Blood worms in

[47onthewall]

We now have blood worms as well as sand worms

714 smelt landed by Dad and I James Eddy Tuesday night

[cold waters]

wholly crap and i had a good time when i caught a dozen or so of the buggers.......

i didnt think gillnets were allowed for smelts

[47onthewall]

I didn't catch a fish for the first hour, so I caught 500 myself in five hours. Captain Forrest is coming with us Sunday and he thinks he can out-fish me. Poor misguided fellow; gotta love an optimist!

No gill net required; small jigs, spring bobbers and pre-cut your bait. Then just move like a ninja!

[marcus220]

lol!!good one ed,i think thats what i need to use,since i usually don't do well.but we have a good time regardless, usually watching others stumbling around,its worth the admission.

[47onthewall]

OK here's the deal. Anybody who wants to catch more smelt come see me. I'll tell you how to make your rigs fish better or if you buy a jig pole here I'll set it up the way my own are. This can be hazardous to your health, as if you are outfishing your buddy three to one he's liable to pee in your thermos when your back is turned!

Smelt envy is a dark emotion

[racinjason48]

i just use the hand made sibiki type rig 3 hooks on there own leaders every 3 inchs on my main line with a 2oz bank sinker on the bottom it seems to work well for me do you think im missing some fish cuz im always at the bottom should i target diffrent depths???

[47onthewall]

I am set in my ways and almost always stay deep. If I have enough room I set a scout line 4-6 feet down, and if it fishes as good or better than my deep lines I can bring them up. When there are a ton of fish in you are more likely to find some shallow, and obviously it takes less time to land fish and reset lines if you don't have to go to the bottom. I have used a "sneak" line as shown to me by an old timer when the current isn't too bad; he used to tap a nail into his race hole and tie a length of nylon line with a light mono leader to it with a cork float, and tie a #8 hook to the end. This would get the fish that creep along under the ice picking algae and keep things interesting until the main schools came through. Worked well on the Bay but tough on the rivers where you are liable to snag your neighbor's line. I think where you are fishing deep will work most days but try a short line for insurance if you can.
By the way, this is an old thread from last year and I'm not carrying blood worms any more. You can get them from Suds and Soda; some like them but my customer base DIDN'T!

[racinjason48]

thanks buddy i will give it a shot tonight its just weird how you can catch 5 in a row then nothing for 40 mins i was thinking i was missing some schools cuz my bait was under them

[47onthewall]

I think one of those underwater video cameras would be both frustrating and educational; educational to see where and how they move; frustrating as to how many thousands swim by without any thought of feeding on your bait!Unfortunately, the brackish water is probably too cloudy to see any good pictures.

[pedro062261m]

im a firm beleiver of useing light tackle small dimmets an swedish pimples #2s an 3s i also like glow in the dark stuff i think it attracks them to the bait an i stack 2 dimmets above my swedish which is usualy on the bottom maines the place to go for smelt me an my brother go up to james worthings in gardner when we go we use our poles an clean house we usualy fill a 5 gal bucket or more between us 47 im gonna come by for a dzn of worms been gettin a few on river rd thxs for the info