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Man....was it nice on Lake Erie yesterday.
Blasted out 16 miles, and got 2 Pickeral, and one nice White Bass.

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JimH wrote:
"Corsair23" wrote in message
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Man....was it nice on Lake Erie yesterday.
Blasted out 16 miles, and got 2 Pickeral, and one nice White Bass.


Where on the Lake do you boat? We dock off the Vermilion and went perching
in 38 feet of water directly off the east end of the breakwall. Mrs.H and I
caught 35 perch, with only a couple of jumbos. When I dropped them off at
the fish cleaning place a guy came in with a monster walleye.

We used to dock in Huron when we had our 32 footer.




The fish cleaning place? Tell us more!

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JimH wrote:
"Corsair23" wrote in message
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Man....was it nice on Lake Erie yesterday.
Blasted out 16 miles, and got 2 Pickeral, and one nice White Bass.


Where on the Lake do you boat? We dock off the Vermilion and went perching
in 38 feet of water directly off the east end of the breakwall. Mrs.H and I
caught 35 perch, with only a couple of jumbos. When I dropped them off at
the fish cleaning place a guy came in with a monster walleye.

We used to dock in Huron when we had our 32 footer.



Is the fish cleaning guy named Alvin by chance?

Dan

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JimH wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
. ..
JimH wrote:
"Corsair23" wrote in message
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Man....was it nice on Lake Erie yesterday.
Blasted out 16 miles, and got 2 Pickeral, and one nice White Bass.

Where on the Lake do you boat? We dock off the Vermilion and went
perching in 38 feet of water directly off the east end of the breakwall.
Mrs.H and I caught 35 perch, with only a couple of jumbos. When I
dropped them off at the fish cleaning place a guy came in with a monster
walleye.

We used to dock in Huron when we had our 32 footer.

The fish cleaning place? Tell us more!

Heck, there must be 5 or 6 fish cleaning places within 5 miles of our
marina. Going rate is $1.25/pound (for yellow perch) which includes
descaling, filleting, bagging and refrigerating for later pickup. Yellow
perch average at or just under 1/2 pounds (jumbos are more), so having a
mess of them cleaned is a bargain.

Most marinas on the bay have fish cleaning stations with running water,
fresh water. You come in gut or filet your fish, bag'em in zip locs and
then put them in the cooler. $1.25 per pound?

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JimH wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
. ..
JimH wrote:
"Corsair23" wrote in message
oups.com...
Man....was it nice on Lake Erie yesterday.
Blasted out 16 miles, and got 2 Pickeral, and one nice White Bass.

Where on the Lake do you boat? We dock off the Vermilion and went
perching in 38 feet of water directly off the east end of the breakwall.
Mrs.H and I caught 35 perch, with only a couple of jumbos. When I
dropped them off at the fish cleaning place a guy came in with a monster
walleye.

We used to dock in Huron when we had our 32 footer.

The fish cleaning place? Tell us more!

Heck, there must be 5 or 6 fish cleaning places within 5 miles of our
marina. Going rate is $1.25/pound (for yellow perch) which includes
descaling, filleting, bagging and refrigerating for later pickup. Yellow
perch average at or just under 1/2 pounds (jumbos are more), so having a
mess of them cleaned is a bargain.



Not around here!

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Going rate is $1.25/pound (for yellow perch) which includes
descaling, filleting, bagging and refrigerating for later pickup.

De-scaling? yikes...after I have taken the fillet off one side, I skin
em'. A fishing buddy showed me this, and I'll never de-scale ANYTHING
again.

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Where on the Lake do you boat?

I run out of Port Stanley. 16 miles gets you out to the Weather Buoy,
and man...did the finder go dark with the bait fish! There must've
been a school running through, chasing them.
There is another place I have gone, and EVERY time I have caught
fish....but thats a secret.....and its close to Port.
A few weeks ago, we caught a 17.2 pound Chinook Salmon at around 7
pm...15 miles out, 14 miles to the east.

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On Mon, 1 Oct 2007 07:37:30 -0400, "JimH" ask wrote:


"Corsair23" wrote in message
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Going rate is $1.25/pound (for yellow perch) which includes
descaling, filleting, bagging and refrigerating for later pickup.

De-scaling? yikes...after I have taken the fillet off one side, I skin
em'. A fishing buddy showed me this, and I'll never de-scale ANYTHING
again.

Yellow perch taste best with the skin on.

Not to me.

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On Sep 30, 11:45 pm, Corsair23 wrote:
Where on the Lake do you boat?

