cooking smelt?

I received a couple dozen smelt and i was wondering if anyone knows how to cook them? I was going to try to smoke them but any recipes would be appreciated.

There are many ways to cook smelt but fried seems very popular
here is one recipe

http://fishcooking.about.com/od/wholefishrecipes/r/fried_smelt.htm

If you google smelt recipe or even just smelt you will find all you need to know about cooking smelt.

Somebody up north give you the smelt??

Thanks but no my marina gave them to me because they were takeing up to much space in freezer. they are from the great lakes he said.

you can always use them as fluke bait

I used to smoke cigarettes, now just cigars, but how do you keep a smelt lit?

Sorry, sometimes I just can't resist