Smelting

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I am Jonesing for punishment.........My father has been telling me for years every time I whine about how long it is until the bass return that I should try smelting. He loves to eat them, I don't.......He's too lazy to sit outside and freeze his cajones off to catch them, I am not. Sooooooo, there is this little problem........I ain't got the first idea on how to smelt, other than the stories of my father telling me "You use these ittty bitty little hooks and your whole tackle box is the size of a sewing kit, and the big ones that are trophy sized are called Jacks and they are about as big as your finger, and they are so tatsty and....."
If at any time anyone in the Quincy area would like a Smelting Apprentice to act as a Yoda to, I would be much appreciated to learn the ways of smelt fishing. I would give you my catch....baaahhhh to my Pops. He can catch his own.............