I run out of Port Stanley. 16 miles gets you out to the Weather Buoy,
and man...did the finder go dark with the bait fish! There must've
been a school running through, chasing them.
There is another place I have gone, and EVERY time I have caught
fish....but thats a secret.....and its close to Port.
A few weeks ago, we caught a 17.2 pound Chinook Salmon at around 7
pm...15 miles out, 14 miles to the east.

Secret fishing places.. Hurmph, bad fisherman?? I don't mind telling
folks my fishing spots, plenty of fish there for everyone. My problem
is getting folks to try it as it is so close to the launch. Most guys
think it ain't fishin' if you have not used 30 gallons of gas;) For 20
years I have been outfishing the guys who go "out". BTW, my spot is
just 200 yards south of the RR bridge at Chimney point in Old
Saybrook. Anchor on the west side of the river, just off the little
island and cast toward the channel;)

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On Mon, 01 Oct 2007 14:33:09 -0000,
wrote:

BTW, my spot is
just 200 yards south of the RR bridge at Chimney point in Old
Saybrook. Anchor on the west side of the river, just off the little
island and cast toward the channel;)

I've been by there many times. Blues? Stripers?

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Then you don't know how to cook them the *right* way.


Probaby not in your book....mines in a different language....

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Secret fishing places.. Hurmph, bad fisherman??

Not really a "place" per say, but an area...known as the Western
Basin.

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On Oct 1, 9:49 pm, Wayne.B wrote:
On Mon, 01 Oct 2007 14:33:09 -0000,
wrote:

BTW, my spot is
just 200 yards south of the RR bridge at Chimney point in Old
Saybrook. Anchor on the west side of the river, just off the little
island and cast toward the channel;)

I've been by there many times. Blues? Stripers?

And brown sharks that will give you a good fight in the middle of the
night. And once in a while a doormat sized fluke;)

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On Oct 2, 8:49 am, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
wrote:
wrote:
On Oct 1, 9:49 pm, Wayne.B wrote:
On Mon, 01 Oct 2007 14:33:09 -0000,
wrote:

BTW, my spot is
just 200 yards south of the RR bridge at Chimney point in Old
Saybrook. Anchor on the west side of the river, just off the little
island and cast toward the channel;)
I've been by there many times. Blues? Stripers?

And brown sharks that will give you a good fight in the middle of the
night. And once in a while a doormat sized fluke;)

What is a fluke as it relates to a shark, and what the heck do you do
with it? I thought a fluck referenced flatfish.

I have had some great shark steaks, but don't know if only certain
sharks are tasty.

Fluke are a kind of flatfish. We have Fluke and Flounder here. The
sharks are brown sharks and althouhg some say you can eat them "if"...
I don't like food that needs an "if";) But I am told also that because
they have no bones, they are extremely difficult to clean. I have not
run into anyone yet that keeps them, but they are still fun to catch.

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On Oct 2, 9:33 am, HK wrote:
wrote:
On Oct 2, 8:49 am, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
wrote:
wrote:
On Oct 1, 9:49 pm, Wayne.B wrote:
On Mon, 01 Oct 2007 14:33:09 -0000,
wrote:
BTW, my spot is
just 200 yards south of the RR bridge at Chimney point in Old
Saybrook. Anchor on the west side of the river, just off the little
island and cast toward the channel;)
I've been by there many times. Blues? Stripers?
And brown sharks that will give you a good fight in the middle of the
night. And once in a while a doormat sized fluke;)
What is a fluke as it relates to a shark, and what the heck do you do
with it? I thought a fluck referenced flatfish.

I have had some great shark steaks, but don't know if only certain
sharks are tasty.

Fluke are a kind of flatfish. We have Fluke and Flounder here. The
sharks are brown sharks and althouhg some say you can eat them "if"...
I don't like food that needs an "if";) But I am told also that because
they have no bones, they are extremely difficult to clean. I have not
run into anyone yet that keeps them, but they are still fun to catch.

Most of the guys I know who eat shark steak them out...that is, they
don't filet them, they slice them like a pineapple you'd put on its
side. I don't much like the taste of shark.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Yeah, still these are skinny little mud sharks, I just let em' go and
hope they don't hang around too long. Gotta' admit. Out there at 2am
catching a couple of sharks makes you think twice about rinsing your
bloody hands over the side;)

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On Tue, 02 Oct 2007 09:33:22 -0400, HK wrote:

Most of the guys I know who eat shark steak them out...that is, they
don't filet them, they slice them like a pineapple you'd put on its
side. I don't much like the taste of shark.

