Overnight onota

[Eastciderida]

Anyone know if you can park overnight at the boat ramp of onota? Planning on trying for some smelt there Wednesday night

[rogerj1977]

when i was there a few weeks back the sign said closed at dark but i think that is just for the park area i was there at 4:15 am getting out of car to fish a cop drove thru and didn't say a word to me. Pretty sure if your not doing anything dumb you wont have any issues. usually if i am parking somewhere overnight that i am not sure of the rules i just leave a not on the driver side window of my car saying why i am there and i have never had a problem

[troutncrappie]

YOu should be good, cops do patrol the ramp at night with drive thrus just leave a note. The best smelt grounds are straight out from the ramp so they will see the shanty and you will be able to see your car.

[Eastciderida]

Thanks for the Info. Got any tips on getting in to them?

[lowaccord66]

Never had an issue!

[troutncrappie]

Never had an issue!

X2 just show up have a flasher, wait to see green.

[lowaccord66]

X2 just show up have a flasher, wait to see green.

Ive been lazy...I need to go. 

[Eastciderida]

I’ll be out there Wednesday night not sure what time I will be getting there was planning on midnight but planning on earlier now and fish till about 10 or 11 Thursday

[troutncrappie]

Ive been lazy...I need to go.

Based on your posts I don’t believe lazy is the correct terminology..... just focused on bigger species lol.Smelt fishing always kills me there is not many other fish that a sportsman can literally catch 100 of in a half hour. And fit them all in a bucket.

[THE JIGGER]

when i was there a few weeks back the sign said closed at dark but i think that is just for the park area i was there at 4:15 am getting out of car to fish a cop drove thru and didn't say a word to me. Pretty sure if your not doing anything dumb you wont have any issues. usually if i am parking somewhere overnight that i am not sure of the rules i just leave a not on the driver side window of my car saying why i am there and i have never had a problem

When I've fished late at night I would contact the local police Dept. and give them my plate # and vehicle description and tell them I expected to fish around a certain time and never had an issue.

[ICEHOLE]

we were getting them there a few weeks ago, whole water  column filled on flasher...flasher was useless other then knowing they were there...so many it was solid red..hali jigs, gulf maggots all over the water column. dead stick did the best

[lowaccord66]

Based on your posts I don’t believe lazy is the correct terminology..... just focused on bigger species lol.Smelt fishing always kills me there is not many other fish that a sportsman can literally catch 100 of in a half hour. And fit them all in a bucket.

Its fun fishing.  Maybe I'll get out next week.