anyone been fishing off the piers in Hampton or rye this year? I fished sunday night on the seabrook side of the harbor, there were clouds of smelt...all were only about 3 inches and too small to hook. went up to rye, still lots of small ones but saw a few bigger ones cruising under the lights... grand total of one smelt which was probably the smallest saltwater smelt ive ever caught at 4 inches, and about 20 small harbor Pollack. seems like I might've been a bit early for the bigger ones, although i'll be sure to bring some smaller hooks next time.... the size 8 hooks were just too big for those little guys. hopefully larger ones move in over the next week or two, although it's great to see so many small ones, especially after there being virtually no smelt at all the past few years....
