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Stuffed Flounder
Ingredients:
1 1/2 pounds flounder fillets
1 cup crabmeat - drained, flaked and cartilage
removed
1 tbsp. finely chopped green bell pepper
1/4 tsp. ground dry mustard
1/4 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
1/4 tsp. salt
¼ tsp. white pepper, to taste
3 crushed saltine crackers
1 egg white
1 tbsp. mayonnaise
1/4 cup butter, melted
1 egg yolk
5 tbsp. mayonnaise
1/2 tsp. paprika
2 tbsp. dried parsley
Directions:
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Rinse
the fillets and pat dry with paper towels. Combine
crab meat, green pepper, mustard powder,
Worcestershire sauce, salt, white pepper and the
crushed saltines. Combine the egg white and 1 tbsp.
mayonnaise. Stir this into the crab meat mixture.
Brush the flounder fillets with melted butter. Place
in a lightly greased, shallow baking dish. Spoon the
crab mixture over the fillets and drizzle with any
remaining butter. Bake the fillets at 400 degrees
for 15 minutes. While the fish is baking, lightly
beat the egg yolk in a small bowl. Stir in 5 tbsp.
mayonnaise. Remove fish from oven and spread this
mixture over the stuffing; sprinkle with paprika and
parsley. Increase oven temperature to 450 degrees
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This Week's Article |
Let the
Big Gals Swim
Tim and I made it out last Friday morning for a quick
early morning top-water fishing session. We were happy to see the
wind had finally quit blowing, although a little breeze would have
helped with the gnats that were as thick as I have ever seen. We
picked a bank we’ve enjoyed some success on and at 6:05am we lowered
the trolling motor into the water and began our fun. The first
strike came from a small bluefish and the second strike was one of
those strikes that will be etched in our memories forever. Tim had
just made his cast along the grass and began his retrieve when there
was a vicious strike and splash. The line began to peel off of his
reel and each time he got a little back he lost a little more. We
both knew he had hooked a redfish lying up against the grass. When
the fish came to the boat, I had to do a double take. When I told
him he had a trout he just laughed and said, “Yeah right”. His eyes
opened wide when I reached down with the net and brought a big ole
trout into the boat. We took a measurement and she was 23” long and
really fat, Tim’s largest trout to date and the largest we’ve caught
on top-water. Looking at the stomach you could tell she was full of
roe, so we placed her back in the water and sent her on her way.
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New Atlantic Sharnose
Shark Record Set Off Murrells Inlet
A South Carolina angler established the state's first
Marine Gamefish State Record for her catch of an Atlantic sharpnose
shark.
Lori Murphy, of Myrtle Beach, caught a 13-pound, 5-ounce Atlantic
sharpnose shark on April 18, off of Murrells Inlet, which adds a
record for this species to the Marine Gamefish Record list.
Murphy, 36, set out at 4:30 a.m. for a fun filled day
of fishing with her husband, Sean. The adventurous couple trekked 55
miles offshore from Murrells Inlet to fish near the Winyah Scarp.
Aboard their 21-foot Sea Chaser boat, Lori and Sean first began
trolling in hopes of catching a few pelagic species. They landed a
dolphin and released another before they tried their luck at bottom
fishing. After landing a large red grouper, Lori hooked the Atlantic
sharpnose shark. She had the shark to the boat in a few short
minutes, using her new Blackfin Pro Pink fishing rod paired with a
Shimano Torium reel and using squid for bait. The female shark was a
big keeper, and Lori knew that the species had not yet filled its
record slot and contacted the S.C. Department of Natural Resources
(DNR). David Player, a fisheries biologist with the DNR's Marine
Resources Division in Charleston, met Lori at Seven Sea Seafood in
Murrells Inlet to verify and certify the catch.
For a current listing of South Carolina's State Record
Marine Game fish, visit the DNR Web site at
www.dnr.sc.gov/fish/saltrecs/record.html . Contact Amy Dukes,
program coordinator, with the Office of Fisheries Management,
DukesA@dnr.sc.gov , or call
at (843) 953-9365 for more information.
Celebrate National
Fishing, Boating Week May 31-June 7 By Getting Outside!
