I remember filling garbage cans full of dip netted smelt from under the singing bridge in on the north central lake huron coast of MI.
Also netted for them a few times on Lake Superior of Skanee, MI.
Excellent table fair, but cleaning a garbage pail of them is tedious.
Sadly zebra and quagga mussels have about wiped out the smelt runs.

Last edited by BWalker; 04/18/21.