My favorite new spinning reel! Excellent performance for a reasonable price!
Oh, and nice fish, too!
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Commodore5,031 postsSince 2020
Snapper what rod do you have the reel set up with?
Commodore5,031 postsSince 2020
With the crummy weekend forecast on our minds, headed out early this morning, with Capt. Mike - KenScot was busy being on stand-by for his office, and so couldn't join us.
He didn't miss much. Despite a very nice drift in the deep, only one keeper for the day along with maybe 8 throwbacks, and the usual mixed bag of tasty critter culprits.
Hit a couple of my pet open/broken bottom drops, and a couple of deeper hard bottom areas, but couldn't get a thing going. Sad, because the conditions today were about as good as you could ask for. So much so that I stuck with my new Evict 2000/BH 691UL spinning setup for pretty much the entire day. That rig is SMOKIN'!, by the way! This trip was pretty disappointing, as after last Saturday's trip, it looked as though things were on the upswing. Apparently, not so much.
At least I got to test out my repair of my overheating cooling system. Throwing $450 worth of new RW pump into the boat, solved it. Mo' money, mo' money, mo' money! 🙄
I hope things turn around for the coming Holiday weekend, as this crappy fluking is becoming a major bummer.
Anyway, the big biscuit will be made whole, Asian-style. Can't wait to see my wife's face when her dinner will be staring back at her. This oughta be fun!
He didn't miss much. Despite a very nice drift in the deep, only one keeper for the day along with maybe 8 throwbacks, and the usual mixed bag of tasty critter culprits.
Hit a couple of my pet open/broken bottom drops, and a couple of deeper hard bottom areas, but couldn't get a thing going. Sad, because the conditions today were about as good as you could ask for. So much so that I stuck with my new Evict 2000/BH 691UL spinning setup for pretty much the entire day. That rig is SMOKIN'!, by the way! This trip was pretty disappointing, as after last Saturday's trip, it looked as though things were on the upswing. Apparently, not so much.
At least I got to test out my repair of my overheating cooling system. Throwing $450 worth of new RW pump into the boat, solved it. Mo' money, mo' money, mo' money! 🙄
I hope things turn around for the coming Holiday weekend, as this crappy fluking is becoming a major bummer.
Anyway, the big biscuit will be made whole, Asian-style. Can't wait to see my wife's face when her dinner will be staring back at her. This oughta be fun!
"Luck" is when preparation meets opportunity.
I prefer fishing evolution to fishing extinction.
If ya want to clean up the water, ya gotta get the pigs out of the creek.
I prefer fishing evolution to fishing extinction.
If ya want to clean up the water, ya gotta get the pigs out of the creek.
CaptainOriginal Crew2,216 postsSince 2018
Big ones turned on today in NJ sticky stuff. My buddy dropped one even bigger than this one, we'll try to fin
d it tomorrow.
Once in a while you can get shown the light
In the strangest of places if you look at it right
In the strangest of places if you look at it right
First MateOriginal Crew286 postsSince 2018
With the crummy weekend forecast on our minds, headed out early this morning, with Capt. Mike - KenScot was busy being on stand-by for his office, and so couldn't join us.
He didn't miss much. Despite a very nice drift in the deep, only one keeper for the day along with maybe 8 throwbacks, along with the usual mixed bag of culprits.
Hit a couple of my pet open/broken bottom drops, and a couple of deeper hard bottom areas, but couldn't get a thing going. Sad, because the conditions today were about as good as you could ask for. So much so that I stuck with my new Evict 2000/BH 691UL spinning setup for pretty much the entire day. That rig is SMOKIN'!, by the way! This trip was pretty disappointing, as after last Saturday's trip, it looked as though things were on the upswing. Apparently, not so much.
At least I got to test out my repair of my overheating cooling system. Throwing $450 worth of new RW pump into the boat, solved it. Mo' money, mo' money, mo' money! 🙄
I hope things turn around for the coming Holiday weekend, as this crappy fluking is becoming a major bummer.
Anyway, the big biscuit will be made whole, Asian-style. Can't wait to see my wife's face when her dinner will be staring back at her. This oughta be fun!
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Commodore5,031 postsSince 2020
HA - very nice! Have to admit, I’m envious! One of the Seven Deadly Sins, right? 😈
SH27 - not happenin’ ‘til tomorrow, but here’s a hint:
SH27 - not happenin’ ‘til tomorrow, but here’s a hint:
"Luck" is when preparation meets opportunity.
I prefer fishing evolution to fishing extinction.
If ya want to clean up the water, ya gotta get the pigs out of the creek.
I prefer fishing evolution to fishing extinction.
If ya want to clean up the water, ya gotta get the pigs out of the creek.
CaptainOriginal Crew2,216 postsSince 2018
HA - very nice! Have to admit, I’m envious! One of the Seven Deadly Sins, rIght? 😈
SH27 - not happenin’ ‘til tomorrow, but here’s a hint:
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John
CaptainOriginal Crew1,979 postsSince 2018
HA - very nice! Have to admit, I’m envious! One of the Seven Deadly Sins, rIght? 😈
SH27 - not happenin’ ‘til tomorrow, but here’s a hint:
View attachment 21224
Commodore5,031 postsSince 2020
Anyway, the big biscuit will be made whole, Asian-style. Can't wait to see my wife's face when her dinner will be staring back at her. This oughta be fun!
