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11-03-2004, 09:32 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Newton, MA
Posts: 4,464
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Smelts
Has anyone been doing well with smelt fishing? I have been on two or three trips for smelts on fridays. The fishing has been slow. I managed to catch one smelt last friday and four baby toadfish. I hope that this friday is going to be good.
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11-03-2004, 10:29 AM
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Wishin' for fishin'
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Brockton
Posts: 1,651
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Go to Marina Bay.
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11-03-2004, 01:07 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Cranston
Posts: 1,029
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"Smelts"
Where is Marina Bay?
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11-03-2004, 01:55 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Taunton MA
Posts: 55
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Quincy, MA.
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11-03-2004, 02:00 PM
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All up in the Interweb!
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: In the dog house.
Posts: 5,205
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you smelt it, you dealt it. 
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Co-Host of The Surfcast Podcast
"Out there in the surf is where it's at, that's where the line gets drawn in the sand between those who talk fishing and those who live it."
- a wise man.
One good fish, a sharpie does not make...
Certified rock hopping billy goat.
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11-03-2004, 03:00 PM
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None
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Newton, MA
Posts: 4,464
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i went there. i didnt want to mention it cuz i dont wanna burn another spot. its too slow there.
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11-03-2004, 03:11 PM
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Boston Anglah
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Sitting on top of the world with my legs hangin free
Posts: 3,322
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Hull, watched 2 guys walk away with 2 5 gallon buckets of em...not really a burn, it's smelt 
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Used hard and put away dirty....
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11-03-2004, 03:38 PM
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None
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Newton, MA
Posts: 4,464
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damn, im kinda attached to marina bay. i know some of the docks there. good place for herrings. maybe i shld broaden my options around the spots?
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11-03-2004, 03:40 PM
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Boston Anglah
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Sitting on top of the world with my legs hangin free
Posts: 3,322
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pm me if you want more specifics...........mang
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Used hard and put away dirty....
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11-03-2004, 04:06 PM
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Is it May yet?
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Gloucester Ma
Posts: 1,238
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smelt plentiful in Gloucester at the State Pier. They keep hitting my diamond jigs intended for macs. PM me if you are up this way and I will lead you to the sacred smelt grounds...
spin 
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"Twitch....Twitch....Twitch....WHAM!"
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11-03-2004, 04:26 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: medfa,mass
Posts: 976
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are these things good? never seen a smelt what the hell is a smelt
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11-03-2004, 04:27 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: MA
Posts: 3,630
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11-03-2004, 04:43 PM
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None
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Newton, MA
Posts: 4,464
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alright, spin, i will PM u, but i dunno when i plan to go up there. or maybe we can hook up for smelts?
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11-03-2004, 09:11 PM
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Got Necco's?
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Franklin
Posts: 1,339
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mmm..fried smelts are a staple on Christmas Eve..yummy! I would like to catch me some of them..how about an SB smelting trip?

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HAMMER TIME!
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11-03-2004, 09:13 PM
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None
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Newton, MA
Posts: 4,464
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Quote:
Originally posted by kippy
mmm..fried smelts are a staple on Christmas Eve..yummy! I would like to catch me some of them..how about an SB smelting trip?
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But where are we going for a camp that allow us to catch 400 smelts? Lets make one soon
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11-04-2004, 10:50 AM
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Seal Control
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Caver, Ma.
Posts: 3,875
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That would be better then SB Cod trip!!!! I think we have the curse of the codbino!!
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"All my friends are Flakes!!"
BOATLESS
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11-04-2004, 11:20 AM
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fishing the pacific
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Port Townsend, WA
Posts: 993
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If anyone is interested in a smelt trip let me know. I can probably get a better deal - like free shanty rental. the only problem is that it is a long drive and would most likely require lodging. I have family and friends that have shanty's up in Vermont on Lake Champlain. I haven't been in years, but we used to fill 5 Gallon buckets. And as I said in a previous post - the best bait to catch smelt......smelt. Fillet the last inch to 1 1/2inches off near the tail, not only does it catch - it is durable. you can fish 3 or 4 fillets all day to fill a bucket.
