Smelt with heads...where to find them?

[tnt]

I have checked around and all I can find is smelt that have been gutted/be-headed. Does anyone know where I can score some smelt with heads in the Niagara area?

[James Houtby]

The smelts are starting to show up in the lower Grand River now if you want to catch some.

[SBCregal]

ive seen them at the fortinos around here, and price choppers as well

 

i was looking for them earlier on in the spring for ice-out pike...had seen them once and couldnt remember where. months later i saw them at the 2 stores mentioned

[Dara]

Around here we find them in the rivers in the spring time..heads, tails, innards,,,and they are even alive.

 

A guy told me its illegal to sell whole smelts as bait...this true?

[tnt]

Thanks for the info everyone.

[Kinger]

yeah as Dara said, I get a year's worth of smelt for free every spring. You just gotta go stand in a river for a while. Its iffy about the sale of smelt as bait because some places it;s ok to use as bait and in other places it's illegal.

[FisherMike]

even headless and gutted they are a great pike bait!!

[Woodsman]

Check out your local Food Basics in the frozen section.

[tnt]

Thanks again, I'm gonna call around and see what I can find. If I have to, no heads it is

[misfish]

Check out your local Food Basics in the frozen section.

 

 

Yep.See them there all the time.

[tnt]

They have them....thanks a ton!

[basskicker09]

catch them through the ice in port colbourn by the hundreds lots of fun make great bait and taste great