[PIANO INTRO] - [laughs] MAN, THIS IS UNREAL, ISN'T IT, ANTHONY?

- OH, IT IS.

- I MEAN, THIS IS JUST MAYHEM HERE.

HE'S NOT QUITE READY TO COME TO THE BOAT YET.

[laughs] GRACIOUS.

LOOK AT THEM.

THEY'RE JUST BOILING EVERYWHERE NOW.

WHEN THEY COME UP, THEY JUST COME UP LIKE--IN DROVES.

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[LIGHT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC] ♪ - HELLO, WELCOME TO THE CAROLINA OUTDOOR JOURNAL.

WELL, TODAY'S PROGRAM TAKES PLACE IN NOVEMBER.

JOE, WE HEADED DOWN TO CAPE LOOKOUT TODAY.

- THAT'S RIGHT, WE'RE GONNA BE TARGETING ALBACORE, FALSE ALBACORE TODAY USING SPINNING GEAR.

A REAL PRETTY DAY.

LOTS OF ACTIVITY.

BIRDS ON THE SURFACE GIVING YOU AN IDEA WHERE THE FISH ARE BELOW.

BAIT'S SHOWERING EVERYWHERE.

JUST ONE OF THOSE TYPICAL FUN DAYS AT CAPE LOOKOUT IN THE FALL WHEN THE ALBACORE SHOW UP, AND THEY'LL BEND SOME RODS.

- I THINK, SPEAKING OF BENDING RODS, OUR GUYS IN GEAR TIME HAVE GOT SOME GREAT INFORMATION TODAY.

- WELL THEY'RE GONNA SHARE WITH US HOW THEY RIGGED UP FOR THEM.

THESE ARE REAL POWERFUL FISH.

YOU NEED GOOD STOUT-- YOU KNOW, GOOD BACKBONE IN YOUR ROD AND SOME GOOD LINE, STRONG LINE.

WE'RE USING JIGS TODAY, THROWING TO THEM, PRETTY MUCH MIMICKING THE BAITFISH THEY'RE FEEDING ON.

JUST HAD LOADS OF FUN.

- AND THEN A RECIPE TODAY.

SPICY SEAFOOD SALAD.

- DONNA HAS GOT A SEAFOOD SALAD THAT SHE THROWS IN SOME EXTRA SPICY INGREDIENTS TO IT.

JUST REAL TASTY.

- IT GETS YOUR MOTOR GOING.

THAT'S FOR SURE.

- IT DOES.

- LET'S HEAD ON DOWN TO THE COAST TODAY ON THE CAROLINA OUTDOOR JOURNAL.

- THEY'RE FEEDING UP HERE.

- I MEAN, THERE ARE JUST BIRDS EVERYWHERE.

LOOK AT THEM.

LET'S GIVE IT A TRY, BUDDY.

- OH, I'M READY.

- MIGHT CATCH YOU A SEAGULL, HUH.

THERE HE IS.

OH, MISSED HIM.

OH, HE'S GOT IT TOO.

- GOT HIM ON.

- OH, YEAH.

THERE YOU GO.

- FIRST CAST OF THE DAY, JIM.

CAN'T BEAT THAT, CAN YOU?

- NO.

THEY'RE OUT HERE.

- HERE, LET ME COME ON BEHIND YOU THEN, JIM.

- YOU GET HIM DOWN DEEP OR UP SHALLOW?

- OH, HE WAS UP KIND OF HIGH.

- THIS SCHOOL IS... - THIS IS ALL RIGHT.

- THEY WERE ALL OVER US.

- RIGHT HERE BEHIND-- OVER HERE, JIM.

HE'S RIGHT HERE, JIM.

- ALL RIGHT.

I'M READY FOR HIM.

LET ME GET-- LET ME GET THIS SIDE.

- OKAY.

- YOU BRING HIM BY, I'LL GRAB HIM BY THE TAIL.

THERE WE GO.

- ALL RIGHT.

- NICE FISH.

- THAT'S A NICE ONE THERE, JIM.

HERE YOU GO.

- NICE LITTLE ALBACORE THERE.

- ALL RIGHT.

- FIRST CAST, FIRST FISH.

- THAT'S IT.

- ALL RIGHT.

LET'S TURN HIM LOOSE AND GO GET ANOTHER.

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

- SOUNDS GREAT.

- ALL RIGHT.

THESE BIRDS ARE EVERYWHERE.

FISH ARE CUTTING THROUGH THEM.

BAIT'S ALL UP ON THE SURFACE.

