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Offline RickC

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Crappie smelting
« on: Feb 16, 2019, 07:46 AM »
Me and "The Boy" did a little night fishing last night targeting smelt. Found them right where I thought they'd be


Stacked from 30 feet all the way down to 60 feet. Was surprised at the amount of crappie that were mixed in with them, we caught somewhere around 40 crappie ranging from 6" to 14"



Ended the night with somewhere around 60 smelt





May try to get out one last time next weekend before the season closes
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Offline ICEHOLE

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Re: Crappie smelting
« Reply #1 on: Feb 16, 2019, 08:02 AM »
Nice haul!
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Offline fishercat

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Re: Crappie smelting
« Reply #2 on: Feb 16, 2019, 08:06 AM »
Nice job to you and the youn man.
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Offline Rangerboats391

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Re: Crappie smelting
« Reply #3 on: Feb 16, 2019, 08:30 AM »
nice work  ;D
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Offline rdhammah

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Re: Crappie smelting
« Reply #4 on: Feb 16, 2019, 08:39 AM »
looks like the same size that we catch up in Maine
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Offline bpfishhunt

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Re: Crappie smelting
« Reply #5 on: Feb 16, 2019, 10:05 AM »
I’m on Onata now and smelted last night, same thing for me they were mixed with crappies. You did much better though I only landed 3 smelt
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Offline SalmonAndStriper Stalker

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Re: Crappie smelting
« Reply #6 on: Feb 16, 2019, 10:35 AM »
Quote from: bpfishhunt on Feb 16, 2019, 10:05 AM
I’m on Onata now and smelted last night, same thing for me they were mixed with crappies. You did much better though I only landed 3 smelt
I caught more crappie than smelt at onota last Saturday. But the smelt were bigger than the crappie actually. Some of the smallest crappie I've seen looked like pike candy. Only managed 5 smelt
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Offline SalmonAndStriper Stalker

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Re: Crappie smelting
« Reply #7 on: Feb 16, 2019, 10:36 AM »
Quote from: RickC on Feb 16, 2019, 07:46 AM
Me and "The Boy" did a little night fishing last night targeting smelt. Found them right where I thought they'd be


Stacked from 30 feet all the way down to 60 feet. Was surprised at the amount of crappie that were mixed in with them, we caught somewhere around 40 crappie ranging from 6" to 14"



Ended the night with somewhere around 60 smelt





May try to get out one last time next weekend before the season closes
Those look like onota smelt and the depth seem similar. At least someone got them. Nice work
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Offline bassaddict 21

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Re: Crappie smelting
« Reply #8 on: Feb 16, 2019, 10:50 AM »
Nice bonus crappies Rick!
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Offline THE JIGGER

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Re: Crappie smelting
« Reply #9 on: Feb 16, 2019, 10:52 AM »
Great trip.
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Offline Chawk190

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Re: Crappie smelting
« Reply #10 on: Feb 16, 2019, 11:15 AM »
Those smelt are beauty’s.
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Re: Crappie smelting
« Reply #11 on: Feb 17, 2019, 02:02 PM »
Nice job with those fish sticks!
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Offline pikeking

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Re: Crappie smelting
« Reply #12 on: Feb 24, 2019, 03:38 PM »
They have been hard to get at Onota, not enough guys out there with lights anymore. There are tons of them in there.
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