come you virgin…. we go SMELTING 2023 EDITION!!!!

[Reporter]

It’s anybody’s preference.  No one can force another to go smelting.

[Reporter]

The fish are smelting, too.

https://www.facebook.com/reel/705021828094399/?mibextid=rS40aB7S9Ucbxw6v

[Reporter]

Didn't get much last night. Will try again this weekend.

[hmgROCK]

good stuff man
still ice here
these cold won't go away

 

yea buddy on facebook say duluth full run is probably going happen soon
maybe this weekend

 

[Reporter]

Couldn't fill the basket from the streams last night.

[hmgROCK]

Couldn't fill the basket from the streams last night.

hahaha

no luck eh?
i got some this week
im good for this year

[hmgROCK]

Didn’t get the mother load we wanted
to share with the relatives and friends

But

Enough to spread around with my crew

 

[Reporter]

Last night was a bit better but not much  more. However, see how they put eggs
around pebbles under the water? Well, those eggs won't ever hatch ever for next year.
Their population is lowered by this pebble's plight from last  night.

[Reporter]

[hmgROCK]

Damn dude
You eat the head and everything huh

 

[Reporter]

Yes.

I'm not a Yang, so I
don't have to worry about eating
the hearts with the rest of the fish, too.

[Reporter]

Not much and they are still running tonight to the next 2 or 3 days.
But we aren't going back till next spring. Gotta let these blistered hands
heal first.


30-gallon cooler.

[Reporter]

Some Hmong guy and his friends got these. (Photo from Hmong Fishing on Facebook by a  certain Ty Vang.)

[hmgROCK]

nice haul
makes my black heart happy

 

[Reporter]

Satisfy yourself more tonight, Rock. The run will end later this week for sure.