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Yes, You Can Eat Smelt Fish Bones, And Here's Why You Might Want To
However, what about when you're served a plate of smelts? Even for seasoned fish enthusiasts, these small and slender animals can be confusing. Often dredged and fried whole, it's not always clear ...
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Thousands line Oregon’s Sandy River for rare 7-hour smelt fishery
Winston Luo, left, catches smelt with his dad. Kristian Foden-Vencil / OPB His family has five buckets full of fish and they’re planning a big meal. “We usually fry them,” Luo said.
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Smelt poachers caught with over a ton of fish during one-day season
The fish were confiscated during the single-day legal smelt dipping season on March 27, 2025 — a rare opportunity that drew large crowds to the riverbank between the Sandy River’s mouth and ...
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Smelt Fishery Opens For Seven Hours On Sandy River
Grab your dipnet and head for the Sandy River Thursday afternoon. The smelt are running. Smelt are small fish that spend most of their life in the ocean and migrate in the Sandy ...