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Offline duckdownr

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Smelt
« on: Dec 11, 2009, 06:55 PM »
I hope this cold weather keeps on!!!!

I am told to use smelt for catching lakers... Good info except how the H*^@ do i catch smelt??
Yes I am a newbie so what ;D

Thanks Guys!
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Offline maineduckhunter

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Re: Smelt
« Reply #1 on: Dec 11, 2009, 06:57 PM »
Cut dead sea smelt will work....you need me to send you some?
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Re: Smelt
« Reply #2 on: Dec 12, 2009, 12:58 PM »
you gotta find a pond or lake with some smelt in it that you can fish for the trout you are after.  it is illegal to transfer smelt from one body of water to another.  you have to catch them where you will be fishing.  where we get em you just gotta find what depth they are at.  you need a jig stick with an extremely light tip so you can feel the smelt bite.  we normally use the tiniest jigs we can find and put maggots on the hooks.  you gotta comb the water chart for em.  start low and if they aint there move up.  when u do find em u keep going right to that depth.  good way to locate them is to go where all the shanty are
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Re: Smelt
« Reply #3 on: Dec 12, 2009, 04:42 PM »
Guys,

Thanks for the info.


I send ya a PM if I need some Maine Smelt!!!! ;D
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Offline dinosaur454

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Re: Smelt
« Reply #4 on: Dec 12, 2009, 05:49 PM »
I've always had good luck jigging smelt with a white #2 swedish pimple with the "ice crackle" finish on it, tipping the treble with spikes. VTtrophychaser is right on finding them, start right on the bottom and work your way up in the water column until you connect. They've got them in Peacham pond, Waterbury Reservior.
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Offline MikeVT

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Re: Smelt
« Reply #5 on: Dec 12, 2009, 11:15 PM »
Lakers will hit anything if they are in the mood.  Smelt works best, but any bait that is not too tough (like big pike bait) will work.   Try jigging for them, silver or chrome jigs or white tubes seem to work the best.  They are a blast to fight on a jig rod.
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Offline tench

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Re: Smelt
« Reply #6 on: Dec 13, 2009, 06:24 PM »
I jig smelt with two small baited hooks about a foot apart, with a big chrome sinker. You need to get your bait down there fast to take advantage of the school.
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Offline duckdownr

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Re: Smelt
« Reply #7 on: Dec 13, 2009, 06:26 PM »
Dino and Mike,

Thanks for your info! Ill give it a shot.

I can not transfer smelt from a pond to Champlain can I?
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Offline tench

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Re: Smelt
« Reply #8 on: Dec 13, 2009, 06:30 PM »
No, you can't transport any live bait
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Re: Smelt
« Reply #9 on: Dec 13, 2009, 06:32 PM »
Got it Carmi. Thanks....
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Offline MikeVT

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Re: Smelt
« Reply #10 on: Dec 13, 2009, 08:56 PM »
Ditto on no bait transportation.  May want to try suckers.  I use them in Lake George for lakers (no smelt allowed) and the lakers eat them up.  However, smelt still works best.
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Re: Smelt
« Reply #11 on: Dec 14, 2009, 05:43 PM »
I got it Soccer, Thanks................ .........
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