I MEAN, THE ALBACORE ARE PUSHING THAT BAIT RIGHT UP, AND THESE BIRDS ARE GOING CRAZY, AREN'T THEY?

- THEY SURE ARE, AND IT'S PRETTY TO WATCH THEM BUST THEM TOO.

- GET HIM, MAN.

- OH, I'M GONNA GET HIM.

I HOPE I DO ANYWAY.

- GOOD SHOW.

- TUGGING ON YOUR LINE?

- NOT YET.

BUT AS SOON AS IT HIT THE WATER, HE NAILED IT.

- DIDN'T WASTE ANY TIME, DID HE?

- NO, HE SURE DIDN'T.

- ALL OF A SUDDEN, THOSE BIRDS ARE JUST GONE.

IT'S LIKE THE BAIT JUST WENT DOWN.

I KNOW WHERE THEY WENT.

- OH, MAN.

YOU'RE GONNA GET EAT UP RIGHT THERE.

- LOOK AT HIM.

CAN'T BELIEVE I DIDN'T GET ONE OUT OF THERE.

MY BAIT MUST BE TOO BIG.

- THERE HE GOES.

- LOOK AT HIM.

LOOK AT THE WATER.

LOOK AT IT BOILING.

- I SEE IT.

- I CAST RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT.

SEE IF YOU CAN'T GET US A DOUBLE HEADER HERE.

- BOY, THAT'D BE AWE--OH!

- THERE IT IS.

I GOT HIM.

- NO.

I STILL GOT MINE.

I THOUGHT I LOST MINE, BUT-- - OH, THIS ONE'S GOT SOME DRAG GOING OUT.

OKAY, WE GOT US A DOUBLE HEADER NOW, ANTHONY.

- ALL RIGHT.

THIS IS GREAT.

- SEE IF I CAN BREAK HIM OUT OF THE SCHOOL.

WE GOT HIM COMING UP.

- OH, HE'S RIGHT HERE BY THE BOAT.

I SEE HIM.

- SEE HOW GOOD YOU CAN HANDLE THE ROD AND THE FISH AT THE SAME TIME.

- WELL, HE WAS RIGHT HERE.

- I THINK THIS ONE'S A LITTLE BIGGER THAN THAT ONE WE GOT EARLIER.

YOURS MIGHT BE TOO.

EVERYBODY SAID-- LOOK AT THEM BOILING THE WATER ALL AROUND EVERYWHERE.

I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S READY TO COME IN THE BOAT YET, THOUGH.

- MINE--WE MIGHT HAVE TROUBLE.

- YEP, HERE HE IS.

HE JUST SAW THE BOAT.

- BECAUSE MINE'S ALL THE WAY ON YOUR SIDE OF THE BOAT.

- OKAY, HE'S CIRCLING.

ALL RIGHT.

THERE HE IS.

HE'S A LITTLE FAT ONE.

MAN, LOOK AT HIS BELLY.

SEE IF I CAN GET AHOLD OF HIS TAIL HERE.

THERE HE IS.

ALL RIGHT, ANTHONY.

I GOT MINE IN.

YOU GOT TO GET YOURS NOW.

- I'M STILL WORKING ON HIM.

- IT'S A PRETTY FISH, AIN'T IT?

- IT IS.

- LOOK AT THE LINES AND COLOR.

- JUST THE COLORS ON HIM.

- HE'S JUST AS PRETTY.

- AND HE'S FAST TOO.

- WELL, LET'S SEE IF WE CAN'T GET ANOTHER ONE.

HEY, LOOK AT HIM SPITTING UP THE SILVERSIDES HE'S BEEN EATING.

LOOK AT ALL OF THEM.

- OH, MAN.

- HE'S BULGING, HE'S SO FULL OF THEM.

MAN.

NICE FISH.

I'M ABOUT READY FOR ANOTHER ONE NOW.

- I THOUGHT I HAD MINE.

- GOT MY LINE TIGHTENED ON THE SPOOL THERE.

- I SAW COLOR.

AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, HE SKIPPED OFF AND PULLED ALL THE LINE OFF THE REEL.

ALL RIGHT, HE'S COMING ON UP.

- WELL, WE FINALLY GOT YOU TO QUIT GROUPER FISHING LONG ENOUGH TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT, DIDN'T WE?

- OH, THAT'S WHY.

- YOU GOT HIS TAIL WRAPPED.

NO WONDER HE TOOK OFF LIKE HE DID.

HE'S A LITTLE BIT BIGGER TOO.

