SMELT

[ppoirier]

If you like smelt the river is full of them right now, went down this afternoon and the whole shoreline was covered in people netting, there filling 5 gal pales in just a couple scoops. Headed back down there tonight to get in on the action and get a couple scoops for the grandmother lol

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[Shane Thombs]

PJ,

You are absolutely right. I watched as guys were scoping and others carrying buckets to their cars. An assembly line of sorts.

I heard crying babies at midnight strapped inside car seats with the windows wide open and breathing in fumes from 10 other idle running cars with hoods up and batteries supporting enough lights to satisfy safe landings at the Airport.

Little rice burner Hondas (this one is for your cousin Jeffery) with enough buckets of fish that the mufflers were dragging over the many pot holes along the driveway at the top of the hill. Nets are strapped to the roof because the stuff in the back is stacked up to the ceiling and not able to look out the back window. Waved goodby as they were off to drive back to Toronto with red lined engines as they try picking up enough speed to shift up to third gear.

It was an eye opener for sure.

Shane

[ppoirier]

It was defiantly interesting to watch, am actually surprised there are no limit laws on the smelt because I can guarantee the people who were filling 45 gallon drums full are not for self consumption and that they are selling them in Toronto, its sad to see things like that especially when the smelt are such a huge part of the diet for fish in the great lakes.