Local fishermen put pond smelts harvested from Bosten Lake into baskets before having them weighed in Bohu County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Oct. 12, 2019.

But smelts cooked by an artist who knows the secrets of an iron skillet reach a height shared by no other fish in the world. There is another place I know, far from the smoke of cities, ...

The smelts of my childhood, known as rainbow smelts, are native to the Atlantic coast; they got into the Great Lakes by accident. In 1912, rainbow smelts (Osmerus mordax) ...

I HAVE always known that the harbor at Manchester-by-the-Sea was a haven for hundreds of craft, but it was not until we moored our own boat there that I discovered it was full of smelts in the ...

Smelts are caught all along the New Brunswick coastline, but there is a substantial commercial fishery in the north and northeast of the province. In the Miramichi region in particular, ...

Smelt fishing is a winter tradition in northern New England, where people pan fry them and eat them whole. The fish are the subject of a popular Down East Maine festival every year, and are ...

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SEIZURE OF SMELTS. Share full article. Dec. 3, 1888. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from December 3, 1888, Page 5 Buy Reprints. View on timesmachine.

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Maine’s smelts, a small fish beloved by ice fishermen, appear to be ...