GOT HIM BY THE-- TANGLED AROUND THE TAIL THERE.

NO WONDER HE FOUGHT SO GOOD.

- THERE YOU GO.

- THERE YOU GO.

LET'S SEE IF WE CAN GET HIM TO LIE.

- YEAH.

HE'S A LOT BIGGER.

- GET HIM GOING.

- OKAY.

HE'S A LOT BIGGER.

- SINCE HE HAD HIS TAIL HOOKED.

- AND THERE HE GOES.

- YEP, HE'S SWIMMING OFF.

HE'S LOOKING PRETTY GOOD THERE.

- THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

- GOOD ENOUGH.

- LET'S GO GET ANOTHER ONE.

- ALL RIGHT, BUDDY.

GOOD JOB.

- ALL RIGHT.

THANKS.

- NOW WE KNOW WHY HE TOOK YOU TO THE SPOOL, THOUGH.

- THAT'S IT.

OH, I MISSED HIM.

I HAD ONE.

- MAN, IT'S LIKE THEY ALL OF A SUDDEN-- - OH.

OH, PULLED HIM OUT AGAIN.

- SURE YOU DIDN'T HAVE A BIRD THERE?

- I'M POSITIVE.

- OH, I JUST HAD A BITE AND MISSED HIM TOO.

THERE HE IS.

GOT HIM.

GOT HIM.

- WELL, GOOD JOB.

- YEAH, HE'S TAKING LINE THERE.

GOT HIM ON.

GOT HIM.

THAT WAS A GOOD BITE.

HE HIT IT HARD.

[reel squealing] - OH, ME.

HEAR THAT DRAG SCREAM.

OH, THERE-- OH, MAN.

YOU GOT A GOOD ONE THERE, JIM?

- I DON'T KNOW.

I HOPE HE'S NOT TAIL-WRAPPED LIKE YOURS WAS.

- NO, I DON'T THINK SO.

- HE'S KIND OF FISHING DEEP.

I WAS WONDERING WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH THAT REEL.

OH, HE'S ALL UNDER THE BOAT NOW.

I'M GONNA HAVE TO GO AROUND WITH HIM.

HE'S JUST WANTING TO-- HE'S JUST WANTING TO FISH OFF THE BOW.

TOOK ME RIGHT AROUND AGAIN.

OKAY, TWICE AROUND THE BOAT.

THIS FISH JUST DOES NOT WANT TO GIVE UP.

LET'S SEE IF I HIT HIM IN THE SIDE.

ANGLE OR SOMETHING.

- THERE YOU GO.

RIGHT HERE.

- ALL RIGHT.

HE GOT THAT LEADER.

IT'S JUST AMAZING, A LITTLE FISH LIKE THAT GIVES YOU THE FIGHT HE DOES.

THERE'S A DE-HOOKER RIGHT THERE BESIDE.

YOU GOT IT?

- YEP.

- IT'S A PRETTY LITTLE FISH.

- IT IS.

NICE.

- THAT'S A TOUGH LITTLE FIGHT FOR THE SIZE OF THE FISH, YOU KNOW?

- IT IS.

- ALL RIGHT.

LET'S TURN HIM LOOSE.

- READY TO LET HIM GO?

- LET'S GET US A COUPLE MORE.

- OKAY.

- BIRDS ARE REALLY WORKING OVER HERE, RIGHT THERE.

LOOK AT THEM.

- ALL RIGHT.

LET'S GO GET THEM.

- YOU GOT PLENTY OF TIME.

DO YOU WANT ME TO GRAB YOURS?

- YOU GO AHEAD.

I CAN GET HIM.

- I'VE GOT A LOT OF LINE OUT STILL.

THIS BAD BOY OF MINE, HE JUST DON'T WANT TO GIVE UP.

THAT ONE LOOKS QUITE A BIT BIGGER THAN THOSE EARLIER TWO OR THREE WE CAUGHT, YOU KNOW.

- YEP.

- YOU GOT HIM RIGHT IN THE CORNER OF THE MOUTH, DON'T YOU?

THESE THINGS ARE IN HERE FEEDING ON THESE LITTLE SILVERSIDE MINNOWS.

- YEAH, SOMETIMES, I MEAN, YOU SEE THEM SPIT IT ALL UP.

- YEAH, THAT SMALL BAIT LIKE THAT REALLY HELPS.

- BUT THAT'S A PRETTY FISH, JIM.

- I'M GONNA TELL YOU, THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL.

AND THEY'RE FUN TO CATCH.

- ALL RIGHT.

