smelt?
- dreamcatcher
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smelt?
Anyone seeing any smelt in the bellies of there fish? I've been seeing all alwives just curious.
KEN K.
- raz
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Re: smelt?
I saw smelt earlier in the year...but lately its been alewives also.
Catch and serve with lemon.
Gerry
Gerry
- Captain Paul
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Re: smelt?
mostly ciscos and alwifes in the Laker's
Re: smelt?
Pulled one smelt out of a salmon this past weekend.
- Reelax
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Re: smelt?
I release most all my fish, but the few I have eaten and the bait that has been spit up so far this summer has been mostly alwives.. I did see one smelt mixed in with some alwives earlier in the summer. As a main forage I think smelt may be a thing of the past since the alwives have moved in....
Matt B
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Re: smelt?
I cleaned a 24 inch Steelie during the LCI that was caught just South of the GI ferry that was packed full of smelt 3 - 4 inches in size, not one alewife in the mix. I did clean a 9 lb laker as well that had 2 cisco in it that were 6 and 8 inches.
I need to use bigger bait....
I need to use bigger bait....
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One of those harvesters of the sea.
I think before my days are done,
I want to be a fisherman.
"I'll live and die a fisherman"
- OUTCAST
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Re: smelt?
alewifes in all the lakers i have kept.
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Re: smelt?
cleaned some perch my father caught in converse and there was some 2-2 1/2 in smelt in them, he caught them
in 45 ft of water, went thru some bait the other day and the riggers were shaking and 2 rods tripped,,
in 45 ft of water, went thru some bait the other day and the riggers were shaking and 2 rods tripped,,