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On Tue, 17 Aug 2010 17:39:46 -0400, John H
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...at Solomon's Island, MD, where the US Navy has a recreation center open
to
military and guests. We took some friends along for the weekend and had a
super
time. My wife towed the boat down with her Highlander, and did quite well.
The
Highlander does a decent job of towing the boat, but we kept the speed
down to
50 or less the whole way.

Saturday AM, Larry and I went fishing in the Patuxent using bloodworms
(expensive) and squid (cheap). Larry got the first hit on squid, while I
tried
the bloodworms. After his third or fourth hit, I switched to the cheap
squid
also. We ended up with 20-25 croaker of edible size in about two hours, so
we
were happy campers. Here's Larry dragging them in two at a time

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...htheHanes9.jpg

Of course we caught our share of the ugliest fish known, to me anyway. We
caught
about five of these buggers:

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...htheHanes5.jpg


Sounds like a great trip!
I think the ugly one is a Monk fish and supposed to be good eating. They get
big and there are stories about them mistakenly clamping those big jaws on
divers' arms, heads, whatever. It's the whatever that would scare me.

From http://www.zeuscat.com/andrew/personal/info/monkfish/
Monkfish as Food
The only edible portions of the monkfish are its muscular tail and its
liver. The tail meat of the monkfish is delicious: dense, sweet, and very
similar to lobster tail meat in both flavor and texture. Like many fish,
monkfish is an excellent low-fat, low-cholesterol source of protein and B
vitamins. Monkfish liver is quite popular in Japanese cuisine, usually
served as sashimi (Ankimo).