Smelt Fish

Description: Some know this fish as the frost fish or ice fish. As you can guess, this small cousin of salmon and trout likes cool water.

Smelt Fish
Details
Internal Fish ID
Fish Type
Habitat	Lover's Lake (Threatened) Heartbreak Falls (Threatened)
Minimum Pole	Level 49 Reelistic
Bait Preference	Allure Chum
Resources	Antifreeze Protein (99% Attract)
Statistics
Minimum Weight	3 oz / 85 g
Minimum Points	2,700 Points
Minimum Tournament Points	?
Minimum Earnings	2,700 Gold
Leader Boards
Smelt Fish Page
Smelt Fish Longest Streaks
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Smelt Fish Trophy Catches
Smelt Fish Most Catches

Notes:
982nd fish released & also the Smelt Fish's ID #. Found here: https://fishwrangler.com/fish/982

Part of the following Quests: Smelted Perch (9 fish required), Small Brown (17 fish required), and Buttered Burbot (34 fish required).

Smelt Fish Quests

Smelted Perch

• Difficulty: 5/10
  
• Description: You overheard Chef Wolfie say that this is his other signature dish.
  
• Pole Requirements: Level 44+ Reelistic
  

• Quest specific tips: The Smelt requires a level 49 Reelistic. All of the fish are found in Lover's Lake again. The first two are Numerous habitat and should come fairly easy. The bottle neck fish will likely be either the Yellow Perch or the Smelt, which are Very Rare and Threatened respectively. One can also catch the Smelt at Heartbreak Falls if have unlocked that island, but there is no benefit in going there as it is the same Threatened habitat at both locations.
  
• Catch Requirements: 32 Splake Fish, 16 White Catfish Fish, 15 Yellow Perch Fish, 9 Smelt Fish ×1.5 when done with friend
  

Small Brown

• Difficulty: 6/10
  
• Description: Ever hear of the "hot brown" sandwich they love in Louisville? Just substitute perch for the turkey!
  
• Pole Requirements: Level 55+ Reelistic
  

• Quest specific tips: The Channel Catfish requires a level 60 Reelistic. This quest will likely take some amount of time. Start off in Lover's Lake to catch the first Yellow Perch. Players then have the option of either staying at Lover's Lake or it is recommended to head over to Heartbreak Falls to catch the next two of Smelt and White Perch. As the White Perch has a better Endangered habitat in Heartbreak Falls opposed to NE habitat at Lover's Lake. However be aware that the last fish, Channel Catfish, can only be found at Lover's Lake so will need to head back there if you chose to move to Heartbreak Falls. So fishing at Heartbreak Falls will mean being unable to catch any Channel Catfish while knocking out the other two fish.

The Channel Catfish with a Almost Extinct habitat will likely be your bottle neck fish regardless which island route one takes and will likely take a decent amount of time catching 13 of them unless choosing to use some boosts like Love Chum and/or even Liquid Gold.

• Catch Requirements: 28 Yellow Perch Fish, 17 Smelt Fish, 15 White Perch Fish, 13 Channel Catfish Fish ×1.5 when done with friend
  

Buttered Burbot

• Difficulty: 7/10
  
• Description: Mm, mm! This is nearly as good as buttered lobster!
  
• Pole Requirements: Level 69+ Reelistic
  

• Quest specific tips: The Burbot requires a level 74 Reelistic. All of the fish can be found at Heartbreak Falls. Start off with the Allure Chum to catch the Smelt. With some luck, most of the Smallmouth Bass and Burbot will be caught while eliminating the Smelt, as they have Fairly Prolific and Numerous habitats respectively. If not might want to switch to the Stinky Chum which will attract the last two Brown Bullhead and the Burbot. The Smelt or the Brown Bullhead both with a Threatened habitat will likely be your bottle neck fish. Even though the Smelt starts off with a quest boost, as there are 34 of them it still might be your last fish needed to finish. This quest will likely go quicker then the prior one though.
  
• Catch Requirements: 34 Smelt Fish, 22 Smallmouth Bass Fish, 10 Brown Bullhead Fish, 20 Burbot Fish ×1.5 when done with friend