I'M READY TO GO CATCH ANOTHER ONE.

- LET HIM SWIM OFF FOR ANOTHER FIGHT.

YOU KNOW, ANTHONY, ONE THING WE BEEN DOING A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY TODAY IS, WE BEEN FISHING A LITTLE DEEPER.

THERE'S A LOT OF BOAT TRAFFIC OUT HERE, AND THE FISH COME UP ON THE SURFACE.

THEY GET SPOOKED DOWN, AND EVERYBODY'S FISHING UP ON THE SURFACE.

BUT THESE FISH, I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF THEM THAT'S SITTING DOWN THERE DEEP IF YOU LET YOUR LURE-- IF YOU GOT A JIG, YOU KNOW, AND GET IT DOWN THERE TO THEM, THEY'LL BITE IT.

- OH, THAT'S IT.

THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE GETTING BIG AND FAT.

THEY'RE JUST WAITING FOR THE LITTLE MORSELS TO COME ON DOWN AND BE EASY PICKINGS FOR THEM.

- WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S FUN TO CATCH A FISH UP ON THE SURFACE, BUT IT--WE BEEN DOING PRETTY GOOD DOING-- YOU KNOW, LETTING THAT JIG GET DOWN DEEP.

AND CAUGHT SOME UP TOP AND SOME DOWN LOW.

- THAT'S IT.

I MEAN, IT'S A BLAST TO WATCH THEM BUST THE SURFACE, BUT IT'S ALSO-- IT'S FUN TO HAVE THEM HOOKED UP.

- YEP.

I THINK WE CAN PROBABLY DO ABOUT-- DONE ABOUT AS GOOD AS ANYBODY OUT HERE.

LOOK AT THEM.

MAN, LOOK AT THE BIRDS AND THE FISH.

- OH, MAN.

IT'S AN AWESOME SIGHT.

- SEE IF I CAN'T GET A FISH OUT OF THAT GROUP.

IT'S A MIRACLE YOU CAST IN THERE AND NOT CATCH A BIRD EVERY TIME.

OH, THAT'S A SEAGULL.

- TELL YOU WHAT.

MY HANDS ARE TREMBLING JUST THINKING ABOUT WHEN THAT FISH HITS.

- CAN'T BELIEVE WE AIN'T GETTING A BITE.

OH, MAN.

- OH!

OH.

- GOT HIM.

GOT HIM ON.

OH, YEAH.

COME ON, ANTHONY, YOU GOT TO CAST OUT THERE, BUDDY.

THEY'RE ALL BEHIND US.

[laughs] MAN, THIS IS UNREAL, ISN'T IT, ANTHONY?

- OH, IT IS.

- I MEAN, THIS IS JUST MAYHEM HERE.

HE'S NOT QUITE READY TO COME TO THE BOAT YET.

[laughs] GRACIOUS.

LOOK AT THEM.

THEY'RE JUST BOILING EVERYWHERE NOW.

WHEN THEY COME UP, THEY JUST COME UP LIKE--IN DROVES.

OH, THERE'S ONE RIGHT THERE.

LOOK AT HIM.

- OH, YEAH.

- LOOK AT HIM.

- OH, I GOT HIM NOW.

- THERE YOU GO.

HE WAS RIGHT THERE AT YOUR BAIT, WASN'T HE?

- OH, HE WAS.

- I THOUGHT HE WAS ATTACKING YOUR BAIT WHEN I SAW HIM JUMP.

- I GOT HIM NOW.

LET'S SEE, JIM.

WATCH OUT.

LET'S SEE.

OKAY, I'M OVER YOU.

OKAY.

BOY, THEY'RE HUNGRY, AREN'T THEY?

- YES, SIR.

ALL YOU GOT TO DO IS THROW A BAIT OUT THERE.

- THAT'S IT.

THAT'S IT.

HE SPOOLED ME.

I'M TRYING TO GET HIM COMING BACK THIS WAY.

OH, I GOT HIS HEAD TURNED.

GAINING SOME LINE.

- YEAH, YOU NEED SOME LINE.

YOU GOT COLOR OVER THERE, ANTHONY?

- YEAH, I GOT COLOR.

WELL, I HAD IT.

- YEAH, HE'S NOT QUITE READY, IS HE?

- OH, HE'S COMING UP NOW.

- I THOUGHT MINE WAS COMING UP, BUT HE'S GOT DIFFERENT IDEAS.

- HOW ARE YOU COMING ALONG WITH YOURS?

- HE'S UNDER THE BOAT.

