I am reminiscing on past ice fishing and thinking about the smelt fishing on Hogback and Colebrook. I bet it's been 20-30 years for me. I am in the SE part of the state now and haven't headed that way in years. I miss catching those 3-5 inch fish French fries! We used to have a blast jigging them at night and filling up the buckets for a fish fry. The smaller ones were put on the traps just under the ice to catch a big trout. We caught some monster browns on smelt back then. Does anyone still fish this way?
I am sure the ice isn't close to being safe on those waters yet. I am still curious if anyone still fishes for smelt, or trout on smelt in CT though.
