The minnow thread reminded me of these.. ate some when I was a kid in Oregon.... are they still running..??

http://whatscookingamerica.net/History/Smelt.htm 

where's mine....Haaaaa!!

Used to catch 5 gallon buckets of them off Chicago but now not so much.

He who Smelt it....dealt it

They run in the Spring in Sconnie.

Dad and I used to go get a bucket of smelt from one of the northern Michigan streams every Good Friday. It was our tradition. Smelt are amazing when they're fresh. Very sweet tasting. After they've been frozen, not so much. Still good though.

gonna have to go find some one of these days...

WoooHooo

Blind Robin

"Delta Smelt" is a dirty word here in Central California!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_smelt 

There was a little town in MI, I wanna say Sterling where they ran annually. Was quite an event @ one time. Fellers came out of the woodwork to dip for them.

Smelt Herf!!!

^Not a bad idea.

I remember some guys would set up a small camp stove and clean/cook the smelt as they came out of the stream. A little beer behind 'em and they were living large.

Who smelt it dealt it?

maybe we can Busa to build us a smelt trap..?

#6- years ago(80's early 90's) I also caught buckets of them tasty bastids off the singin bridge Lake Huron MI.. they barely run at all now.... another natural resource gone down the ****.. think the Indians netted them all too..HA!

cayman

The zebra mussels have filtered out a lot of the food used by smelt and alewife.

we should get some Japanese guys to come over and kill the mussels...

He who Smelt it,dealt it...