This picture captures a handful of the many happy fisherpeople (a woman's wearing the red hat) pulling jacksmelt out of the promontory near Crab Cove in mid-February.
Marge talked to them (as well as got their permission for Sergei to photograph their catches) and learned jacksmelt have habits similar to sardines in that they "run" in large schools for a couple of days then disappear. Fisherpeople bring coolers, buckets, and any other containers to hold their catch and hook as many as they can until its over.
One thing about jacksmelt: they are sleek and pretty. While still alive yellow patches glow on both sides of their heads - near the gills.
"Sergei, don't you get a sense of what it's like inside the roiling school while this is going on? Imagine the sunlight playing over hundreds - thousands? - of glistening silver fish bodies with flashes of golden yellow everywhere."
"I'm not much of a swimmer, Marge, so I'd wait until they're in the cooler until I appreciate 'em. Imagine the taste when they come out of the pan and are served up for dinner tonight!"
Two views of dinner.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the promontory, shorebirds enjoyed a bit of hunt and peck for lunch.
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