• Smelt fishing

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    Foxy
    Published on 03-22-2014 04:42 AM
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    Well, its a cousin of the salmon so I guess this is the most appropriate place to post. I have caught big fish, small fish, and everything in between but my favorite species to fish for is the rainbow smelt. What you lack in size, you make up for in numbers and a fresh smelt is the most delicious seafood there is! These pics were taken on my last ice fishing trip to one of the many smelt camps in coastal maine. The 2 fish on the left in the picture above are tomcods. Good times, a heated shack, lots of food and beer









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    1. CCcrappiejohn's Avatar
      CCcrappiejohn - 03-22-2014, 04:50 AM
      Thanks for sharing
    1. boatdocksam's Avatar
      boatdocksam - 03-22-2014, 06:03 AM
      good report
    1. REDBOAT's Avatar
      REDBOAT - 03-22-2014, 06:25 AM
      We used to use a dip net to scoop them out of the river in the spring. I Love fresh Smelt
    1. usafret99's Avatar
      usafret99 - 03-22-2014, 07:33 AM
      Good report
    1. NYHellbender's Avatar
      NYHellbender - 03-22-2014, 08:21 AM
      We use to have great smelt runs in the spring here. But that was long ago......

      Now we just go to Ronnie's Ceder Inn and order a smelt dinner. Most of the time you can't finish it all.
    1. Billbob's Avatar
      Billbob - 03-22-2014, 11:08 AM
      looks like fun
    1. bee's Avatar
      bee - 03-22-2014, 01:23 PM
      It is fun. This year and last it has been very slow fishing. I live on a river and the smelting has been going downhill for several years now. Lets hope it has bottomed out. If not it will be extinct. Good table fare.
    1. kycreek's Avatar
      kycreek - 03-22-2014, 02:34 PM
      Looks like fun to me.
    1. dignlevel's Avatar
      dignlevel - 03-22-2014, 06:37 PM
      We don't have them down here, but I have rolled them in flour and fried em whole! They were small like French fries and good!
    1. Trent's Avatar
      Trent - 03-23-2014, 03:52 PM
      Mmm.......Smelt
    1. plateboater's Avatar
      plateboater - 03-23-2014, 07:05 PM
      I remember as a kid my uncles coming to the house and we cleaned and cleaned and cleaned smelt! Great post
    1. RetiredRR's Avatar
      RetiredRR - 03-23-2014, 08:08 PM
      Bet that sausage smelt good when it was cookin'.

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