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Recipe of the Week |
Baked Sheepshead
Ingredients:
2 lbs Sheepshead Filets
2 Tbsp butter
2 Tbsp Crisco
2 Tbsp flour
Parsley
1 pint boiling water
1/3 cup Red Wine
Ketchup
Salt
Cayenne pepper
4 eggs
1/2 pint cream or butter
Directions:
Put the butter and lard in a skillet. Add flour, a
little parsley, boiling water, wine, catsup, salt
and cayenne pepper. Boil for a few minutes. Take the
eggs and cream or butter and beat well together. Lay
the fish in a large, deep dish. Pour the gravy from
the skillet over it. Spread the butter mixture over
the top of the fish. Bake at 350 until fish flakes
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3.18.2010 Volume XI Issue #11 |
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This Week's Article |
Waking
Up Hungry
It was just a couple of weeks ago a friend told me his
son had run across a school of redfish and he could actually bump
the fish with his boat paddle and they would move just enough to
avoid the paddle and then stop again.
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This Week's News
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NOAA Seeking Public
Comment on the Comprehensive Ecosystem-Based Amendment 1 - Comment
Period Ends May 3, 2010
NOAA Fisheries Service announced the availability
of the Comprehensive Ecosystem-Based Amendment 1 (CE-BA 1) March 4,
2010 (75 FR 9864). Comments on CE-BA 1 will be accepted through May
3, 2010.
CE-BA 1 proposes to amend the Coral, Coral Reefs,
Live/Hard Bottom Habitats of the South Atlantic Region Fishery
Management Plan (Coral FMP) to establish deepwater Coral Habitat
Areas of Particular Concern (CHAPCs) to protect what is believed to
be the largest distribution (>60,000 square kilometers; 23,000
square miles) of deepwater coral ecosystems in the world. In the
South Atlantic region, deepwater coral ecosystems are coral, coral
reefs, and live/hardbotttom habitat in waters extending from 400
meters (1,300 feet) to the seaward boundary of the exclusive
economic zone.
Within the proposed CHAPCs, the possession of coral species and the
use of all bottom damaging gear would be prohibited including bottom
longline, trawl (bottom and mid-water), dredge, pot or trap, or the
use of an anchor, anchor and chain, or grapple and chain by all
fishing vessels.
Click here to read full article
Golden Tilefish Trip
Limit Decreased To 300 Pounds Per Day For
Commercial Hook-and-Line Vessels In The South Atlantic
The daily vessel trip limit for the commercial fishery
for golden tilefish in the South Atlantic is reduced to 300 pounds,
effective 12:01 a.m. (local time) March 18, 2010. NOAA Fisheries
Service has determined 75 percent of the subzone’s 295,000-pound
quota will be landed by March 18, 2010.
Reduction of the trip limit for the golden tilefish
fishery in the South Atlantic complies with regulations implemented
under the Fishery Management Plan for the Snapper-Grouper Fishery of
the South Atlantic Region. The 300-pound trip limit applies to
vessels fishing for golden tilefish in or from the exclusive
economic zone in the South Atlantic region. The 300-pound trip limit
will remain in effect until the quota is reached and the fishery
closes or until the end of the current fishing year (December 31,
2010), whichever occurs first.
Commercial Fishery for Vermilion
Snapper Closing to Vessels Fishing in the South Atlantic Federal
Waters on March 19, 2010
The commercial fishery for vermilion snapper in the
South Atlantic federal waters is closed, effective 12:01 a.m. (local
time) March 19, 2010, through June 30, 2010. NOAA Fisheries Service
has determined the 2010 January through June commercial quota of
315,523 pounds of vermilion snapper will be reached by this date.
During the closure period, no person aboard a vessel
with a commercial snapper-grouper permit may commercially fish for
vermilion snapper in federal waters of the South Atlantic. During
the closure, all harvest or possession of vermilion snapper in or
from South Atlantic federal waters is restricted to the bag and
possession limits and the sale or purchase of such fish is
prohibited.
In addition, for a person on board a vessel with a
federal commercial or charter vessel/headboat snapper-grouper
permit, these provisions of the closure for vermilion snapper would
apply regardless of whether the fish are harvested in state or
federal waters.
