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Reply With QuoteGlad y'all were able to get back on the water...even better that the fish were biting. Great pictures and those fillets look delicious!
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Back in the groove in the Grove
Well we slept late not thinking that today would be any different than any other day lately, but I was wrong. Blue skies and bright sun greeted me as I woke around 8 AM. I checked the weather and all seemed well for a trip so I got Linda up and off we went. There was one shower close to the launch and because of some thoughtless boater blocking the ramp we had to wait around 10 minutes to launch. Just got the boat running when the rain hit. We hid under a bridge and I checked the radar (smart phones are great). I saw that it was raining just a short way up the canal so with rain coats on, off we went. 1 mile later we were in bright sunshine. I took it easy on the new motor rebuild so it took us a little longer to get where we were going. I spoke to a gent just leaving as we were launching and he told me that he had caught around 50 bass at a drain out of the marsh, but only kept the limit of 30. I turned into a canal with a drain and Linda caught 1 small bass tossing a beetle spin. I in turn start fishing with one myself and we proceeded to start picking up some sacs along the way. We fished the length of the short canal and another shower showed up. Lucky there was a house boat not far from us so we went wait out the shower on the porch. While there another fellow and his wife showed up to get out of the rain. During our chatting I found out that he duck hunts with my nephew, small world. After the rain pass we went back to what was working but this time it wasn't working as well. We switch to our jig poles and we managed to pull out a few more from along the edge of the lilies. It was a great first day back on the water after being about a month without a boat. We ended the day with 18 small but fat slabs, more that enough to satisfy our need to catch some fish.
I fillet some of them, as we say down here, on the half shell. That is you fillet the fish and leave the skin and scales on. You then grill them scale side down until done. I season them with a little Tony's, a liberal coating of Italian dressing, and a splash of BBQ sauce. I grilled them until flaky, about 12 minutes. Um, they sure were good. I had an old friend and his wife that we hadn't seen in a few years coming over to visit so I didn't get all the pictures I wanted to, but I think y'all get the idea.
"gene"
The different baits used. The top one did the best.
fresh of the grill
Fish with white beans and rice, yum.
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Glad y'all were able to get back on the water...even better that the fish were biting. Great pictures and those fillets look delicious!
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Mr. Gene, I had never thought of eating white beans over rice until a year or two ago when you showed a picture
of them on one of your threads. (two starches) I told my wife it sure looked good. I tried it and it was good. Brown
beans over rice with fried smoked sausage has become a staple for us at home and in camp. We eat a lot of beans.
Brown beans one week and white beans the next and fill in around them. Glad your first trip back out was a good one
for you and Mama Gene. I love your part of the country.
Tell'em I'll be there.
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Pawpaw, I haven't tried the sac au lait on the half shell but you got me thinking with that. I had a buddy that would scale both sides and filet down to the tail (don't cut off the tail!). You would end up with 2 filets connected by the tail. He would then fry them like that so you would have the skin and the tail to eat. I was thinking you could do the same thing and grill them and that way you could eat the whole thing, except the ribs of course.
stormcloud, you just can't beat some white (navy) beans in rice with some smoked sausage or a good ole ham bone if you have one!
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We really had a great time even if it rained on our parade. We had a party just the same.
Stormcloud you should also add another bean to your list, red beans. Red beans and smoke sausage its another great meal by itself if you add enough smoke sausage.
Dwayne to me there is nothing better than white beans with smoke ham or smoked ham hocks, yum. I'll have to try that method of filleting as I love the skin and the tail.
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Nice catch Mr. Gene. I have been wanting to go also, been a month or so for me, but will have to wait another week or so. Glad you were able to get out and catch a mess. Looks like you and Mrs. Linda had a fine time.
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Todd we had a great time. When you get in and want to go, give me a call. I would love to make another trip with you.
"gene"
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