Can anyone explain to me why the smelt do not run in little or big pain creeks anymore. was something spilled or did they die off because of the zebra mussels eating there food.I was told by a friend that they are running in canoga on 89.
didn't mean to sound bitter but the sportsman in NY are slowly going away and we need to keep together. A biologist I called told me that the smelt in Cayuga,the great lakesand soon to be owasco are competing for food with the Zebra Mussels and they can not out do the mussels.
Smelt got depleted during the late 80's from years of over stocking of Lake trout, last descent run of smelt I saw was in 93, after that kind of gave up on them... used to be some good times, if there's any new runs I don't blame people for being tight lipped..
Does anyone Smelt off of Lake Ontario in the Wayne,Cayuga,Oswego County areas?