With Gov. Tim Pawlenty's veto of the controversial Game and Fish Bill on Tuesday, it's back to existing regulations for use of Lake Superior ciscoes and smelt as bait. A provision in the Game and Fish ...

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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — State officials believe they have solved one of the mysteries of why Lake Superior smelt are showing such high levels of PFAS contamination. The Michigan Department of ...

Anglers and smelt harvesters on Minnesota's North Shore have been hearing lots of conflicting information about smelt regulations this spring. I checked with two conservation officers and a fisheries ...

LANSING, MI — Michigan officials advise people to limit how much rainbow smelt they eat from the Great Lakes and some inland lakes due to elevated PFAS contaminant levels. In new guidance released ...

We're back out here on the water with the boatless angler (yes on a boat again), and we're using a special smelt imitating jigging spoon: the bigger of the Stingnose line. From previous video ...

You may need to limit how many rainbow smelt you're dining on depending on where it was caught. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services released new Eat Safe Fish guidelines for rainbow ...

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PIERRE, S.D. - The screen on Tony Dean's sonar showed large, black splotches. One after another, the clouds appeared as Dean moved his boat along the shore of Lake Oahe in search of walleyes. "Those ...

The state is recommending that Michigan residents lower how much smelt they eat from some local bodies of water. New guidelines for smelt consumption were included in the state health department’s ...

If you like rainbow smelt from Michigan lakes, you may want to limit how many servings you eat. The state has recently updated its fish consumption guidelines to account for PFAS chemicals in smelt ...