seafood

SUPPLIES of freshly caught fish have all but dried up, because fishermen have been unable to operate in bad weather. Fishmongers who insist on sourcing direct from day boats have been left high and dry over the past week, with a meagre selection to offer customers. It is a result of days of relentless high winds, combined with high tides, which made it impossible for smaller boats to go out, except in rare weather windows.  

AT least 50 giant crabs and lobsters are set to side-step their way through two north Norfolk towns next spring - and organisers are urging potential sponsors not to miss out. Sheringham and Cromer's Crab and Lobster Festival will take over the town for three days in May, preceded by a seven-week sculpture trail, or Crustacea Crawl. Schools, businesses, organisations and lobster lovers can sponsor one of the 3ft or 6ft creatures, which will be dotted around north Norfolk and auctioned off in aid of go

I'm convinced of that. Someone's going to see one and think 'that looks good, I could have done that'. We always put off doing things.   -John Morgan

 

They glide in their tanks like silver ghosts, which is what they're in danger of becoming. Since 1995, the Leon Raymond Hubbard Jr. Marine Fish Hatchery in Carlsbad has released 1.4 million white sea bass into the ocean, helping replenish supplies of the once-abundant fish. The hatchery is part of the Hubbs SeaWorld Research Institute headquartered on Mission Bay. The nonprofit researches marine animals and their environment.

It’s kind of the perfect job   -Don Kent

 

Until very recently, Robson Green, (the well loved actor and passionate fisherman) thought you couldn't beat a nice quiet days' fishing. That was until he went on an extreme adventure - a globetrotting, fish finding mission - in some of the greatest fishing destinations in the world. This is Extreme Fishing!  

San Antonio Bay continues to produce trout, reds, trout and sheepshead. Most are being caught on live shrimp. Before the front, a few trout were along the backside of San Jose Island.  

I would fish the Packery Channel jetties for a variety of species. We've been seeing good numbers of drum, trout, reds, jacks and pompano being caught there. A variety of baits are working, but for consistent catches I would use shrimp, either live or fresh dead.  

Toss in a 47.05 pound king mackerel, and the Ocean Isle had a two-fish weight of 118.13 pounds. The old Mississippi king mackerel record was 64.8 pounds set on Nov. 19, 1999 by Dan Abshire of Gulf Breeze, Fla., during the SKA National Championship. The SKA record was 71 pounds set in Key West, Fla.  

Over the past two years, recreational saltwater fishermen such as Patrick Paquette of Hyannis have been trekking up to Beacon Hill to work with legislators to draft a bill establishing the first-ever license fee for their hobby in Massachusetts. That legislation, putting in place a recommended $10 annual fee, passed the House and Senate without opposition this week and now sits on Gov. Deval Patrick's desk awaiting his signature. For Paquette, the bill is the best that could be made of a bad situation

We are looking at this as a way to collect data   -Mary Griffin

 

I am done with my fall sampling for another year - yeah! I finished all my netting last week - ending eight weeks of sampling for another year. I started at Lakewood in Salina, then moved to Ottawa State Fishing Lake, Kanopolis and finally to Wilson.