There are still ice chunks floating out of harbor, but we are close to 2020 smelting. I like to wait for a nice “warm” South or SW breeze then head down to park point with my sons and our smelt seine (about $120 from Christianson Nets in Duluth). With the right breeze the water on Park Point is nice and flat and a lot funnier than fighting waves and getting wet. For the past 15 years we have caught as many as we want, at times seining over 2 gallons in a single pull. Park Point is plenty big enough to social distance… and continue this local color.