People silently smelt fishing 🐟🐟🐟 in Eustis 🏔 Maine 🌲, dipping their nets into the end of the South Branch of the Dead River where it enters Flagstaff Lake 🏞 at the public boat ramp near the causeway bridge where the camera captured this video on Wednesday night, April 14, 2021 as the waxing crescent moon 🌒 (5% illumination) was setting from 9:00 PM to 10:00 PM. ✨ To see the stars 🌌 and for better quality video and audio, change to "hd" instead of "sd" quality using the cog icon in the l

ODFW is offering a fun spring break opportunity to dip net eulachon smelt on the Sandy River on Thursday, March 27, 2025 from noon to 7 p.m. The harvest area will be from the mouth of the Sandy River upstream to the Stark Street Bridge. To participate in this fishery: • Harvest is allowed with dipnet only and smelt may only be caught from the bank. • Harvest limit is 10 pounds per dipper. • Each dipper must have their own container. • Each dipper 12 years old and older must have a valid 2025 Ore

Fried Smelt (you can add the sauce that I made) Prep time: 15 minutes Cooking time: 10 minutes Yields: 4 as appetizer 1 tbsp grated ginger 2 tbsp soy sauce 2 tbsp olive oil annato powder for color 1 pound smelt, cleaned 1/2 cup cornstarch 1/2 tsp seasoned salt ground pepper 1 cup cooking oil 1/2 cup chicken/fish/veg broth or water 1 tsp yellow curry powder dissolved in 3 tbsp water Combine ginger, soy, annato powder, olive oil and smelt and marinate for 10 minutes. Toss smelt in cornstarch seaso