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Morning gatherings center around smelt fishing

smelt.jpg Let others have their steak and lobster tails--my idea of a ideal surf-and-turf meal is a burger from the Friendly Tavern in Empire surrounded by a mess of smelt. This article from MLive.com describes a group who gathers on winter mornings to pull the little fish out of Cedar Lake.