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Smelt run #7577357
05/05/22 11:11 AM
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Just heard first net smelt pulled last night in chequamegon bay

Re: Smelt run [Re: Bigwoods13] #7577412
05/05/22 01:18 PM
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Been years since I did that, Sat on the shore with Rodger LePenter till 3am.

Re: Smelt run [Re: Bigwoods13] #7577414
05/05/22 01:26 PM
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I brought home 3 -40 gallon cans of smelt once in the 80's
Never did that again
6 of us cleaned for 3 days. Called in to work sick

Sick of cleaning is what it was.


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Re: Smelt run [Re: Bigwoods13] #7577415
05/05/22 01:26 PM
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I love doing that. Haven’t done it in 10 years or so up there



Re: Smelt run [Re: Bigwoods13] #7577426
05/05/22 01:57 PM
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In the early 80's I ran smelting nets on Lake Michigan, mainly the Kewaunee pier, also the Manitowoc River.
I can eat them all day long, cleaning pails full........ is another story ! We used scIssors until the fingers about broke off.

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Re: Smelt run [Re: Bigwoods13] #7577602
05/05/22 07:56 PM
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No smelt run to speak off that I have heard of in a long time in NE WI.


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Re: Smelt run [Re: Bigwoods13] #7577605
05/05/22 07:59 PM
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Used to be great smelt runs n the finger lakes of New York but not any more and yes they are tasty cooked crispy is the way I like them.......jk


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Re: Smelt run [Re: Green Bay] #7577616
05/05/22 08:15 PM
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Smelt run every year in Chequamegon bay in Ashland many people and tons upon tons of pounds of smelt pulled out each year

Re: Smelt run [Re: Bigwoods13] #7577617
05/05/22 08:15 PM
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Re: Smelt run [Re: Green Bay] #7577618
05/05/22 08:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Green Bay
No smelt run to speak off that I have heard of in a long time in NE WI.


Nope, I hear of smelting up on Lake Superior, but not on Lake Michigan or any tributaries.

Re: Smelt run [Re: Bigwoods13] #7577658
05/05/22 08:44 PM
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Trapstickman got smelt once. Not too wild about it.

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Re: Smelt run [Re: Bigwoods13] #7577698
05/05/22 09:11 PM
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Smelt are running good here but I have no interest in eating them.

Re: Smelt run [Re: Bigwoods13] #7577716
05/05/22 09:29 PM
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Smelt are almost like the buffalo, almost gone any more .
There were great runs back in the 1960's but rare any more .
Ohio hasn't had one in 30 years to the best of what I remember .
Just like the sucker gigging 60 years ago .


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Re: Smelt run [Re: Bigwoods13] #7577741
05/05/22 09:47 PM
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I would love to buy a 5 gallon pail full of anyone knows where I could get them


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Re: Smelt run [Re: Twisted metal] #7577746
05/05/22 09:50 PM
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Fond memories of many nights on the beach at Pier Cove in Allegan County in the 70's. Camp fires on the beach and smelt dipping 'till early morning.


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Re: Smelt run [Re: Bigwoods13] #7577821
05/05/22 10:58 PM
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Never went after them before, but I swear I could eat half my weight of them if they kept them coming. Between the fact that they are the perfect size for finger food and taste delicious, they are right up near the top of my list.

Re: Smelt run [Re: Bigwoods13] #7577904
05/06/22 02:31 AM
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I LOVE SMELT, YUM!

Had them first in Columbus, Ohio. My then fiancé (now wife of 45 years) and I had finished the third and last day of the bar exam. Her Dad gave us an envelope that said “Open after the end of day three”. The envelope contained a note saying have a blast and plenty of cash to treat us to a night on the town to blow off steam. After a couple room service drinks, we took a cab to Engine House #9 restaurant where beautiful women greeted us at the door tempting us with seafood to try. One gal had smelt cooked to crispy perfection. I tried one and immediately was hooked on them. (Smelt. I was already hooked on beautiful women.)


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Re: Smelt run [Re: Bigwoods13] #7577929
05/06/22 05:20 AM
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My smelt the last several years come on hook and line through the ice. Higgins Lake, just north of Houghton Lake in Northern lower Michigan has a great smelt fishery. Starts at first ice using lights under ice to draw clouds of them in. Ending in March with them biting during the daytime. I use several hooks with a weighted hook on the bottom.


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Re: Smelt run [Re: Bigwoods13] #7577978
05/06/22 07:08 AM
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I get a few gallons every year. I went a bit overboard and still have a few freezer bags full from last year, so I didn't bother last week.

I actually smoke them and they are delicious smoked

Re: Smelt run [Re: Bigwoods13] #7577982
05/06/22 07:19 AM
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we use to have a two week run of they , but not any more, north and east u p still has some runs that I hear about

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