Smelt - Edmond's Pier

Salmon are the spotlight species on the Edmond's pier at the present time with the fishing getting better every week. However, there has been some good smelt fishing to be had off the pier recently. The smelt have been just as erratic as the salmon fishing with some days anglers just catching a few and other days 50 - 60. You just have to pick a day and hope that you have picked correctly. They have been exceptionally sized smelt with most going 7 - 8 inches. A relatively simple fishery requiring just a standard trout outfit, a Gamakatsu #5 Smelt / Herring Jig and a few 1/2 to 1 ounce sinkers. Bring a small cooler with ice to keep your catch in tip top shape and you will be treated to one of the best eating fish we have in Puget Sound. Though not large sized they do make up for it on the table. A simple preparation of gutting and taking off the head, a quick wash, a coating of flour, an egg wash, followed by a coating of Panko (Japanese Bread Crumbs) then fried in a 50 / 50 mixture of olive oil and butter makes for a good dinner.