misfish Posted February 21, 2022 Report Share Posted February 21, 2022 Im going smelt hunting,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Head Hunters fav bait.LOL Had a report schools are in. Woke up with a vision of smelts frying in a pan,so tied these up this morning . Off I go a smelt hunting. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gil Levesque Posted February 21, 2022 Report Share Posted February 21, 2022 Those aught to gett'm Brian. Good luck! Heres a couple mousies i tied up for smelts. Havnt been out yet but sooon!!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akaShag Posted February 21, 2022 Report Share Posted February 21, 2022 I forgot we used to catch smelt on our lines back in the 80s in Simcoe. Some of them were real dandies, like 10 or 11 inches. Smoked smelts, yum! Doug 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glen Posted February 21, 2022 Report Share Posted February 21, 2022 Years ago we would fish smelt at night with dip nets. Get 5gal. I over ate. Not sure if I could eat one now. good luck out there. Looks like a good day. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck Posted February 21, 2022 Report Share Posted February 21, 2022 I remember those smelt trips from Sudbury (Garson actually) to Britt when I was a kid, netting smelts at night. Then taking a bucket home and gutting them in the morning, frying a bunch up for dinner. Good stuff. Much better fresh, compared to frozen, although I eat them frozen every once in a while when I see them and get a craving. The first time I tried the fried anchovies in Italy, I realized how similar they are to smelt when they are fresh. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Cliff Posted February 21, 2022 Report Share Posted February 21, 2022 Oh I would love to get out smelt fishing again, we use to go down to Wellend and fish them through the ice but I haven't been in a very long time. All we used was some red wool on the hook, most of what we caught didn't have the hook, their teeth were just tangled in the wool. So much fun and great eating 😊 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misfish Posted February 21, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2022 No smelts just a couple of dink herring. Missed 2 very light taps from whities. Looks like were in for some real nasty weather tonight and tomorrow. Another day to catch up on some ties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanD Posted February 21, 2022 Report Share Posted February 21, 2022 I can remember going smelt fishing when I was a kid. It was either at Fishers Glen or in Normandale. Both these creeks (Villages) were between Port Dover and Turkey Point on Lake Erie. A community bonfire on the beach, where everyone was invited. Two-man dragnets out off the beach and dipnets in the creek. Most everyone shared their catch, once their own buckets or bushels were full. The smelt were so thick in the streams, that I remember walking into the stream (I was 10 or 11 then) with my rubber boots (crap kickers) on, up to my knees in water; with the boots only as high as my shins. Walked out with a couple of dozen smelts in my boots. LOL My Dad who didn't fish would always come with us and most times was the most popular guy on the beach. He'd have a bunch of paper grocery bags with him. My brothers would bring him a pail of smelts, that dad would clean and wash in the creek. He'd then tear the bags into strips that could hold a handful of smelts and wrap the smelts in the paper tightly. He would then rake the fire to one side and drop a number of the packets down on the bottom of the raked fire. Before the paper could catch fire he'd cover them with glowing coals. Waited 5 or so minutes and uncover the packets. The paper was a bit burnt on the edges, but inside was the best cooked/steamed smelt you would have ever eaten. Dad and both my brothers are gone now, but these memories keep them alive for me!!! Dan... 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akaShag Posted February 22, 2022 Report Share Posted February 22, 2022 As a boy, we would go out to Lake Huron somewhere along the shoreline when the smelt were "running" and catch them with just about anything - cattle feed bags, for example - and there would be a bonfire on the beach and a honkin' big frying pan, and people were frying up fresh smelts. Some of the smelt got cleaned first, and some actually got cooked before they were eaten. As a lad, it seemed like a wonderful adventure. Fast forward to my teenage years. We heard the smelt were running, and a bunch of us went to a patch of Lake Huron shoreline with some feed bags, a logging chain to act as a bottom drag, and since we did not own waders, we wrapped our legs and shoes in black plastic garbage bags. Alcohol may have been involved. Everybody got soaked to the ass, no smelt were caught, and if memory serves me, somebody got some wieners and we had a wiener roast on the bonfire as we tried to dry our soaking wet clothes and shoes. Good times! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garnet Posted February 22, 2022 Report Share Posted February 22, 2022 I did my smelt fishing on Whitby pier. Bushel baskets full of smelt. Seen odd rainbow or brown trout show up in the net. They did a fast disappearing act. It's also involve a lot of home made wine and food. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misfish Posted February 22, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2022 (edited) When kids,we dipped at the 4 sisters. We were young,s, but we knew pop and all the byes were having a fun time.LMAO That would be 50 years ago. Old wooden pier at the skimmer . Many years later,I was hip deep drifting salties at that same skimmer for winter browns. Edited February 22, 2022 by misfish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillM Posted February 22, 2022 Report Share Posted February 22, 2022 Boy could I ever use about 3-4 dozen frozen rainbow smelt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misfish Posted February 22, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2022 1 minute ago, BillM said: Boy could I ever use about 3-4 dozen frozen rainbow smelt. They are tasty eh Bill,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, LMAO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akaShag Posted February 23, 2022 Report Share Posted February 23, 2022 19 hours ago, misfish said: They are tasty eh Bill,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, LMAO Laker bait? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillM Posted February 25, 2022 Report Share Posted February 25, 2022 On 2/23/2022 at 1:13 PM, akaShag said: Laker bait? Think toothier 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akaShag Posted February 25, 2022 Report Share Posted February 25, 2022 11 hours ago, BillM said: Think toothier Quick strike rig? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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