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 ...

LANSING, MI — It turns out that rainbow smelt and some panfish in Michigan are not as highly contaminated with toxic ‘forever chemicals’ as previously thought. This week, the Michigan Department of ...

Rainbow smelt are small, tasty fish that Michigan anglers and stream dippers often take home by the bucket load. Unfortunately, they may be getting more than just protein. Michigan data shows elevated ...

The Smelt Queen puppet leads stilt walkers down the Lakewalk during the Magic Smelt Puppet Troupe "Run, Smelt, Run!" parade in Duluth. This year's festivities begin at 3:30 p.m. May 28 at the Aerial ...

LEWISTON -- For the past five years, this picturesque village atop the lower rapids of the Niagara River has welcomed spring with the annual Smelt Festival. The festival is a public celebration of the ...

Hundreds of fishermen and many others gathered on a chilly but clear Friday night to celebrate the smelt. And to top it all off, a self-appointed Smelt Queen made her first appearance at the Lewiston ...