Smelt

Park point was putting out last night!

I will not be able to go until Friday

I watched quite a few netters last night on the Wisconsin-side pier. It looked like they were dumping some fairly full nets.

You sure don’t hear about that .uch anymore. I sure do miss the good old legion smelt fry.

I picked up a bunch last year. A little goes a long ways. I forgot how much I enjoyed one meal of them a year. ONE MEAL.
Ask my wife about the cleaning process!

Never had smelt before. I think they have a big smelt fry this weekend or at least its coming up in Duelm at Jack and Jims.

CaptainMusky wrote:

big smelt fry this weekend or at least its coming up in Duelm at Jack and Jims.

That’s a place I haven’t heard about in awhile! Used to love going there when I lived in Central MN, great spot!

BigWerm wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>CaptainMusky wrote:</div>
big smelt fry this weekend or at least its coming up in Duelm at Jack and Jims.

That’s a place I haven’t heard about in awhile! Used to love going there when I lived in Central MN, great spot!

It certainly is! I havent been there in years either, but man are they always busy especially during Lent.

I have had enough smelt in my life to not have it again

I could go for some of them. Used to get them alot. My dad and his buddies used to go up for that. They also make good river turtle bait.

Most fun ice fishing I ever had was catching smelt @ Grindstone lake in the 1970’s when you could fish 2 lines with up to 3 hooks on each. We would use whole corn for bait.
Many times we would set the hook and have 3 hooked.
Could fill a 5 gallon pail within an hour or so if the bite was hot.

Youbetcha wrote:

I have had enough smelt in my life to not have it again

I’m pretty much on board with you. I od on smelt a couple times and haven’t had any desire for them again. Ma will order them if we’re in an area where they’re featuring a fry.