Northern Maine has also seen night after night of single-digit temperatures. Many ice fishermen have been drilling holes and ...

D’s Camps in Bowdoinham are busy, with weekends already booked for the winter ...

After several warm winters kept fishermen off the ice, early cold temps are reviving a beloved Maine tradition.

Fisheries managers for the WDFW have started the process by which the state will decide if there will be enough of a smelt return to the Columbia River to open recreational smelt dipping on the Cowlit ...

At 11:59 a.m. on Thursday, the anticipation was palpable on the banks of the Sandy River in Troutdale. Hundreds of people lined the river’s edge, dip nets at the ready, waiting for the first ...

Gov. Jay Inslee will soon a bill into law that will require Washington smelt dippers to get a license before they wade out with their nets. Recreational fishing licenses have been required to harvest ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mar. 8—Smelt dippers will return to the banks of the Cowlitz River as the Washington state Department of Fish and Wildlife has ...

Standing on the banks of the Sandy River, Oregon, at 11:45 on Thursday morning, parents, grandparents and kids jostled for a good spot and ready their nets. Below, in the clear water, thousands of ...

Shantytowns come alive in the night, as anglers use bright lights to draw Northern Michigan smelt up from the dark bottoms of inland lakes. A frozen lake in the dead of night is a desolate place ...