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Recipe of the Week |
Grilled Red Snapper
With Mustard
Ingredients:
½ cup Dijon mustard
2 tablespoon red wine vinegar
1 teaspoon ground red pepper
4 red snapper fillets
Directions:
Combine mustard, vinegar and red pepper in small
bowl; mix well. Coat fish thoroughly with mustard
mixture. Place fish on grid. Grill, covered, over
medium-high heat 8 minutes, turning halfway through
grilling time, or until fish flakes easily when
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12.3.2009 Volume X Issue #41 |
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This Week's Article |
Replacing Hooks
Last week I had a really productive top-water fishing
session. After the beating my lure took, the hooks were a complete
mess. They were bent so badly I am really surprised I was catching
anything toward the end of my trip. That afternoon I ran by the
tackle shop and picked up a package of treble hooks. I did not think
to take a hook with me to try and match the size and I was really in
a hurry and picked up a pack that I knew were a little larger, but I
thought they may actually help with the hook up ratio. Thankfully I
thought to take a trip down to the landing before my next fishing
trip to see how the effect of the replacement hooks on the lures.
The hooks I chose were much too heavy and caused to lure to sit very
low in the water and it almost sank when I stopped my retrieve.
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This Week's News
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Marine Anglers: -
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The 2009 dolphin tagging activity will likely end being
one of the lowest years in the number of fish tagged. This is not
surprising when anglers along the entire East Coast reported making
fewer offshore trips this year due to the economy. What is
surprising is the doubling of the historical rate for tag recoveries
being reported. This year already has the second highest number of
tagged fish reported recovered, 50 fish, in a single year.
This increase in reporting tag recoveries is certainly
due to better informed and more cooperative offshore fishermen. The
great coverage provided this program by the printed outdoor media,
especially the regional and national magazines, has played the key
role in informing anglers about the study and the importance of
reporting the recapture of tagged dolphin. I thank all of the
writers, editors and publishers who have placed this information in
front the offshore fishermen.
We are in the middle of our holiday season. While we
all face our own personal problems, we should stop and give thanks
for all of the blessing that we do have. You don’t have to look far
to find people far worse off that yourself. I recognize that one of
my greatest blessings is to know and work with you, the greatest
group of conservation minded fishermen gathered under one cause.
Wishing you a joyful and safe holiday season,
Don
Donald L. Hammond, Marine Fisheries Biologist
Cooperative Sciences Services, LLC
961 Anchor Rd. Charleston, SC 29412-4902 (843) 795-7524
cssllc@bellsouth.net
www.dolphintagging.com
Trout Stocking By Helicopter Set For
Dec. 1 - DNR stocking in Saluda River to benefit $14 million trout
fishery
The S.C. Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will stock
thousands of rainbow and brown trout into the lower Saluda River
near Columbia, Tuesday morning, Dec. 1, using a helicopter and a
specialized lift bucket.
Helicopter stocking allows the DNR to better distribute
trout up and down the river system and prevents the concentration of
fish in any particular area. Trout will come from Walhalla State
Fish Hatchery in Oconee County. The Saluda River is unique because
its popular trout fishery is essentially an artificial situation.
Trout must be stocked there and can survive only because of the
cold-water releases from the bottom of the Lake Murray dam. The Dec.
1 stocking will include some 13,000 six-inch brown trout and 5,100
eleven inch rainbow trout, over 3000 pounds of fish.
The DNR stocks about 30,000 trout each year in the
Saluda from December through April in what it calls a "put, grow and
take" fishery that relies on stocking to maintain populations and
the cooperation of anglers for success. Young trout grow rapidly
after stocking, if allowed to remain in the river. For young trout
to reach their potential, however, they must not be removed from the
river immediately after stocking. If given time to grow, they can
reach up to 16 inches, considered trophy size for this type of
fishery. If trout are to reach this size, anglers must practice
catch-and-release fishing, especially during the winter and early
spring. DNR conservation officers will also be patrolling the river
heavily to try and hold down over-the-limit catches.
South Carolina's trout fishery generates about $9
million annually for the state's economy in direct retail sales,
with a total estimated economic output of more than $14 million,
according to the "National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife
Associated Recreation" published by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service. The effects of trout fishing can be felt in many segments
of Upstate and Midlands communities, from motels and restaurants to
gas stations and sporting goods stores. More than 400,000 trout are
stocked into public waters in the state's upcountry each year by the
South Carolina DNR. The trout are stocked in more than 50 cold-water
rivers and streams in Greenville, Pickens and Oconee counties, in
Lake Jocassee, and in the cool tail-waters below the Lake Hartwell
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Tide Chart |
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3 Thursday |
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01:51AM LST -0.6 L |
08:12AM LST 6.7 H |
02:42PM LST -0.1 L |
08:35PM LST 5.2 H |
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02:42AM LST -0.6 L |
09:03AM LST 6.6 H |
03:32PM LST -0.1 L |
09:28PM LST 5.2 H |
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5 Saturday |
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03:35AM LST -0.6 L |
09:57AM LST 6.5 H |
04:24PM LST -0.1 L |
10:25PM LST 5.2 H |
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6 Sunday |
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04:30AM LST -0.4 L |
10:51AM LST 6.2 H |
05:17PM LST 0.0 L |
11:25PM LST 5.2 H |
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The Final Word |
Fishing
this past week was really good. Plenty of folks took
advantage of some great weather days to get out on the
water. Offshore the bottom fishing is very good with good
catches of snapper, grouper, and trigger fish from 60’ on
out. There were also some really nice catches of black fin
tuna with a sailfish or two thrown in. Inshore the redfish
and trout are in full fall mode, eating aggressively. Try
fishing live bait or artificials. Scented baits are also
working very well. The sheepshead fishing is very good
around the docks and the jetties. Live fiddler crabs are the
bait of choice. The weather for this weekend is still
looking a little unpredictable with a good chance of rain on
Saturday. We hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving Day.
Tight
lines…
Andy Pickett
CharlestonFishing.Com
SouthCarolinaOnTheLakes.Com |
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