duluth, Minn. When it comes to staying informed in Minnesota, our newsletters overdeliver. Sign-up now for headlines, breaking news, hometown stories, ...

Among the notes I netted from readers regarding smelt fries: The question of smelt feeds was raised in Thursday's Answer Man column. There was just one advertised in our local paper. Friday, April 29, ...

Throughout his long teaching career at the University of Minnesota Duluth, Hollie Collins, a biology professor, held both a personal and professional interest in rainbow smelt. “I used them in my ...