Very cool...have a few at home that have been retired from use that look a lot like some of the ones depicted. Spearing...second only to open water walleye fishing in my book. Thanks for sharing.
Grindstone Lake between Hinckley and Sandstone MN has a smelt run. I have not been there smelting in 9 years so you would have to do some checking on when there running up the river. The most common place is from the public access and there are usually a few people there.
Our tradition is that of the first man who sneaked away to the creek when the tribe did not really need fish. ~ Roderick Haig-Brown, about modern fishing, A River Never Sleeps, 1946
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