The S.C. Department of Natural Resources has been busy
preparing for the ninth annual National Fishing and Boating Week,
May 31June 7.
National Fishing and Boating Week is an annual event coordinated by
the Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation (www.rbff.org) to
help share the benefits of fishing and boating. Boating and fishing
both offer valuable opportunities to reconnect with family and
friends. Whether it is an afternoon full of excitement out on the
water or a relaxing afternoon fishing from the pier, each year this
annual event falls on the first week of June.
To get out and learn more about fishing in South
Carolina, the S.C. Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Aquatic
Education Section will be offering a free basic fishing seminar for
families Monday, June 1 and Tuesday, June 2 at the Cohen Campbell
Fish Hatchery in at 2726 Fish Hatchery Road, West Columbia.
Reservations are required, as space is limited. To obtain more
information or reserve your spot, call Lorianne Riggin at (803)
737-8483 or e-mail
aquaticed@dnr.sc.gov . The week's events will continue with
three youth fishing rodeos to be held Saturday, June 6 around the
state. These events will be held in Darlington, Oconee and Richland
counties. To learn more about these and the remaining 2009 fishing
rodeos visit the Fishing Rodeo Web site at
www.dnr.sc.gov/aquaticed.
In addition to the aquatic education courses, DNR will
be offering three boater education courses in the Calhoun/Orangeburg
Area, Richland/Lexington area and Spartanburg County. Unless noted,
boater education courses are free of charge, but require
pre-registration. More information can be found at
http://dnr.sc.gov/education/boated.html for these and all additional
upcoming boater education courses.
The week's events will be capped off with South
Carolina's free fishing days June 6-7. Free fishing days allow
people who would like to try the sport of fishing to go without
having to purchase a license. Fishing equipment and tackle can be
borrowed for the free fishing days at a nearby tackle loaner site.
The state's 26 tackle loaner sites are housed in state and county
parks all over South Carolina. Make sure to call ahead to the tackle
loaner site of your choice to find out more information about the
site you'll be visiting, the type of bait you'll need to bring and
to make sure equipment will be available. To rent out equipment is
free! For a full list of tackle loaner sites and their locations
visit
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Tide Chart |
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30 Thursday |
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12:34AM LDT 6.1 H |
07:07AM LDT 0.2 L |
01:13PM LDT 4.9 H |
07:14PM LDT 0.0 L |
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01:37AM
LDT 5.8 H |
08:07AM
LDT 0.2 L |
02:19PM
LDT 4.9 H |
08:20PM
LDT 0.2 L |
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2 Saturday |
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02:40AM
LDT 5.6 H |
09:08AM
LDT 0.2 L |
03:25PM
LDT 5.1 H |
09:28PM
LDT 0.3 L |
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3 Sunday |
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03:42AM
LDT 5.5 H |
10:06AM
LDT 0.1 L |
04:28PM
LDT 5.4 H |
10:33PM
LDT 0.2 L |
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The Final Word |
Several
days of nice weather have given us some great fishing
opportunities and reports. Offshore things are heating up.
Plenty of dolphin are being caught from 350’ of water out to
1200’. There are also some nice wahoo and blackfin tuna
being caught and even a few yellowfin tuna, although it is
starting to look like the bulk of the yellowfin may pass us
by. We will just have to wait and hope that is not the case.
Some really nice snapper and grouper are being taken
offshore right now as well. Inshore the redfish have been
active along with the trout. Some really large trout were
caught over the last week. The top-water bite for these
species is really beginning to turn out. Early morning has
been really good and the early evening bite is good as well.
Sheepshead fishing was front and center with the CIA
Sheepshead Tournament this past week. Plenty of fish were
caught, while the upper size range was a little bit smaller
than past tournaments, there were still some nice fish
weighed in. The surf fishing is beginning to pick up with
some nice big reds being taken in the surf on live and cut
mullet. So far Saturday is looking to be good weather wise
with a possible front coming on Sunday, but it is only
Wednesday as I write this so as usual we will have to play
it by ear.
Tight
lines…
Andy Pickett
CharlestonFishing.Com
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