THAT'S ABOUT IT RIGHT NOW.

WE'RE IN A BIT OF A STALEMATE.

- MINE'S RIGHT HERE.

- YOU GOT HIM?

- YES, SIR.

HOOKED RIGHT IN THE CORNER OF THE JAW.

THAT'S A PRETTY FISH.

ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GONNA LET YOU GO.

- I'VE GOT HIM COMING.

- ALL RIGHT.

- YOU ALREADY GOT YOURS RELEASED, HUH?

- YEAH.

- OKAY, HERE WE ARE.

- I SEE HIM.

- YEAH, I GOT A LITTLE COLOR FINALLY.

HE'S STUBBORN, THOUGH, BOY.

HE'S CIRCLING.

- TELL YOU WHAT.

ON A NICE DAY, YOU SEE BOATS OF ALL KINDS OUT HERE.

- THERE'S A LOT OF BOATS OUT HERE TODAY.

ALL RIGHT.

COME ON, BIG BOY.

LET'S END THIS GAME.

- OH.

FOUL-HOOKED.

- SHOULD BE ABLE TO GRAB THAT LEADER.

- YOU HOOKED-- - YEAH, HOOKED IN THE BELLY.

- YEAH, I'M GONNA JUST DO A QUICK RELEASE ON HIM, JIM.

- YEAH.

- SO HE'S GONE.

GOOD JOB.

- ANTHONY'S, IT'S BEEN A GREAT DAY.

- OH, MAN.

WE HAD A BLAST.

- JOE, THAT'S A STRONG FISH.

DO THEY SHOW UP, LIKE, IN THE FALL?

- YEAH, ACTUALLY, WE HAVE TWO RUNS OF ALBACORE.

WE HAVE AN EARLY GROUP THAT COMES IN LATE SEPTEMBER, EARLY OCTOBER.

THEY'RE GENERALLY SMALLER, YOUR 3- TO 7-POUND, 4- TO 7-POUND CLASS FISH.

AND THEN THE FISH THAT SHOW UP LATER, AROUND THANKSGIVING, YOU KNOW, NOVEMBER THROUGH THANKSGIVING, EARLY DECEMBER, ARE YOUR LARGER FISH.

THEY'LL RUN UP, YOU KNOW, 15 TO 17, 18 POUNDS.

SO YOU BETTER HAVE YOUR-- THE RIGHT TACKLE WHEN YOU GO AFTER THEM.

BUT LOADS OF FUN AND SOMETHING YOU CAN COUNT ON EVERY FALL.

- WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT RIGHT TACKLE, LET'S LEARN MORE.

LET'S GO TO GEAR TIME.

- WELL, JIM, WE HAD A BEAUTIFUL DAY OUT HERE IN MID-NOVEMBER OFF CAPE LOOKOUT.

THE ALBACORE, THEY WERE REALLY OUT THERE TODAY, AND WE HAD A GREAT TIME CHASING THEM.

- YEAH, WE SURE DID, ANTHONY.

WE WERE USING REALLY NICE LIGHT TACKLE, LIGHTWEIGHT TACKLE.

AND IT'S GOOD TO HAVE A REEL WITH ENOUGH CAPACITY FOR ENOUGH LINE TO HOLD THESE FISH.

AND YOU SHOWED US WHY WITH THAT LAST FISH WHEN HE CLEANED YOU OFF, DIDN'T HE?

- THAT'S IT.

I MEAN, I WAS USING 8-POUND LINE, AND THAT LAST FISH, I MEAN, HE WAS JUST A LITTLE BIT STRONGER.

AND I PUT ALL THE TENSION I COULD ON HIM, BUT HE ENDED UP WINNING THAT BATTLE.

- YEAH, SO LIGHT TACKLE, GOOD LINE CAPACITY, 6-, 6 1/2 FOOT SPINNING POLE IS WHAT WE WERE USING.

A LOT OF PEOPLE USE FLY RODS.

SO BIG FISHERY.

WE SAW BOATS FROM ALL OVER THE PLACE TODAY-- NEW HAMPSHIRE, VIRGINIA, NORTH CAROLINA.

LOT OF OUT-OF-STATERS COME DOWN HERE AND FISH WITH LOCAL GUIDES, TOO, FOR THESE ALBACORE.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE WERE USING JIGS AND SPINNING TACKLE, SMALL JIGS.

THIS IS A MARIAH.

I LIKE TO TAKE THE TREBLE HOOK OFF AND PUT A SINGLE HOOK ON.