Mako shark is delicious, very much like swordfish.

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Wayne.B wrote:
On Tue, 02 Oct 2007 09:33:22 -0400, HK wrote:

Most of the guys I know who eat shark steak them out...that is, they
don't filet them, they slice them like a pineapple you'd put on its
side. I don't much like the taste of shark.

Mako shark is delicious, very much like swordfish.

Yeah, at one time they were very inexpensive, but shark is becoming more
expensive as people find out it does taste like swordfish.

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Wayne.B wrote:
On Tue, 02 Oct 2007 09:33:22 -0400, HK wrote:

Most of the guys I know who eat shark steak them out...that is, they
don't filet them, they slice them like a pineapple you'd put on its
side. I don't much like the taste of shark.

Mako shark is delicious, very much like swordfish.




I wouldn't eat a shark or a swordfish. There's too damned much
"harvesting" pressure on sharks, swordfish and many other species.

Lake Erie
 

On Tue, 02 Oct 2007 08:49:03 -0400, Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:


What is a fluke as it relates to a shark, and what the heck do you do
with it? I thought a fluck referenced flatfish.

Summer Flounder, actually. Now, this is a doormat.

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/200...ied_world.html



I have had some great shark steaks, but don't know if only certain
sharks are tasty.

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On Oct 2, 11:44 am, thunder wrote:
On Tue, 02 Oct 2007 08:49:03 -0400, Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:

What is a fluke as it relates to a shark, and what the heck do you do
with it? I thought a fluck referenced flatfish.

Summer Flounder, actually. Now, this is a doormat.

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/200...man_denied_wor...



I have had some great shark steaks, but don't know if only certain
sharks are tasty.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

The one I lost a few weeks back was only short of that by 3-4 inches
maybe... I have never fished for them before and did not expect that
slow pull was anything more than bottom junk or a big crab till I saw
it next to the boat! It was holding a chunk of bunker (bluefish bait)
in its mouth but did not have the hook. As soon as he saw me, he let
go and dissappeared. I am guessing he was somewhere between say 26-28
inches long.

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On Tue, 02 Oct 2007 13:29:07 -0000,
wrote:

Fluke are a kind of flatfish.

Fluke are summer flounder.

~~sheesh~~

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On Oct 2, 11:53 am, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
On Tue, 02 Oct 2007 13:29:07 -0000,
wrote:

Fluke are a kind of flatfish.

Fluke are summer flounder.

~~sheesh~~

That are indeed, flat;)

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On Tue, 02 Oct 2007 15:50:24 -0000,
wrote:

On Oct 2, 11:44 am, thunder wrote:
On Tue, 02 Oct 2007 08:49:03 -0400, Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:

What is a fluke as it relates to a shark, and what the heck do you do
with it? I thought a fluck referenced flatfish.

Summer Flounder, actually. Now, this is a doormat.

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/200...man_denied_wor...



I have had some great shark steaks, but don't know if only certain
sharks are tasty.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

The one I lost a few weeks back was only short of that by 3-4 inches
maybe... I have never fished for them before and did not expect that
slow pull was anything more than bottom junk or a big crab till I saw
it next to the boat! It was holding a chunk of bunker (bluefish bait)
in its mouth but did not have the hook. As soon as he saw me, he let
go and dissappeared. I am guessing he was somewhere between say 26-28
inches long.

Forgot to set the hook again I see. :)

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On Tue, 02 Oct 2007 15:50:24 -0000,
wrote:

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/200...man_denied_wor...



I have had some great shark steaks, but don't know if only certain
sharks are tasty.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

The one I lost a few weeks back was only short of that by 3-4 inches
maybe... I have never fished for them before and did not expect that
slow pull was anything more than bottom junk or a big crab till I saw
it next to the boat! It was holding a chunk of bunker (bluefish bait)
in its mouth but did not have the hook. As soon as he saw me, he let
go and dissappeared. I am guessing he was somewhere between say 26-28
inches long.

This doesn't make sense. Why would you say 3-4 inches shorter, when
you could just as easily say about 5 inches longer? Some fisherman.
You're probably a better boat builder.

--Vic

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On Tue, 2 Oct 2007 17:44:19 -0400, "JimH" ask wrote:

My family joined me at the end of the conference and we drove across the
State to Sannibel, where we vactioned for a week. What a pleasure it was
to get out of Miami Beach!

Don't go around telling people about Sanibel, too many know already.

Tell them about the sharks, alligators and shallow water.