Author Topic: smelts (Read 1734 times)

halfhooked · « **on:** Feb 28, 2014, 03:18 AM »

Going to maine smelt fishing this weekend

Dankenstein · « **Reply #1 on:** Feb 28, 2014, 12:36 PM »

It has been painfully slow from what I have been hearing. Where are you going?

halfhooked · « **Reply #2 on:** Feb 28, 2014, 12:45 PM »

Sonnys in Dresden

halfhooked · « **Reply #3 on:** Feb 28, 2014, 12:48 PM »

slow is the word I hear too james eddy closed 3 weeks ago but it really hasent been good for several years

Dankenstein · « **Reply #4 on:** Feb 28, 2014, 01:02 PM »

yeah, downhill seems to be the way it is going. I think Bakers closed also so far this year. Good news is we have tons of ice and it should be -10 or so tonight.

on the lake this past weekend we had 18" solid ice and 15" on top that you could stand on. I've got a video of my buddy just about burying the engine before the auger popped through.

CHEPIGUY · « **Reply #5 on:** Feb 28, 2014, 07:54 PM »

thats a tear jerkin storey.. brings tears to my eyes..

CHEPIGUY · « **Reply #6 on:** Feb 28, 2014, 07:55 PM »

ice till april.

halfhooked · « **Reply #7 on:** Mar 01, 2014, 03:08 AM »

only thing that tears

me up is the smell

of skunk

2FishinBuddies · « **Reply #8 on:** Mar 01, 2014, 06:25 PM »

I did bakers with poor results. It was slow last year as well. I'm gonna head up to adirondacks for them next weekend. I usually do ok with them there. My best spot was on Nickerson Lake up in maine but it is a long haul. Iced 300 in an afternoon.

halfhooked · « **Reply #9 on:** Mar 02, 2014, 07:31 AM »

went to Sonny's in Dresden Saturday fished 6 hours 4 smelts decent size 6 to 7 inch he was pulling his shanties today said it was the worst he had ever seen it
3 feet + ice no fish

2FishinBuddies · « **Reply #10 on:** Mar 02, 2014, 06:32 PM »

Thats a bummer

Dankenstein · « **Reply #11 on:** Mar 03, 2014, 11:00 AM »

skunk, no no no,

, had a fine day. Here are most of the fish caught. We released quite a few also.

AT Grimaldi · « **Reply #12 on:** Mar 03, 2014, 03:39 PM »

Dank knows how to fish!!!!

Dankenstein · « **Reply #13 on:** Mar 03, 2014, 03:52 PM »

Quote from: AT Grimaldi on Mar 03, 2014, 03:39 PM

Dank knows how to fish!!!!

Thanks, we really had a great day. most of the perch come from having sonar which makes things much easier. I just found out how good the whites taste, I might be moving away from trout altogether.

sorry to hear the poor smelting conditions, hopefully the populations will rebound in the future.

glazier · « **Reply #14 on:** Mar 03, 2014, 06:54 PM »

Wow!! Nice array of good fish to eat!! Busy day you guys had

:tipup:Beer batter?

Ballbag · « **Reply #15 on:** Mar 03, 2014, 07:05 PM »

How's the smallmouth to eat? Great job!

Bassman · « **Reply #16 on:** Mar 03, 2014, 07:46 PM »

You got my mouth watering.

Dankenstein · « **Reply #17 on:** Mar 04, 2014, 07:47 AM »

fish fry batter on the whites out on the ice. I make beer batter when I get home and have a real kitchen for the rest of those fillets. poached the Brown in white wine, lemon and garlic and served it with cream cheese on crackers. the smallmouth are plentiful and wormy usually. Once we found them and had those few we were tossing them back left and right, we throw most bass back for the summer anglers to enjoy. Those three and the "slime darts" will go to lobster bait for the summer. one of my fishing buddies has his residential license so the turnaround into free lobster is worth the trade off.
I have tried smallies before and have made pickerel chowder but wasn't overly impressed with either fish.

Brendog9 · « **Reply #18 on:** Mar 04, 2014, 08:52 AM »

Quote from: Dankenstein on Mar 04, 2014, 07:47 AM

fish fry batter on the whites out on the ice. I make beer batter when I get home and have a real kitchen for the rest of those fillets. poached the Brown in white wine, lemon and garlic and served it with cream cheese on crackers. the smallmouth are plentiful and wormy usually. Once we found them and had those few we were tossing them back left and right, we throw most bass back for the summer anglers to enjoy. Those three and the "slime darts" will go to lobster bait for the summer. one of my fishing buddies has his residential license so the turnaround into free lobster is worth the trade off.
I have tried smallies before and have made pickerel chowder but wasn't overly impressed with either fish.

On a guided trip in Maine I tried smallmouth. It was fried with some Cajun spices on it. I thought it was excellent.

Dankenstein · « **Reply #19 on:** Mar 04, 2014, 10:29 AM »

Quote from: Brendog9 on Mar 04, 2014, 08:52 AM

On a guided trip in Maine I tried smallmouth. It was fried with some Cajun spices on it. I thought it was excellent.

very cool, they are everywhere here. The river near my house has piles of smallies and big ones also. I target them in the warmer months when I am not out fly fishing for trout or salmon. I used to pick up some pretty good smallmouth out of the Scituate Res growing up, they get nice and healthy sized in there.

comeonnow · « **Reply #20 on:** Mar 04, 2014, 10:36 AM »

I used to pick up some pretty good smallmouth out of the Scituate Res growing up, they get nice and healthy sized in there.
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Dankenstein · « **Reply #21 on:** Mar 04, 2014, 11:25 AM »

Quote from: comeonnow on Mar 04, 2014, 10:36 AM

I used to pick up some pretty good smallmouth out of the Scituate Res growing up, they get nice and healthy sized in there.

no worries, I got caught by every agency patrolling those waters growing up. I even gave them my real name most of the time. I was in my teens and it was in my town. I felt that we had a right to use it. It has been a few years since I've been in there

Bassman · « **Reply #22 on:** Mar 04, 2014, 08:25 PM »

Quote from: Brendog9 on Mar 04, 2014, 08:52 AM

On a guided trip in Maine I tried smallmouth. It was fried with some Cajun spices on it. I thought it was excellent.

I use to stay at South Branch Lake Camp in Howland Maine. Nice 3-4 lb fish in the lake. Cabin right on the lake. Sweet set up. I miss those days. Also, we would fish the Penobscott River. That was a whole other situation. Had to watch your self while wading or in a boat.

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