IT JUST MAKES IT A LOT EASIER WHEN YOU BRING THEM TO THE BOAT.

EVEN WITH YOUR DE-HOOKER, WE CAN GET THEM LOOSE AND GET THEM BACK IN THE WATER QUICK.

- THAT'S IT.

THAT SINGLE HOOK.

I MEAN, THERE'S SO MANY FISH OUT THERE THAT EVEN IF YOU DID MISS ONE EVERY NOW AND THEN, THERE'S THOUSANDS MORE DOWN THERE JUST READY TO EAT IT.

- WELL, THEY GET THOSE TREBLE HOOKS IN, AND IT GETS HARD TO GET THEM OUT.

BUT, YOU KNOW, WE WERE USING THE FLUOROCARBON LEADER OF 25 TO 30 POUNDS, JUST, YOU KNOW, FOOT AND A HALF, TWO FEET.

I LIKE TO TIE MINE RIGHT TO THE LINE WITH AN ALBRIGHT KNOT.

AND YOU WERE USING A BLACK SWIVEL, I THINK.

AND BLACK SWIVEL IS IMPORTANT.

- YEP.

- BECAUSE THESE FISH GOT SHARP, KEEN EYESIGHT, AND THE FLUOROCARBON GIVES US THE ABILITY TO GRAB THE LINE AND GET THE FISH IN THE BOAT QUICK.

- YEAH, THE BLACK SWIVEL, IT DOES HELP WITH THE LINE TWIST.

I MEAN, SO THAT'S THE ADVANTAGE OF THAT.

BUT I ALSO LIKE FISHING WITHOUT A SWIVEL ALSO.

- YEAH.

WELL, WE--THE OTHER THING WE WERE DOING TODAY IS, WE WERE FISHING THESE JIGS A LITTLE BIT DEEPER A LOT OF THE TIME.

WHEN THE FISH WERE ON THE SURFACE, YOU COULD CATCH THEM UP HIGH, BUT WHEN THEY WEREN'T VISIBLE AND THE BIRDS WEREN'T WORKING-- WE SAW A LOT OF BIRDS TODAY.

I MEAN, THE BIRDS WERE UNBELIEVABLE.

AT TIMES, THEY WERE JUST-- THE FISH PUSH THE BAIT UP.

THE BIRDS ARE GETTING THE BAIT FROM THE TOP.

LITTLE SILVERSIDE MINNOWS EVERYWHERE.

WHEN THEY WEREN'T WORKING, THOUGH, WE WERE LETTING THE JIGS GO DOWN DEEP, AND WE WERE HOOKING FISH WHEN IT DIDN'T APPEAR THAT ANYTHING WAS BEING CAUGHT.

- THAT'S IT.

I MEAN, THAT LITTLE BIT OF DIFFERENCE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN YOUR CATCH RATIO.

- YEAH, AND WE PROBABLY CAUGHT, EASY, 10 OR 12 FISH AND LOST QUITE A FEW TOO.

BUT WE HAD A GOOD TIME, AND I REALLY ENJOYED TODAY.

IT'S BEEN A BEAUTIFUL DAY.

WE WENT OUT HERE AND LITERALLY IN A FEW HOURS HAD A BALL.

- OH, IT WAS GREAT.

YOU KNOW, I'M READY TO GO DO IT AGAIN.

- YEAH, WE'LL HAVE TO DO IT AGAIN SOMETIME.

- ALL RIGHT, JIM.

- THANKS, ANTHONY.

- THANKS.

- WE HOPE THAT INFORMATION WILL HELP YOU RIG RIGHT WHEN YOU GO FISHING.

NOW LET'S CATCH UP WITH DONNA.

SHE'S IN THE KITCHEN FOR SPICY SEAFOOD SALAD.

- HI, TODAY IN THE KITCHEN, WE'RE GOING TO BE MAKING A SPICY SEAFOOD SALAD.

IT'S A GREAT DISH.

AND WE'RE GONNA BE SERVING OURS IN A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT WAY THAN JUST SIMPLY ON A PLATE OR IN A BOWL.

WE'RE GONNA BE PUTTING OURS IN SOME DIFFERENT TYPES OF CUPS.

IT'S GONNA BE GREAT FUN.

SO WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS START OUT WITH OUR SEAFOOD.

AND WE'RE GONNA PUT SCALLOPS THAT I'VE QUARTERED AND ALSO SHRIMP, SMALL SHRIMP, IN OUR BAG.

AND IT HAS IN YOUR OVEN BREADER, AND THEN IT ALSO HAS SOME SPICY AND HOT BREADER.

