1959 Press Photo Lorenzo Valencia smelt fishing Whitney

Caption: Spring must be here when smelt start their annual rush up the Whitney Drain, near Au Gres. Here 11-year-old Lorenzo Valencia of Bay City empties his net into pail half filled with wriggling mass of the stuff that his mommy will turn into a sizzling, tasty fish dinner for the whole family.

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