Aqua Hedonia - Carlsbad 4/11 late report

[supaboy1981]

How do you catch smelt? Everyone is hooking them off smelt

[sdcoastie]

Near the inlet to the lagoon from the ocean on the flat beach portion. Toss some bread in the water and the smelt will show up and start to go crazy. Throw a sabiki rig out in the water and profit.

[GkT]

Originally Posted by sdcoastie

Near the inlet to the lagoon from the ocean on the flat beach portion. Toss some bread in the water and the smelt will show up and start to go crazy. Throw a sabiki rig out in the water and profit.

I always see them there, and by the 'point' on the opposite side, hanging out in the weeds. When I was a little kid we used to tie trebles and try snagging them when they were all crowded by shore. Probably not the most ethical or efficient way, but it was fun as hell as a 12 year old.

Sabiki is the way to go, like sdcoastie said, bread will make them crazy.

All this halibut fishing...now I'm gonna have to go build a bait bucket for the damn kayak now.