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Hey Phil thanks for all the tips that you share with everyone. I took 3 newbies out last night & they had a blast. All 3 guys are in there 70s and had never fished smelt with hook & line. Using your "Smelt Buster Flies", we caught just over 300 between the four of us. NO record for sure, but that's not what we were out there for. Every one has enough to enjoy a good meal with their family & some good stories to share around the dinner table.Thanks Again & Thanks for the "little care package" you gave us, they worked just as you advertise.
Junkie, They are doing good at Higgins but they are north of the west launch. West launch has been dead. Gull has seen a very solid year if you know what you are doing.
Most use spike's or wax worms iceon. There is other bait that works also. Smelt flies above a hali. They didn't mention on the show about the smelt flies they were using which they were catching most of their fish on. And yes to the green light. Smelt flies are getting really hard to find this time of year. Good luck if you try it iceon.
Went with brotherNlaw last night. Caught 3/4 of a 5gal bucket in 3 hrs. First time catching smelt for each of us.Thanks to everyone on this site for all the info! I wanted to say the ice at ramp on north side is slushy and we both had ice break under our feet until we were 50' or so away from bank. There was a trailered shanty that one tire had gone thru and was stuck when we arrived. With warmer temps today be careful.
Smelt: Congrats on the shoutout from MOOD segment on TV a few nights ago. That was fun to watch. bb
Heading there tonight with my boys. What depth were you fishing if you don’t mind sharing. Congrats on the fish.
Got to fish w/ "Smeltman" last night & had a great time as usual. Dont know what it is about him, but he tends to catch pike when we smelt fish ! He iced a nice 27" Slimer on one of my flies. We ended the night w/ 340 smelt & were done by 10:00 p.m. !Hoping for a night like that with the boys. Nice catch.
I’m doing the same, first trip for my son as they don’t have school tomorrow. Hopefully the shore ice isn’t gone with the warm up