How to catch smelt: Smelt generally enter streams in mid to late April when the water in the tributaries warms into the upper 40 degree F range. Smelt are light sensitive and run in …

Stream conditions and smelt updates, including steelhead run timing, begin once anglers start fishing in North Shore streams. Reports are posted here every Thursday through Memorial Day.

The Lake Michgian smelt run is typically between late March and the end of April. Smelt in Lake Michigan have declined dramatically since their peak in the mid-1980's. A half-full pail has …

May 10, 2023 · The advisory to limit meals of smelt to one per month was the first PFAS-specific warning for Lake Superior, and for the Great Lakes, and has now been adopted by the …

Predicting Smelt Runs. Each spring in the tributaries of Lake Superior, sportsmen gather to fish for smelt. How do they know where and when to find the smelt? How do they scoop them up? …

Thumbs up after a successful night of Lake Superior smelting. Have you ever smelt and felt smelt up to your belt? If you’re old enough to remember the old days of the smelt run, it was a wild …

Smelt The population of this invasive species peaked in the 1970s. With Lake Superior restored to a more natural state, these silver-colored fish, 6 to 9 inches long, no longer bring thousands of …

Feb 21, 2021 · Smelt, known best as a tasty batter-dipped, French fried morsel, is a seasonally sought after fish by anyone willing to wade a river and scoop them up with a large net...

May 26, 2024 · The smelt are coming! Run Smelt Run is a non-motorized, outdoor parade performance on Sunday May 26th, 2024, in celebration of the annual smelt run on Lake …

May 13, 2022 · Hordes of die-hard anglers in Minnesota flock to streams for the smelt run, where thousands of the tiny, silver fish congregate to spawn. The runs have declined since the …