smelt fishing

[pecker]

:) anyone had the joy of smelt fishing in ontario . lake erie , ontario, simcoe . it was a blast. night fishing with the coleman lantern and all. lots of memories came out of that . :) :) catching was fun, but cleaning 2 - 5 gallon pails of them at 3 am. was'nt.:wave: :wave:

[muzzy]

Yep I remember doing that as a scout way back in lake ontario Also had great smelt netting in Thunder Bay With all the italans out it was one big party dipping smelt and wine

[acedave3]

:) Remeber many years ago catching smelt in Ontario with my Dad ,and not only was it fun, they tasted delicious. Those were the days!

[Drano]

:) Those were great times for sure...

We use to go to point pelee and fish or should I say net them. lights along the shore as far as you could see...
They were great times thats for sure...mmmmmmmmmmmm:wave:

[Jester]

:) Those were great times for sure...

We use to go to point pelee and fish or should I say net them. lights along the shore as far as you could see...
They were great times thats for sure...mmmmmmmmmmmm:wave:

10-4 on the good times..:)

Only we did it closer to Erieau (s/p)

That was 30 years ago....I have since heard that the smelt run is all but gone.Is this true?

[GPBuzz]

Tried deep fried smelts at a Greek restaurant in Edmonton. Battered like calimarie (sp?). I really enjoyed them

[Outt and Aboutt]

I remember smelt fishing with the family as a kid near the Soo. Late nights and heavy nets!! They were a riot to catch, but I recall not being so happy at 1AM sitting around the table cleaning them.

I've also heard the runs are pretty sparse these days.

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