Hali spoons for Smelt

[goggleye57]

I want to try some smelt fishing this Winter. What size and color of hali jig should I buy? They have them in a 50, 35 and a 25 size. Could some of you smelt experts help me out?

[barnacle bill]

i use the 35's in silver and have always have had goodluck but they come in lots of different colors, but will be trying a new smelt rig and will post the results. b.b.

[Jumpshootin']

We had good luck last winter with the 25's in the blue pattern. We'll see if they do well this year.

[goggleye57]

Hey I went to Gander Mountain in Ft. Wayne and bought a bunch of different ones.(they were 5% off) You know you got enough when your wife frowns at you :lol: Now I got to go use them!

[schaaed1]

Hey I went to Gander Mountain in Ft. Wayne and bought a bunch of different ones.(they were 5% off) You know you got enough when your wife frowns at you :lol: Now I got to go use them!

Consider yourself LUCKY ... my wife frowns at me if I even say the word Gander ...!!! Kinda like this .... :smile-mad

[THE BAIT SHOP GUY]

We used to have some good smelt fishing on LBDN thru the ice, and Hali's were one of my favorite baits. If you replace the single hook with a small treble, it really increases your hook-ups. Just cut off the single hook with some wire cutters, then add a small split-ring to the bottom of the chain. Put a #14 or #16 treble on the split-ring and your good to go.

[fishindude]

When i use hali's for smelt im really not concerend so much with the color. Most of my smelt fishing us done in 30-45 ft of water so i use the size 50 to get them down faster. I also use these for perch and then I will go with the size 35. For the past couple years(except last year) i did really well with any color hali's at higgins lake. I think catching smelt is mostly in the jigging action, not the color of your jig. And to answer your question since i am usually fishing down alittle deeper i like to use the ones that have some silver or gold or are just alittle bit of flash to them. Like i said before, i think that if you find a jigging pattern you will catch a whole lot more fish