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Keep lines wet and tight in the pacific
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11-04-2004, 11:23 AM
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zoom
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Quincy
Posts: 4,145
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Marina Bay has dried up.
You can fish for 2 tides for 1 dz. skinny fish.
Wait for the ICE !!!!!!!!!
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Things done at the last possible minute are done with the greatest possible information. Procrastination is, therefore, the most efficient means of doing things.
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11-04-2004, 12:54 PM
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None
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Newton, MA
Posts: 4,464
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Quote:
Originally posted by Van
Marina Bay has dried up.
You can fish for 2 tides for 1 dz. skinny fish.
Wait for the ICE !!!!!!!!!
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 ice? damn, i got no experience fishing on the ice. i am going to try soon.
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11-04-2004, 01:06 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: medfa,mass
Posts: 976
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omg i'd love to freeze my ass off with the rest of u 
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11-04-2004, 02:47 PM
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M.S.B.A.
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: I live in the Villiage of Hyannis in the Town of Barnstable in the Commonwealth of MA
Posts: 2,795
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there are plenty of Smelt at the usual locations in Hull
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"It is impossible to complain and to achieve at the same time"--Basic Patrick (on a good day)
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11-04-2004, 05:32 PM
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Seal Control
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Caver, Ma.
Posts: 3,875
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290 miles to Burlington, VT from my house!! My Dad lives in Bradford VT near Montpelier
I might be willing but I hear this is a feb trip so you have pleanty of ice??
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"All my friends are Flakes!!"
BOATLESS
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11-04-2004, 05:44 PM
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fishing the pacific
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Port Townsend, WA
Posts: 993
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yeah it is a haul. And planning for February is probably a safe bet, we can get a better idea as the bays freeze. Generally, Shelburne Bay where I did most of my fishing has a couple of feet of ice. I do not risk it...and neither do the guys with Shantys. Most of them drive out onto the ice with them - or at very least tow them out onto the ice with trucks. So if there is shantys on the ice and smelt biting, I should know.
-IWK
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Keep lines wet and tight in the pacific
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11-04-2004, 09:38 PM
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None
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Newton, MA
Posts: 4,464
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BP, should I try my luck there tomorrow noon around the hull?
IWK, I would like to go up there around VT for freshwater ice-smelting with SB soon. Damn, I'm getting bored with hwk.
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11-04-2004, 10:32 PM
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M.S.B.A.
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: I live in the Villiage of Hyannis in the Town of Barnstable in the Commonwealth of MA
Posts: 2,795
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Notaro,
The old guys tell me they are gettiing them but I do not know what tide...best bet is to call Rick at fore river fishing i n Quincy and tell him I told you to call....Rick will tell you the best time to get em....
Rick also has the best grass Shrimp around
the spots have been A Street peir and the town dock as usual
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"It is impossible to complain and to achieve at the same time"--Basic Patrick (on a good day)
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11-04-2004, 10:35 PM
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None
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Newton, MA
Posts: 4,464
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okay, thanks, BP. i will aks rick tmw noon.
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11-05-2004, 08:45 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: everett ma
Posts: 330
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smelts wil beat vfw in revere soon
if you want smelts try down by culvert at vfw in revere night time oinly then try at chelsea creek at broadway bridge lastyearthey humg aroundtill mid december
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11-05-2004, 09:20 AM
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#28
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None
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Newton, MA
Posts: 4,464
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VFW, Pete?
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11-05-2004, 09:37 AM
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#29
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None
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Newton, MA
Posts: 4,464
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i will try that spot, pete. but now, im going to hit the hull today and night. i might do smelting or a little surfcasting for inshore cod. email me or text msg me at this num 617 818 7961 to hook up.
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