Jimmy, Yeah, those were the good-ol days. I remember back in my boyhood fishing with my dad and uncle back in the coastline marshes in S. Louisiana. We'd get to a shallow bay and they'd jump overboard and start throwing clumps of oysters into the boat until it was at swamp-line. Then they'd break out their knives and hot-sauce and go to town. At that time, I thought oysters were gross. Then I got to liking them deep-fried on po-boys, and then I started eating them raw with coctail sauce and crackers. I really crave them now. A local restaurant had all-you-can-eat seafood Friday night for about a year. One item was raw oysters on the half shell. They were complaining that no one was eating them (Casper- hah). So for weeks me and a friend did them a favor and ate dozens and dozens of chilled oysters every Friday night. Unfortunately, that ended too. Last place I saw them was Henderson, Nevada, and they were $12 for a half dozen- small ones. !! Pass!!
DonO ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jimmy D. Moore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 22, 2005 2:05 PM Subject: [VFB] Was Baja...concern, now Oysters on half shell > DonO, I used to get my oysters by the tow sack full. Yep, when Jody and > I lived in Panama City, Fla, one of my Cub Masters ran an oyster boat. > He'd call me after a particularly good run, sometimes around 2 a.m. and > tell me if I wanted some fresh oysters, to meet him at his dock. When > I got there he always had a tow sack full for me. For the unitiated, a > tow sack is a burlap bag, same kind as they used to use for potatoes. > The bag would have upwards of 30 dozen fresh oysters in it. All I had > to do was keep them wet and cool. The oysters would last a couple > weeks with no problem. My neighbor and a couple of my other good > friends spent many a Sunday afternoon in our Florida Room eating raw > oysters and watching the NFL game. We shucked them ourselves with our > oyster knives, (I still have mine), and ate them right off the half > shell, didn't even bother washing them, along with some good strong > horse radish / seafood sauce, prepared by Jody, and a few saltines along > the way. And, to top it off, we'd always have a bunch of Bud iced down > to wash them down with. BOY, I MISS THOSE DAYS! Also had a > Scoutmaster who was a Shrimp Captain - Same story. In the 4 years we > lived in PC, I never bought any raw oysters or shrimp. Side note; The > first time I ate raw oysters, I polished off 6 dozen and have been > hooked on them ever since. > > Before I forget, I always entered the oyster eating contest in > Appalachicola, FL. Never won, but got lots of free oysters. The record > back then was 36 dozen. The best I ever did was 18 dozen, and we're not > talking about teeny weeny oysters like you get at the grocery nowadays. > The TV people interviewed the guy who polished off the 36 dozen, asking > him if he was going to rest when he got home. He laughed and said, > "yeah a little, then I'll probably have some more oysters." > Me - I went home, layed down on the couch and the danged oysters ran out > of my mouth. LOL > > JIMMY D > > > > DonO wrote: > > >You may be right, but this stuff looks sort of like a Sargasso weed > >(Sargasso Sea), but it is in the Sea of Cortez and they call it 'Sargasso'. > >It floats in rafts and drifts with the curents. > > > >90lbs is big for a white marlin. Good going. > > > >No kind of sport fishing is 'good' for the fish. (Kill-'n-eat is even more > >harmful.) Best you can do is the least amount of harm, or take underwater > >photos. :o) > > > >I'll have 6 dozen oysters on the half-shell, chilled, with coctail sauce, > >please. > > > >DonO > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: David Murphy > >To: [email protected] > >Sent: Monday, August 22, 2005 11:23 AM > >Subject: [VFB] Baja...concern, bait, shell > > > > > >DonO, > > > > > >Hold on inventer of the fly! Sargasso is Atlantic-side and you were > >Pacific. ;-))) > >I used to do quite of bit of bill fishing ect in the deep-blue. Caught a > >white marlin over 90lbs between St. Thomas and St. Johns some years back, > >tagged it, and got a mention in the IFFA report. Seems somebody caught the > >same fish of the coast of Africa. > >What scares me is the ballyhoo or bait fishing that seems to kill a lot of > >prime billfish (nothing like a sailfish with its gut turned inside out to > >get you out of bait fishing), pollution that is destroying the coral, and > >long-lining which takes turtles and fish not meant to be caught. Babble.... > > > >Anyway, it is evident that flyfishing is the only way to fish for fun while > >those who fish with bait are okay by me if they are eating the fish. > >Thoughts? > >BTW, there is a huge discussion on menhadden limits and oysters in the > >Chesapeake Bay right now. Menh are the food of gamefish (blues & stripers) > >here and oysters filter the water. Anyone want to discuss? > > > >Murf > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Member: www.virtualflybox.com > > > > > >From: "DonO" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: <[email protected]> > >To: <[email protected]> > >Subject: [VFB] Baja Report > >Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2005 08:48:40 -0600 > >We had a great time in Baja this year. The fishing was 'off', and towards > >the end of the dorado season, but we still got into a school of smaller > >ones, in the 3lb to 10lb class- great fun on 9wt. or less. It was fast and > >furious top-water flycasting, and awesome-hair sardines were the ticket. A > >combination strip and drag was the only way to entice a strike, > > > >The water chopped up for a > >couple of days, which was hard on my back, but otherwise the weather and > >seas cooperated. > > > >Just too few fish (although > >we did catch the 25 or so small ones BTB, and the tuna). Also, we couldn't > >find any Sargasso-weed, a favorite haunt of dorado. My favorite method is > >casting poppers along the edges of the Sargasso rafts. One of the reasons > >a local American gave us for the 'poor' fishing is that the Pacific water > >was warmer this year than the Sea of Cortez water, so the fish didn't come > >in to the gulf in anywhere near the numbers as previous years. > > > > > > > > > >With MSN Spaces email straight to your blog. Upload jokes, photos and more. > >It's free! > > > > > > > > > > -- > ******************************************************************* > Jimmy D. Moore - Scout Exec. BSA (Ret.), TOWA, TF&G Contributor, GRTU Past VP. Past Pres. McGregor Rotary. Freelance Outdoor writer, humorist, half-assed Texan and collector of classic bamboo fly rods and classic golf clubs > > Author - "MOON HOLLER MISFITS Fishing & Hunting Club", © > > JIMMY D's Fly Fishing Website: > http://home.earthlink.net/~rayado/rayadoflyfishingflypatternstips/index.html > > RAYADO CLASSIC GOLF: Classic Golf Clubs for the discerning collector > http://home.earthlink.net/~rayado/ > > ******************************************************************** > "Being able to read trout streams is just as valuable to a fly fisherman as the ability to read a defense is to an NFL Quarterback." > > Jimmy D. Moore - © [2004] > ******************************************************************* > > > > > > > > > >
