So I've been busy this past week cleaning smelt. Once a year we drive 3 hours to Lake Superior to part-take in the smelt run. Last year sucked we didn't get anything but wet and cold.

This year was different. it was approx. 36 degrees when we got there at 10pm. The water was probably just above 30. No wind which made it ideal. Major problem arose when we hit a deer just before we got there, shitty but the smelting must go on.

Here are some pics

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you're the wisco poster boy.

Those are for bait right?

casting net?

seine net...use it by dragging it along the bottom

Just a little alcohol involved?

Just a little alcohol involved?

Remember, this is the guy drinking Miller Lite fortys in his wedding pictures.:40oz:

Deadliest Catch?

It looks like Beast.

In Wisconsin you cannot use smelt for bait anymore. So we fry them up and eat them

It was High Life 40s in the wedding picture

This picture was Old Milwaukee Light (it is all my friend drinks) and I was no where near intoxicated that night...still had a 3 hour drive back home after we were done

Blegh!

They are actually not too bad for you, as long as you're not deep frying them

No, the Old Milwaukee. I like smoked chubs, I've heard smelt can taste the same way.

Ah it's not too bad either

How do you eat them?

1) Put in mouth
2) chew

Srysly tho, http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=How+to+cook+smelt&btnG=Google+Search

:-p

I was curious as to how he specifically feasts upon them.

1. With a scissors cut the head
2. Slit it from the anus to where the head was
3. Use your thumb to gut it
4. With water clean the slime off the outside, and make sure you have all the guts out.
5. Freeze in enough water so they do not get frost bit OR

make some beer batter - or some sort of flour based coating. Fry in a pan, deep fry or bake until golden brown. Eat

Pickled beets and Rye bread are traditional sides for the smelt

Oh and it is traditional for a rookie smelter to bite the head off one of the first smelt netted of the night!!! So Tofu was partially correct

I'd have done something that stupid.

I miss smelt Dipping! Don`t let anybody ever tell you that fishing is better in Texas then the Great Lakes! The fishing here sucks compared to Lake Superior,Lake Huron,and Lake Michigan!