AND WE'RE JUST GONNA SHAKE THAT ALL TOGETHER TO GIVE IT A GOOD COATING.

WE DON'T WANT TO OVER-COAT IT, BUT WE, YOU KNOW, WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS COVERED WELL.

AND THEN WE'RE GONNA PLACE IT OUT HERE ON OUR FOIL-LINED BAKING SHEET.

WE'RE GONNA BAKE THIS AT 400 DEGREES FOR ABOUT TEN MINUTES, JUST UNTIL YOUR SEAFOOD IS COOKED THOROUGHLY.

IF YOU WANT, YOU CAN ALSO ADD IN CLAMS WITH THIS.

YOU CAN ALSO ADD IN OYSTERS.

WHATEVER SEAFOOD YOU HAPPEN TO HAVE AND YOU LIKE.

YOU CAN ALSO CUT UP SMALL PIECES OF FISH IF YOU WANT TO, WHICH WILL BE A GREAT VARIETY IN YOUR SALADS.

I THINK THAT WOULD BE REALLY GREAT.

WE'RE GONNA SET THIS ASIDE BECAUSE THIS IS GONNA BE IN THE OVEN COOKING.

AND WHILE THAT IS COOKING, WE'RE GONNA PREPARE OUR SALAD CUPS.

SO WHAT I'VE CHOSEN IS, I HAVE JUST, LIKE, A LUCITE PLASTIC-- ALMOST LIKE A WINE GLASS OR A GOBLET.

AND THEN I ALSO HAVE SOME GREAT PAPER CUPS, WHICH ARE SO FUN, AND THEY'RE SO COLORFUL.

YOU CAN FIND THEM AT THE GROCERY STORE.

YOU CAN FIND THEM AT PARTY STORES.

AND THEY'RE JUST A FUN WAY TO SERVE YOUR SALAD.

AND THEN YOU HAVE NO CLEANUP IF YOU USE THE PAPER, WHICH IS NICE AS WELL.

BECAUSE WHEN YOU'RE HAVING A PARTY, YOU DON'T WANT TO SPEND YOUR TIME CLEANING UP.

YOU WANT TO SPEND YOUR TIME ENJOYING YOUR GUESTS.

SO WE'RE JUST GONNA GATHER UP OUR DIFFERENT TYPES OF LETTUCES.

AND THESE CAME OUT OF OUR-- MY CHILDREN AND MY HUSBAND'S GARDEN.

I HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH IT EXCEPT FOR HARVESTING AND MAKING STUFF WITH THEIR LETTUCE.

SO WE'RE JUST GONNA PUT THAT INTO OUR CUPS.

YOU CAN JUST STUFF IT DOWN IN THERE.

KIND OF LIKE MAKING A FLOWER ARRANGEMENT.

AND THIS IS SOME OF MY FAVORITE BECAUSE IT STANDS UP NICE.

SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO PUT IT IN OUR CUPS.

YOU CAN ALSO USE YOUR GOBLETS IF YOU WANT.

AND THEN WE'RE GONNA TOP IT WITH SOME FUN THINGS.

AND YOU CAN ALWAYS JUST HAVE YOUR CUPS OUT LIKE THIS AND THEN HAVE ALL YOUR TOPPINGS, BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE LIKE DIFFERENT THINGS THAN OTHERS ON THEIR SALADS.

BUT I MADE SOME--JUST SOME LITTLE CARROT SHAVINGS HERE THAT YOU CAN JUST KIND OF STUFF IN.

AND YOU JUST TAKE YOUR CARROT, TO MAKE THEM, AND YOU JUST PULL YOUR PEELER ALONG, AND YOU MAKE THESE GREAT REALLY THIN LITTLE CARROT SHAVINGS.

SO IT'S JUST KIND OF LIKE MAKING A FLOWER ARRANGEMENT.

YOU JUST KIND OF USE WHAT YOU HAVE.

I HAVE SOME CUCUMBERS THAT I DID THE SAME THING WITH WITH MY PEELER.

OR IF YOU DON'T WANT TO USE THE SHAVINGS, I FOUND THESE GREAT BABY CARROTS AT THE STORE WHICH I THOUGHT WERE ADORABLE AND WOULD BE GREAT IN YOUR SALAD AS WELL.

AND THEN WE'RE GONNA PUT IN SOME CHERRY TOMATOES.

AND THEN I HAVE SOME OF MY SEAFOOD THAT'S ALREADY PREPARED.

