Thanks John I think I'll take The Boy out this weekend and see if they are running here yet.

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Thx Rusty
Makes sense now that I see this.

I wish I was there to try some. I never ate it before. It sure looks good. MD

I remember Barry Goldwater.

Probably wife or daughter

no john we don't get a smelt run either, I check the last time sucker ran here was 2012 I canned a lot only have a pint left, guys if you don't like the bones pick out rib bones and run the rest thru, a grinder and then can it the small bones will dissolve.

What Roy says on Suckers.

Thank you Roy I remember in the 80's and 90's every creek on US 2 had smelt run. I can go in Lake Huron and get a gallon if I work hard at it. May be someone will chime in and mention some where on Superior were the smelt run.

John, I may have asked in the past, but do you use a dedicated fish smoker? I've heard both it does and it does not "flavor" your smoker, so subsequent things smoked in there will take on a slight fish flavor.

Hi ADC,

In the smoker in the pic, I clean grates and take ashes out after smoking fish. In my personal experience I would taste no fish if I grilled New York Strips the next day. I smoke with apple branches put threw my Woodchipper which also chops up a lot of beaver carcasses.

Me either....Yum