Taking the day off. Getting ready to fish tomorrow.

Many of my recent posts have talked about catching smelt and perch. Well yesterday was a slow day of fishing but Mrs. fishing partner caught this 8" smelt. So here is what a smelt looks like before they are featured in a "smelt fry".

These little guys are very aggressive for their size. Inch for inch they put up a better "fight" than perch.
As my nephew Skip puts it "if these fish grew to 2-3 lbs everyone would be fishing for them".  And they are great in a fish fry.