According to my records, which, in reality, are stories told to me by old-timers who have been smelting for decades, smelt used to be plentiful in the Great Lakes. Depending on which old-timer I spoke to, you’d just drop the net into the water, and using a pulley system, yank in hundreds, thousand, or even cruiseshipfuls of ‘em.
But, in the seven years or so I’ve been working Smelt Fest for the Park District, the total number of smelt I’ve seen caught rounds out to about eight.
I was in the mood to re-post an older post because I was too lazy to write a new one. Enjoy! (again!)
Thank you, Mary Lou and Beth!!
You are too funny!!
I loooooooooved the Smelt Fest story!!!! And you are not a beached Humpback Whale – at least in my eyes!!!!!!!!! Love the dittys!!!!!!! Arrrrrrrr