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SANDY, OREGON THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 1981
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The smelt
are running
The mystery of when the annual migration of smelt would begin ended this week
a few of the small fish trickled up the Sandy River,
Now the question is what kind of a run will it be9
If Tuesday’s fishing was any indication, the run won’t be one of the greatest. Hu
d reds of fishermen flocked to the Troutdale area armed with plastic buckets and tl
long dipping nets. But the fish were few.
In fact, the fishermen would watch for individual fish and catch them, one by on
Last year, three or four good dips usually could have resulted in the 25-pound limi
It may be a bad run. Or it may be that it was just a little too early and that thini
will pick up later in the week
But, fish or no fish, smelt fever has hit in the Sandy River area and if you want
good spot on the river, you had better get up early.
Smell finhermen were out in full force
Tuesday, hut the finh were quite no
plentiful. The wader* who braved the
deeper w ater (top photon) neemed to do
better and a lucky few came up with a
bucket of nmelt (above). For thone
without hip wadern. a rlcketv dock pro
ved a popular and convenient location
(le ft).
photos by Mark Floyd