We're so happy to be back out on the ice. Today we're out here fishing for smelts using tiny Stingnose Jigging Spoons to jig up smelt after smelt after smelt. I prefer to tip my Stingnose with a ...

BEULAH — Of all the fish that anglers pursue through the ice in Michigan, one of the most unusual species is one of the smallest and least common in inland lakes: smelt. These tiny, slender, silvery ...

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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 ...

A small village of shanties is spread out before us as we make our way across the ice. Despite a snowfall that is increasing in intensity and the fact that it is a weekday, there are a surprising ...