This is what I thought of when you said this!
Commodore5,031 postsSince 2020
O.K., so here it is, Steamed Seabass, Asian-style . . . recipe at the bottom of this post. Borrowed (with respect) from On The Water's Youtube channel.
Fish properly cleaned and side-slashed:
Fish prepped with main ingredients:
Fresh out of our home-rigged stove-top steamer:
Plated with fish broth-infused Broccolini and brown rice:
The patient most definitely did not survive the operation:
And a toaster oven tray of the same ingredients and sauce over ling fillet:
The ingredients:
1 whole 2 to 3-pound black sea bass
2 tsps. salt
1-inch piece of ginger, julienned
3 cloves garlic. sliced thin
3 TBS fermented black beans, coarse chopped
3 whole scallions, julienned
2 TBS soy sauce
2 TBS dry sherry
Pinch of sugar
1½ TBS peanut oil
3/4 tsp. dark sesame oil
A minor handful of fresh cilantro
A thin-sliced small whole lime
After making it for the first time, I Would recommend picking up the quantities of all the ingredients a bit, maybe up 50% on each. And I would lose the salt, as the salt-cured black beans were more than enough in the sodium department, even after repeated rinsing.
Really a wonderful way to prepare a whole fish. Super-excellent tasting! Enjoy!
Here is the vid for your review. Its a bit talky, but they are not pro chefs:
Fish properly cleaned and side-slashed:
Fish prepped with main ingredients:
Fresh out of our home-rigged stove-top steamer:
Plated with fish broth-infused Broccolini and brown rice:
The patient most definitely did not survive the operation:
And a toaster oven tray of the same ingredients and sauce over ling fillet:
The ingredients:
1 whole 2 to 3-pound black sea bass
2 tsps. salt
1-inch piece of ginger, julienned
3 cloves garlic. sliced thin
3 TBS fermented black beans, coarse chopped
3 whole scallions, julienned
2 TBS soy sauce
2 TBS dry sherry
Pinch of sugar
1½ TBS peanut oil
3/4 tsp. dark sesame oil
A minor handful of fresh cilantro
A thin-sliced small whole lime
After making it for the first time, I Would recommend picking up the quantities of all the ingredients a bit, maybe up 50% on each. And I would lose the salt, as the salt-cured black beans were more than enough in the sodium department, even after repeated rinsing.
Really a wonderful way to prepare a whole fish. Super-excellent tasting! Enjoy!
Here is the vid for your review. Its a bit talky, but they are not pro chefs:
"Luck" is when preparation meets opportunity.
I prefer fishing evolution to fishing extinction.
If ya want to clean up the water, ya gotta get the pigs out of the creek.
I prefer fishing evolution to fishing extinction.
If ya want to clean up the water, ya gotta get the pigs out of the creek.
CaptainOriginal Crew2,216 postsSince 2018
O.K., so here it is, Asian Steamed Seabass . . . recipe at the bottom of this post. Borrowed from On The Water's website.
Fish prepped with main ingredients:
View attachment 21266
Fresh out of our home-rigged stove-top steamer:
View attachment 21267
Plated with the fish's broth-infused Broccolini and brown rice:
View attachment 21268
The patient most definitely did not survive the operation:
View attachment 21269
And a toaster oven tray of the same ingredients and sauce over ling fillet:
View attachment 21270
The ingredients:
1 whole 2 to 3-pound black sea bass
2 tsps. salt
1-inch piece of ginger, julienned
3 cloves garlic. sliced thin
3 TBS fermented black beans, coarse chopped
3 whole scallions, julienned
2 TBS soy sauce
2 TBS dry sherry
Pinch of sugar
1½ TBS peanut oil
3/4 tsp. dark sesame oil
A minor handful of fresh cilantro
I recommend picking up the quantities of all the ingredients a bit, maybe up 50% on each. I would lose the salt. as the salted black beans were more than enough, even after repeated rinsing.
Really a wonderful way to prepare a whole fish. Super-excellent tasting! Enjoy!
Here is the vid for your review. Its a bit talky, but they are not pro chefs:
Commodore5,031 postsSince 2020
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tomorrow looks like a bluebird day..hope the weather man is right.
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CaptainOriginal Crew1,185 postsSince 2019
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Im not fishing south in the deep...going to go east or west not sure..up to what the ocean looks like & wind direction when I break inlet...thinking of taking a ride east...
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CaptainOriginal Crew1,185 postsSince 2019
tomorrow looks like a bluebird day..hope the weather man is right.
Plan is to hit the sea bass grounds first then hunt down some fluke ?
At least I'm enjoyin' the ride.....
CommodoreOriginal Crew7,065 postsSince 2018
We hoping for same conditions here in Shinnecock. Looks like we may have to deal with the early morning fog that’s been hanging over the east end the past few weeks
Plan is to hit the sea bass grounds first then hunt down some fluke ?
John
CaptainOriginal Crew1,979 postsSince 2018
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no good reports south of jones over the weekend...I really dont like fishing on the weekends...I enjoy being the only boat in site
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CaptainOriginal Crew1,185 postsSince 2019
Caught a few this weekend, Sunday was sure a roaster.
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MateOriginal Crew108 postsSince 2019
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