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Good question. The answers can be found on the Mass Fish and Wildlife web page.
It looks like you can use smelt as bait during the season that Pete points out which is May 16- Feb 29.
I believe the freshwater smelt spawn in that spring - Mar, Apr, May time frame when they go into the streams to spawn. I heard some guys got caught at Wachusett this year trying to net smelt during the closed season when they are schooling and vulnerable. Mass wildlife takes those violations seriously and I hope the judge nailed em as good as he could.
Good idea to read the rules first.
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