*Close-up of smelt for sale at a seafood market*
*—Photio by* *ChildofMidnight*

Adapted from Robert Whitcomb’s “Digital Diary,’’ in GoLocal24.com

September and October remind me of smelt fishing with a bamboo pole and two hooks on a spreader on a dock in the harbor down the wooded hill from our house. The sky always seemed to be clear, and the cool wind from the east included a whiff of the marsh along the channel to the harbor.

It was an exhilarating early fall ritual coming as the maples started to turn bright colors and the apples were at their peak.

Smelt are delicious fried with a little corn meal, lemon and butter.

Hit this link for a few pointers.