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Yep, still smelt dipping around here. I asked and am told not quite time yet, a few more weeks and they will be running like crazy. Guess the salmon haven't caught up here.
posted by
Bel_
on April 13, 2008 at 7:54 AM
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A great read..
reminds me of the winters spent in South Dakota..Ahhh how I long for them to end.. Nice Write!
posted by
Wigopa_
on April 6, 2008 at 3:05 PM
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Re: Is it smelt season already?
Bel,
We haven,t had a dipping season for smelt since about five or six years after salmon were planted in the great lakes, back in the early seventies. Some smelt now are for sale by the commercial fishermen who use wing type nets that funnel them into holding nets. There aren't any dip netters anymore around here. It used to be a really big deal. Do people still dip them in the UP? About 1975, I heard of some guys who nearly filled a dump-truck bed. Imagine trying to clean that many before they got soft and slimy! I heard that they took them to Detroit where a Jewish man bought the whole bunch to make into gefilte fisk or lox, or whatever they call it. He probably made a killing, if they hadn't spoiled, yet.
Guy
posted by
northsage_45
on April 5, 2008 at 6:20 PM
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Is it smelt season already?
Here in Chippewa County, the snow hasn't quite melted, in fact we had snow earlier this week.
Just remember, when smelt fishing, the fisher is required to bite the head off of that nasty little thing...and one wonders why I don't tag along for this local passtime. 
posted by
Bel_
on April 5, 2008 at 5:58 PM
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Sounds like our shad runs down here.
The shad isn't that bony, but unless you get them when they're spawning, they're the most oily, nasty creatures on the planet. Nonetheless, I'd rather have baked shad roe than Buluga caviar any day. For one thing, it's easier to spell...
posted by
strat
on April 4, 2008 at 6:54 AM
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Enjoyable read! You surely know those suckers!
posted by
Soul_Builder101
on April 3, 2008 at 8:12 AM
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you made smile my dear.....thank you for that wonderful read dear...
posted by
__Purple_Mermaid11__
on April 3, 2008 at 4:10 AM
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