Hooligan Season

Hitting the 20 Mile river tomorrow with my dipnet to try and get enough for dinner. Only have a couple hours so I don't know how many I'll manage to get. There's supposed to be a local run where I live but I don't know the specifics, I'll have to ask some insiders who know more precise details.

.. well good luck to you

Thanks Savell

I had to look that one up. A type of smelt. Have fun!!

I don't particularly like eating the species that run up the rivers to spawn; too mushy. However, the ones that spawn in the salt water (the ones that smell like cucumbers) are fantastic imo.

Yeah I saw it mentioned a few times that a lot of people find them mushy. Theres a few recipies that call for curing them to help firm them up a bit before cooking. Either way If I don't care for them I can always use them for crab bait in the fall, but I like to try new things when I can.

we had a purty good run up the chilkoot river in haines alaska a week ago.i dont eat them just love to watch the sea lions and humpbacks feeding on them

We started bait herring gill netting here clam gulch today in lower cook inlet. It's starting. There were a few hooligan showing. Should get better this week

watching, did you guys get anything ?

Any luck?

I ate smoked hooligan once that was pretty good. Guy told me they are so oily that the natives dry them and burn them for candles in the winter.

Here I am thinking it must be time for the jet skis to come out and act fools

Not too shabby. Enough to try a couple recepies at least.