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Dead smolt!
2015 run is a bust. 
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Re:Dead smolt!
2013/04/02 10:43:59
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Less food for the walleyes :(
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Re:Dead smolt!
2013/04/02 11:01:14
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Woah wheres that at an how did that happen?
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Re:Dead smolt!
2013/04/02 12:19:16
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looks like the 580 lbs of dead shad I put in my garden 2 weeks ago
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Re:Dead smolt!
2013/04/02 13:04:06
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Sure looks more like shad than smolts. What do ya think?
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Re:Dead smolt!
2013/04/02 13:19:46
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Most look too thick for shad, I'm guessing a mix of shad and smolt...
Curiosity killed the cat, but for awhile I was a suspect.
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Re:Dead smolt!
2013/04/02 14:31:43
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shmoe
Woah wheres that at an how did that happen?
Most of those are probably the ones my crew gut hooked and tried to revive and release yesterday at Trout Run. Kept tellin them to throw 'em in the woods, but they insisted on trying to revive them. Now everybody's gonna be in a panic.
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Re:Dead smolt!
2013/04/02 14:40:34
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Re:Dead smolt!
2013/04/02 14:42:09
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I thinks thems be ded burpits.
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Re:Dead smolt!
2013/04/02 14:52:40
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Re:Dead smolt!
2013/04/02 15:13:00
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The ones washing up in Erie are a combination of 2 types of fish. One is the Gizzard Shad and the other are Alewifes ( which are a species of shad ). The Alewifes are commonly mistaken for mooneye. http://www.invasivespecie...aquatics/alewife.shtml BH
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Re:Dead smolt!
2013/04/02 15:15:21
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The Gizzard shad get much larger that the alewifes. Alewifes are about the same size as smolt. Gizzard shad get as big as Small Mouth bass.
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Re:Dead smolt!
2013/04/02 15:48:21
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"Come, follow me," Jesus said, "and I will make you fishers of men." Matthew 4:19
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Re:Dead smolt!
2013/04/02 17:55:11
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SteelieWheelie
I thinks thems be ded burpits.
+1
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Re:Dead smolt!
2013/04/02 18:00:04
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I'll bet the gulls, catfish and burbut are getting fat on them.
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Re:Dead smolt!
2013/04/02 18:27:24
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Guru decided to empty out his freezer.
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Re:Dead smolt!
2013/04/02 19:34:49
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 when I was a kid back in the 60's, my dad and his friends would go down to the dock and shovel up buckets of mooneyes and boil them down to get the fish oil out of them. They would fill jars with minnows and savored them with the fish oil. While no one else was catching perch off of the South Pier, we would be walking away with our limits. The boiled down fish would then go into my Grandfather's tomato gardens.
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Re:Dead smolt!
2013/04/02 21:16:43
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Can the Mooneye see in the dark?
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Re:Dead smolt!
2013/04/02 21:21:34
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Early to bed Early to rise Fish like hell And make up lies!
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Re:Dead smolt!
2013/04/02 21:49:23
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Re:Dead smolt!
2013/04/02 21:59:29
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I do have one more question, are these Crescent Mooneyes? If so, Waxing or Waning? Although, when you look at the information at hand, one might figure that these just may be Mooneye playing Possum....
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Re:Dead smolt!
2013/04/02 22:08:54
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This huge Mooneye kill is an event that took place in the Battle of Presque Isle Bay. The Sunfish from Walnut Creek Marina invaded the bay this January, and "lit up" the Mooneye's world. I believe this is when the names MOONeye and SUNfish were given to these two very interesting species.
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Re:Dead smolt!
2013/04/02 22:27:24
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Re:Dead smolt!
2013/04/03 05:51:42
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Coldfront...You ask what is the difference between a MOONeye and a SUNfish?
About 12 hours ...... give or take a few.
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Re:Dead smolt!
2013/04/03 06:50:27
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BloodyHand
Gizzard shad get as big as Small Mouth bass.
BH
I better start fishing or these Mooneye. I only catch 8 lb Small Mouth. They only bite on Lead Balls and Trebble hooks.
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Re:Dead smolt!
2013/04/03 08:01:01
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Thread of the week frontrunner right here! 
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Re:Dead smolt!
2013/04/03 08:59:24
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Auggh... You guys are too much!
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Re:Dead smolt!
2013/04/03 09:33:44
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Re:Dead smolt!
2013/04/03 11:44:19
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If you guys were wondering, Smolt and Smelt do eat well. Cook them under the Moon and keep a good eye on them. We once cooked Smolt over an open fire. Smelt great.
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