Bowl of smelt fish on wooden table held in hands - Gmvozd/Getty Images For those uninitiated into the world of seafood, eating fish can feel daunting. Especially when served whole, there's a physical ...

Anglers have flocked to a frozen lake in Hokkaido, northern Japan, for smelt fishing. The fishing season kicked off at Lake Abashiri on Monday. The ice has reached a thickness of about 30 centimeters ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

DIXON, Calif. -- California's historic drought could wipe out a tiny, endangered fish that's played an outsized role in the state's water wars. The delta smelt lives in the Sacramento-San Joaquin ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Fill a ring with smelt, strip down to shorts, then wrestle in the slimy mess. Marinette, Wis., hosted the annual Smelt Carnival in 1939 and 1940 with a smelt wrestling event that delighted spectators, ...

Before Artpark was the place to go in Lewiston, and before Buffalo-style chicken wings were the fried food to munch on, there were smelt in the Niagara River. With the promise of spring comes the cry ...