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Title: Smelt 2023
Post by: hhack on March 02, 2023, 08:42:00 PM: Has anyone heard anything. I’d love to get a dip or two in this season. Sure looked like they were in last week gulls were going crazy.
Title: Re: Smelt 2023
Post by: 3boys on March 02, 2023, 08:57:17 PM: Last year it was March 5th. Hope it’s soon.
Title: Re: Smelt 2023
Post by: Jake Dogfish on March 02, 2023, 08:58:24 PM: I have been waiting for the word! Nothing yet. :fishin:
Title: Re: Smelt 2023
Post by: Brushcrawler on March 02, 2023, 09:13:31 PM: Net is ready. Please add opportunity!
Title: Re: Smelt 2023
Post by: Parasite on March 08, 2023, 12:13:28 AM: Quote from: hhack on March 02, 2023, 08:42:00 PM
Has anyone heard anything. I’d love to get a dip or two in this season. Sure looked like they were in last week gulls were going crazy.
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Im guessing they are just waiting for the water temperature to get up to what it needs to be then you'll seen an announcement.
Title: Re: Smelt 2023
Post by: CastleRocker on March 08, 2023, 06:40:50 AM: WDFW will probably open the season now that they are gone. Haven't seen a smelt in a week and a half. Birds are gone, sea lions are too, for the most part. Saw a couple yesterday, compared to a couple hundred 3 weeks ago.
Title: Re: Smelt 2023
Post by: hhack on March 18, 2023, 03:13:03 AM: I guess us non natives are getting the shaft. What a joke this state is.
Title: Re: Smelt 2023
Post by: Jake Dogfish on March 18, 2023, 05:45:33 AM: https://nwsportsmanmag.com/no-go-on-cowlitz-smelt-dip-this-year/?fbclid=IwAR2ejLKdiT-_VMDwnAyCeIJ0yLF2yw1Vk_hJkVWVSG1BB1CMEw0TCWujpZs
Title: Re: Smelt 2023
Post by: fowl smacker on March 18, 2023, 06:29:16 AM: They're gone now anyhow. It would have been great for about a week though.
Title: Re: Smelt 2023
Post by: MeepDog on March 18, 2023, 07:53:18 AM: What do y'all do with them exactly? I tried smoking them while but it was pretty bad. I tried smoking them cleaned and it was still bony as can be. I fed most of them to my dog. :dunno:
Title: Re: Smelt 2023
Post by: Ghost Hunter on March 18, 2023, 08:40:26 AM: I've got 2 limits in the freezer flavored for bait.
Title: Re: Smelt 2023
Post by: Remnar on March 18, 2023, 11:18:39 AM: Quote from: MeepDog on March 18, 2023, 07:53:18 AM
What do y'all do with them exactly? I tried smoking them while but it was pretty bad. I tried smoking them cleaned and it was still bony as can be. I fed most of them to my dog. :dunno:

You didnt smoke them right :chuckle: Peel the spine out and eat any other bones that are left . I really like them fried whole or cleaned . I never clean them to smoke .
They are also good pickled . And of course sturgeon bait .
Title: Re: Smelt 2023
Post by: Jake Dogfish on March 29, 2023, 01:02:34 PM: Feel like driving?
https://nwsportsmanmag.com/surprise-smelt-fishery-after-all-on-oregons-sandy/