So much so that, throughout the port towns of Italy, you can find fried smelt sold by street food vendors, served in a paper cone and punctured with a skewer for easy dipping. Once they've been ...

As a result, there's a process to knowing how to eat whole fish. However, what about when you're served a plate of smelts? Even for seasoned fish enthusiasts, these small and slender animals can ...

Originally from Maine fresh-water lakes, the smelts were transplanted to Michigan’s Crystal Lake in 1912 as food for salmon. The salmon unaccountably disappeared, but the smelts thrived ...

Dozens of fishermen from Oregon and Washington test their luck during a one-day chance for smelt dipping on the Cowlitz River on Tuesday afternoon. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian) Smelt dipping will ...