Smelt shacks return to Bowdoinham as cold winter revives fishing tradition

Jim McPherson’s smelt fishing shacks are back on the ice at Jim’s Camps in Bowdoinham after two unusually warm winters. For ...
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Smelt fishing season heats up in Maine as cold weather brings plenty of ice

PORTLAND (WGME) -- The weather has a lot to do with smelt fishing season, and depending on the year, it's not always a guarantee. “Twenty years ago, you could count on being on until the end of ...
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Thousands fish for smelt Saturday, few catch any

LONGVIEW, Wash. (AP) – Washington state’s Department of Fish and Wildlife opened up a highly anticipated one-day season for smelt fishing on the lower Cowlitz River – but maybe no one told the smelt.
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Cowlitz River smelt season starts then ends without prized fish

The Department of Fish and Wildlife said Friday that no one caught any fish and no one received any license-related citations during the season, which ran from Feb. 5 to March 22. “Smelt are naturally ...