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Title: Smith lake
Post by: BigPike24 on Mar 07, 2018, 08:56 AM

Has the wind and warm gotten rid of all the ice on Smith Lake? Any chance of getting out on the ice on Sunday, March 11th?

Title: Re: Smith lake
Post by: Rags777 on Dec 17, 2018, 08:16 AM

Any ice up that way?

Title: Re: Smith lake
Post by: marknpanfish on Dec 17, 2018, 11:09 AM

6" sat. Fishing tuff.

Title: Re: Smith lake
Post by: Catfishking on Jan 04, 2019, 10:39 PM

Good bite today at smith got into some nice perch and some pike ice was thick 10-12inches

Title: Re: Smith lake
Post by: BigPike24 on Jan 05, 2019, 01:57 PM

 ;D
Thanks for the info! Might head up the next week!

Title: Re: Smith lake
Post by: Keith Walters on Jan 13, 2019, 07:37 PM

Was up there last Thursday. The ice was good, fair bite. However, of the 18 perch I cleaned, at least 16 had parasites.  I have them in the freezer, but i'm not sure I can bring myself to eat them. Not going back to Smith this winter!

Title: Re: Smith lake
Post by: Fishnskillz on Jan 17, 2019, 10:41 AM

I had the same issue last week, most of the perch had the yellow grub parasite. I read and re-read as much info as possible and just cut all them out and made sure when I cooked the fish I fried them for over 5 minutes to kill anything, it still grosses me out though

Title: Re: Smith lake
Post by: Reiber002 on Jan 18, 2019, 03:01 PM

Have been fishing for over 30+ years and have found the the yellow grub/parasite in a variety of fish. I always examine a fillet held up to light and simply cut them out. I have often wondered how many I consumed over the years by not noticing them, I always cook fish well done and have never encountered an issue.

Title: Re: Smith lake
Post by: whitetips on Jan 18, 2019, 03:56 PM

There are no parasites in any of our fish in Nebraska that are a threat to humans, especially if the meat is thoroughly cooked.

If you worry about that kind of thing, you could always release them, ;)

Daryl B.