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 ...

We're back out here on the water with the boatless angler (yes on a boat again), and we're using a special smelt imitating ...

Although surf smelt can be found year-around at various places in Puget Sound, winter is the traditional time to bundle up the family and head for La Conner, Cornet Bay or Oak Harbor marina for a ...

Smelt jiggers have been scoring pretty well recently at the Oak Harbor Marina, according to Mike Chamberlain at Ted’s Sport Center in Lynnwood. The time to be there, Chamberlain said, is during ...

Outdoors Smelt fishing attracts anglers from all walks for 'best eating fish out there' Updated: Feb. 16, 2016, 4:00 p.m. | Published: Feb. 16, 2016, 3:00 p.m.

He will thread chunks of the fish onto the hooks of 3-ounce white jigs, his preferred lures. Sonday learned to use herring and smelt for jigging from his friend, the late Paul Antonich of Two Harbors.

The Cornet Bay Pier on North Whidbey Island remains very good for smelt jigging on the flood tide, and the Oak Harbor Marina has started to turn out some decent smelt jigging action.

Dead fish work best for cusk and sea smelts are fine bait if you have some left over from smelt jigging trips to the coastal rivers. Cusk are caught at night using a standard ice fishing trap ...

Decent smelt jigging has been reported at Cornet Bay on Whidbey, and a few smelt are showing in Oak Harbor. Smelt dipping has been slow on the Cowlitz, open Saturdays only.

Smelt jigging remains good off the docks at Cornet Bay on Whidbey. ... Trout fishing remains fair at many lakes, although some have slowed a little as the temperatures fall. ...