THIS IS SPICY SHRIMP AND SOME SPICY SCALLOPS.

AND THEN YOU CAN TOP THIS WITH SOME BLUE CHEESE DRESSING IF YOU'D LIKE.

OR IF YOU DON'T WANT TO USE THE SPICY ONE AND MIX IT UP A LITTLE BIT, YOU CAN USE THE LEMON PEPPER BREADER AND HAVE A LITTLE CITRUS DRESSING TO GO WITH IT AS WELL.

SO LET'S MOVE OVER HERE, AND I'LL SHOW YOU WHAT I CAME UP WITH.

I USED MY LITTLE GOBLET, WHICH WILL BE FUN FOR AN OUTDOOR PARTY, TOO, BECAUSE YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT BREAKAGE.

OR IF YOU REALLY WANT TO GO SIMPLE AND COLORFUL, YOU CAN DO THE PAPER CUP.

OR IF YOU WANT TO DO A LITTLE BIT MORE ELEGANT, IF YOU WANT TO HAVE THEM ALL SET UP AND PEOPLE CAN JUST COME BY AND PICK THEM UP, YOU CAN USE, LIKE, A MARTINI GLASS, WHICH IS ALWAYS FUN TOO.

AND THEN I HAVE SOME HUSH PUPPIES HERE ON THE SIDE.

INSTEAD OF USING CRACKERS OR BREAD, YOU CAN USE SOME GREAT HUSH PUPPIES.

TOP IT WITH SOME DRESSING, AND YOU'RE READY TO GO.

IT MAKES A NICE, UNUSUAL WAY TO PRESENT YOUR SALAD.

SO I HOPE YOU ENJOY THE SPICY SEAFOOD SALAD, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU NEXT TIME HERE ON SIMPLE COOKING.

- WELL IF YOU LIKE THAT RECIPE, THERE'S THAT RECIPE AND A LOT MORE IN THE CAROLINA OUTDOOR JOURNAL COOKBOOK AT CAROLIINAOUTDOORJOURNAL.COM.

JOE, A GOOD DAY OF FISHING A STRONG FISH.

- ABSOLUTELY, IT REALLY IS ONE OF OUR TOP SPORT FISH ON THE COAST, AND THEY'RE NOT EDIBLE.

IT'S ALL CATCH-AND-RELEASE FISHERY.

AND HAVING TWO GROUPS THAT COME IN-- THE EARLY FALL, SEPTEMBER GROUP, AND THEN THE LARGER FISH COME IN IN NOVEMBER-- IT'S JUST A GREAT OPPORTUNITY, YOU KNOW, FOR THE SMALL BOAT OPERATOR TO WORK OUT THESE INLETS.

WE CAME AT BARDEN'S-- AT CAPE LOOKOUT, BARDEN'S INLET AND THEN BEAUFORT INLET, BOGUE INLET.

THE CAPE LOOKOUT AREA SEEMS TO BE THE-- KIND OF THE CENTERPIECE FOR THAT TYPE OF FISHING.

BUT IF YOU'VE NEVER DONE IT, GO GIVE THEM A TRY.

- JUST GOES TO SHOW IT'S GOOD FISHING IN NORTH CAROLINA.

- ABSOLUTELY.

- FOR JOE ALBEA, I'M JOHN MOORE.

THANKS FOR JOINING US TODAY ON THE CAROLINA OUTDOOR JOURNAL.

- [MALE ANNOUNCER]: AND MAKE SURE TO VISIT OUR WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION.

- [MALE ANNOUNCER]: THE PRODUCTION OF CAROLINA OUTDOOR JOURNAL IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY: - [FEMALE ANNOUNCER]: THE NORTH CAROLINA WILDLIFE RESCOURCES COMMISSION.

A FISHING LICENSE GOES A LONG WAY TOWARDS WILDLIFE CONSERVATION IN NORTH CAROLINA.

OVER 38,000 MILES OF MANAGED STREAMS AND RIVERS, AND 250,000 ACRES OF LAKES AND RESERVOIRS.

- [MALE ANNOUNCER]: AND BY EZ BAIT AND TACKLE, FAMILY OWNED AND OPERATED.

WE FISH FROM FRESH TO SALTWATER.

WE PROVIDE FISHING SUPPLIES AND AD VICE TO EVERY TYPE OF ANGLER.

FOR ALL YOUR FISHING NEEDS, EZ BAIT AND TACKLE.

AND BY CONTRIBUTIONS FROM PBS NC VI EWERS LIKE YOU.

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