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Nice Video. I did that once with my dad. It was the morning after Buster Douglas beat Mike Tyson. Funny, how you remember things.So, what happened to the smelt?
Any reports on the ice on Champlain, would love to give it a try again.
It’s got ice I can’t say how much passed it this weekend tons of guys on South Bay and as far north as Ticonderoga had ice, buddy fished around crown point bridge on Friday and Saturday iced many perch and lakers don’t know thickness tho the bays on Vermont side are also frozen for sure watch out for ferry tho
smelt shanty towns on vermont side too. there was a great article in vermont life magazine about them from decades ago. i used to go in the 1980s and 90s was a great time, many fond memories. about 2003 was the end of it.
Do you know any access points on South Bay
Is there any place left with easy access to catch smelt. Years ago I use to go with my dad at Port Henry. We also use to go to West Port, south of the bay down by the lighthouse but the land was later posted because people left the private access a mess.
Bootstrap,I search that magazines archives and found quite a few that mention smelt. I haven't had a chance to read yet: =subject%3A%22Vermont+Life+Magazine%22]https://archive.org/details/vermontlifemagazine?sort=titleSorter&and[]=subject%3A%22Vermont+Life+Magazine%22On left, select "Text Contents" and enter: smelt