Closure of the commercial fishery for vermilion snapper
in the South Atlantic complies with regulations implementing the
Amendment 16 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Snapper-Grouper
Fishery of the South Atlantic Region and is necessary to protect the
snapper-grouper resource.
The operator of a vessel with vermilion snapper in excess of the bag
or possession limit aboard must have landed such vermilion snapper
prior to 12:01 a.m., local time, March 19, 2010, and all sale or
purchase of vermilion snapper must occur prior to 12:01 a.m., local
time, March 19, 2010. The prohibition on sale or purchase does not
apply to sale or purchase of vermilion snapper that were harvested,
landed ashore, and sold prior to 12:01 a.m., local time, March 19,
2010, and were held in cold storage by a dealer or processor.
From SC DNR
Anglers
reminded of regulation change for recreational marine bottom fishing
The S.C. Department of Natural Resources, in cooperation with the
South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, reminds anglers of
several changes in recreational marine bottom fishing regulations.
Check the S.C. Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Web site for
complete saltwater regulations:
www.dnr.sc.gov/regs/saltwaterregs.html
The following is an abbreviated list of commonly caught species:
- Vermillion Snapper
Open Season: April 1 - Dec. 31
Possession Limit: 5/person/day; excluded from 10
snapper/person/day limit
Size Limit: 12" min.
- Red Snapper
Possession prohibited through June 2, 2010 and may be extended
186 days
- Gag grouper
Open Season: May 1 - Dec. 31
Possession Limit: No more than 1 person/day; included in 3
grouper/person/day limit
Size Limit: 24" min.
- Scamp, Red & Yellowmouth grouper
Open Season: May 1 - Dec. 31
Possession Limit: Included in 3 grouper/ person/day limit
Size Limit: 20" min.
- Coney, Grasby, Red and Rock Hind
Open Season: May 1 - Dec. 31
Possession Limit: Included in 3 grouper/ person/day limit
Size Limit: None
- Warsaw & Speckled Hind
No Closed Season
Possession Limit: Included in 3 grouper/ person/day limit; no
more than 1 per vessel per trip; may not be sold or traded; no
transfer at sea
Size Limit: None
Please note possession of a
de-hooking device is required when fishing for snapper/grouper
species. Sale of snapper grouper under recreational bag limit is
prohibited unless the vessel owner has a Federal Commercial Snapper
Grouper permit and applicable South Carolina commercial licenses. |
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Tide Chart |
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25 Thursday |
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04:04AM LDT 5.5 H |
10:38AM LDT 0.3 L |
04:41PM LDT 5.0 H |
10:55PM LDT -0.2 L |
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05:11AM LDT 5.7 H |
11:38AM LDT -0.1 L |
05:46PM LDT 5.4 H |
11:59PM LDT -0.5 L |
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27 Saturday |
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06:11AM LDT 5.9 H |
12:32PM LDT -0.4 L |
06:45PM LDT 5.9 H |
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28 Sunday |
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12:58AM LDT -0.8 L |
07:06AM LDT 6.0 H |
01:23PM LDT -0.7 L |
07:39PM LDT 6.3 H |
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The Final Word |
Small
Craft warnings curbed the fishing action this past weekend,
but hopefully this weekend will be a little more stable.
There are some nice reports of sheepshead from the reefs,
but also inshore as well. If you do not feel like fighting a
crowd, just go pick a spot at the jetties or a dock in the
water way and you will probably find some. The fact that
there are sheepshead inshore this time of year tends to get
overlooked a lot. The redfish bite is picking up inshore as
the water temps come up the fish are getting more active and
feeding. Trout reports are still a little slow, but
hopefully they will pick up as the water temperatures rise.
The black sea bass fishing is on wide open offshore right
now. I would expect that any day now if the weather will
cooperate we will get some reports of dolphin offshore. The
wahoo bite should also be very good if you can get there.
This time of year is also prime time to catch a mako shark
as well. The weather for Saturday is looking good for
getting out on the water, but we will need to wait and see
of the big fan turns on.
Tight
lines…
Andy Pickett
CharlestonFishing.Com
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