Post by: BIGMIKE on January 17, 2017, 08:15:50 PM
Post by: Jason on January 17, 2017, 08:28:27 PM
Not sure if the kids and I will go this year as we don't seem to do much with the Smelt and always have a bunch left over.
Post by: Dhoey07 on January 18, 2017, 01:25:33 PM
Post by: Blacklab on January 18, 2017, 04:43:26 PM
Post by: Boss .300 winmag on January 18, 2017, 05:15:14 PM
Post by: Jason on January 18, 2017, 05:49:17 PM
@Jason how did you cook them?their smoked or fried in our house. And no I don't smoke them whole with the heads and guts in them :puke:
Post by: Boss .300 winmag on January 18, 2017, 05:53:04 PM
@Jason how did you cook them?their smoked or fried in our house. And no I don't smoke them whole with the heads and guts in them :puke:
We always had them fried in flour in a cast iron skillet till golden brown crunchy. :drool::drool: That was one thing my gramps did cook right. Never had them smoked, but I bet it's good if you smoked to a really dry state.
Post by: metlhead on January 18, 2017, 06:03:59 PM
Post by: WSU on January 18, 2017, 06:29:12 PM
Post by: jay.sharkbait on January 18, 2017, 06:33:36 PM
We would pan fry the big ones while they were still moving and smoke the little ones whole.
Post by: lokidog on January 18, 2017, 06:37:38 PM
Post by: WSU on January 18, 2017, 06:39:55 PM
Post by: jay.sharkbait on January 18, 2017, 06:41:00 PM
What do you smelt smokers use for brine? I got a bunch on Lopez Is last year and like them fried, but I'd like to try something different.
I used a light salt brine to get rid of the slime. I only soaked them for a hour or so.
Post by: JDHasty on January 18, 2017, 07:16:13 PM
I tried my salmon brine and it worked fine
:tup:
Post by: Blacklab on January 19, 2017, 06:25:38 AM
Post by: Woodchuck on January 19, 2017, 07:41:31 AM
Post by: 2MANY on January 19, 2017, 08:25:39 AM
Can only clipped smelt be retained.?
Post by: WSU on January 19, 2017, 08:55:23 AM
I agree.
Can only clipped smelt be retained.?
Left ventral only.
Post by: elkdrivemenuts on January 21, 2017, 07:00:43 PM
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Post by: lokidog on January 22, 2017, 08:09:29 PM
Did you have to buy a fishing license for them last year?
Pretty sure they are fish and require a license to be "caught". ;-)
Post by: TONTO on January 22, 2017, 08:23:44 PM
Did you have to buy a fishing license for them last year?
Pretty sure they are fish and require a license to be "caught". ;-)
No license required, but it sounds like there may not be an opener this year. We'll have to wait and see. I do get a craving for a big smelt fry once a year, as a kid we ate the damn things year round anymore once a year is about all I can do.
Post by: lokidog on January 22, 2017, 11:37:06 PM
Post by: shadowless_nite on January 28, 2017, 05:22:01 PM
http://www.ifish.net/board/index.php#/topics/1360825?page=2&_k=bm1fau
Post by: flatbkman on January 28, 2017, 06:36:04 PM
Post by: Brushcrawler on January 28, 2017, 07:46:49 PM
Post by: bullfisher on January 28, 2017, 08:26:39 PM
Post by: JDHasty on January 28, 2017, 09:16:13 PM
I say keep it closed until the runs as big as it use to be so we can get the sturgeon population back up and open for retention again. Shoot the seals.
I agree. We used to go down to Castle Rock and "limit out" on one dip. We took our girl friends, waders, beer, a smelt net and pickle buckets and had a blast. We stayed in the motel and went out afterward and spent a bunch of money, but it was "all good" it was a hella' party we had, that we all looked forward to until the runs diminished.
We stuck a tooth pick through the eyes and hung them in a Lil' Chief smoker after brining them and they were a fan favorite while we still had some.
Lotsa' years ago though. If closing it for a few years would get the runs back: Hey: I am all for it. I would love to take the wife and kids down for a weekend, minus the after dipping hanging out in the bars and getting plastered, of course.
I have not been in decades, but I have fond remembrances of my mom taking us there, I have fond memories of groups like our group of high-school friends, who still hung together going down through our mid-twenties, and I remember families taking the family RV down there having the time of their life dipping smelt!
There is nothing I would like more than to make smelt dipping the family tradition it was while I was growing up.
Post by: Curly on January 28, 2017, 09:19:45 PM
Post by: doyourtime89 on February 21, 2017, 06:34:37 PM
Any word from anyone down in that area. If there are seeing any or any signs for them being around?
Post by: HntnFsh on February 21, 2017, 06:41:17 PM