Fast Water Shad
Season 4 Episode 10 | 26m 51sVideo has Closed Captions
Fishing fast-moving waters for white shad and the lures that work best; a scallops recipe.
This week on Carolina Outdoor Journal, we’ll fish fast-moving water for White Shad. In Gear Time, our anglers take a look at the lures that work best for this sporty fish. Donna Reynolds prepares a recipe for scallops.
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Fast Water Shad
Season 4 Episode 10 | 26m 51sVideo has Closed Captions
This week on Carolina Outdoor Journal, we’ll fish fast-moving water for White Shad. In Gear Time, our anglers take a look at the lures that work best for this sporty fish. Donna Reynolds prepares a recipe for scallops.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship[PIANO INTRO] - NOT AS BIG AS THAT LAST ONE YOU HAD ON, BUT HE'S OKAY.
- DID HE HIT THE SPOON?
- YEAH, HE'S ON THE SPOON.
- I'LL BE DOGGONE.
LET ME GET THAT NET.
- ALL RIGHT, LET ME GET MY MESS IN FIRST.
- HE'S A BUCK, BUT HE'S OKAY.
- HE'S A NICE BUCK IS WHAT HE IS.
- ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.
- YEAH.
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[LIGHT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC] ♪ - HELLO, AND WELCOME TO THE CAROLINA OUTDOOR JOURNAL.
WELL, TODAY'S PROGRAM'S GONNA TAKE US TO ROCKY MOUNT, AND, JOE, THE SHAD ARE RUNNING.
- THAT'S RIGHT.
THIS IS THE OPENING, YOU KNOW, SALVO OF SPRING FISHING TO ME.
ALONG WITH ITS COUSIN, THE HICKORY SHAD, THE AMERICAN WHITE SHAD ENTERS ALL OF OUR RIVERS IN THE SPRING TO SPAWN.
ALL OF OUR RIVERS HAVE AMERICAN WHITE SHAD.
TODAY WE'RE ON THE TAR RIVER FISHING UP NEAR ROCKY MOUNT, WHICH IS A GREAT DESTINATION.
FOR ANYBODY THAT KNOWS ANYTHING ABOUT SHAD FISHING, THAT'S WHERE YOU GO.
BUT WE HAD A REALLY PRETTY SPRING DAY AND CAUGHT FISH.
- WHAT'S THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE DOGWOOD AND THE SHAD?
- WELL, THE DOGWOOD IS YOUR VISIBLE SIGN.
USUALLY, WHEN THE DOGWOOD BLOOMS, THAT'S THE TIME TO GO WHITE SHAD FISHING, AND SO THAT'S KIND OF AN INDICATOR.
- AND, OF COURSE, THIS FISH IS NOT HIGH-TECH AT ALL.
- NO, IT'S PRETTY SIMPLE.
LIGHT, FAIRLY LIGHT TACKLE, ALTHOUGH YOU USE A LITTLE HEAVIER TACKLE, A LITTLE STOUTER TACKLE FOR THE WHITE SHAD THAN YOU DO THE HICKORY SHAD, BECAUSE THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT BIGGER.
THEY'LL GET UP TO 5 OR 6 POUNDS, THE BIG ROE SHAD, SO-- JUST A LOT OF FUN.
- AND DONNA'S GOT A RECIPE FOR SCALLOPS TODAY.
- SCALLOPED SCALLOPS IN THE KITCHEN TODAY.
- WELL, THE SHAD ARE RUNNING.
LET'S GET TO IT ON THE CAROLINA OUTDOOR JOURNAL.
- BILL, WE'VE BEEN WAITING TO DO THIS.
WE'RE HERE.
- HERE WE ARE.
WE'VE BEEN WAITING A WHOLE YEAR, REALLY.
- SPRINGTIME, WHITE SHAD ON THE TAR RIVER.
- FIRST WEEK IN APRIL.
- YEAH, THE WATER'S BEEN REAL HIGH, AND IT'S REALLY... - IT'S FINALLY FISHABLE.
- STARTING TO DROP OUT A LITTLE BIT, CLEARING UP.
- THAT GUY'S ALREADY CAUGHT TWO ACROSS-- UP ON THE BANK OVER THERE.
BEAUTIFUL MORNING.
- I REALLY THINK WE'RE JUST GETTING INTO THE GOOD RUN OF WHITE SHAD TOO.
- YEP.
- THEY MIGHT HAVE BEEN HERE EARLIER, BUT WE DIDN'T-- - WELL, THE HICKORIES ARE OKAY TO GET YOU GOING, AND THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH HICKORIES, BUT I SWEAR, THESE WHITE SHAD ARE JUST SO MUCH BIGGER, MORE FUN.
THAT GUY'S GOT ANOTHER ONE ON OVER THERE, TOM.
- YEAH, THAT'S THE THIRD FISH HE'S CAUGHT IN THE LAST FIVE OR TEN MINUTES.
- I HAD A BUMP JUST A MINUTE AGO.
- SEEN A FEW ROLL OUT HERE.
- I'LL TELL YOU, THESE FISH, THEY JUST PULL SO MUCH HARDER THAN A HICKORY.
I MEAN-- - IT'S JUST NO COMPARISON.
THE HICKORY IS A SPUNKY FISH, AND THEY'RE A LOT OF FUN, AND I LOVE THEM, BUT YOU CAN GET-- YOU CAN GET A FISH HERE 4 OR 5 POUNDS THAT WILL REALLY GIVE YOU ALL YOU CAN HANDLE.
- YEAH.
I'M GONNA FISH THIS ORANGE DART JUST WITH NO WEIGHT.
I NOTICED YOU'VE GOT ON A SPLIT SHOT.
- YEAH, I'VE GOT AN EGG SINKER ON AND A 1/4 OUNCE DART.
- YOU CAN GET IT ON OVER THERE TOO.
- BUT I WILL THROW A SPOON IF THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES.
- WELL, I'M GONNA KIND OF WATCH AND SEE WHAT HE'S USING.
I THINK HE'S GOT TWO DARTS ON HIS RIG.
- HE'S GOT A TANDEM RIG.
I DON'T KNOW WHETHER HE'S GOT A SPOON OR NOT.
- THERE HE IS, RIGHT HERE BEHIND US.
- GOT HIM, BILL?
- MM-HMM.
- OKAY.
- RIGHT HERE BEHIND THE BOAT.
- YEAH, MAYBE ENOUGH-- IF HE'S BIG ENOUGH TO LAND.
- I DON'T KNOW.
I SWEAR, IT FEELS LIKE A TROUT, A BIG TROUT.
IT'S BEEN SO LONG.
NO, HE'S--HE AIN'T ALL THAT BIG.
- THEY WOULD ON THIS LIGHT TACKLE, THOUGH.
- IT'S A BUCK.
- A LITTLE BUCK?
- YEAH, I THINK I CAN GET HIM.
- OKAY.
I CAN GET HIM FOR YOU IF YOU WANT ME TO.
- WELL, IF YOU'D BE SO KIND.
A LITTLE BUCK, A BUCKAROOSKIE ON THE ORANGE DART.
- YEP.
- THAT WILL START THINGS OFF.
AND A-- - AND A QUICK RELEASE.
WE'LL GET A BIGGER ONE IN HERE AND LOOK AT HIM A LITTLE BIT.
- ALL RIGHT.
COOL.
MAYBE WE'LL CATCH A FEW.
- THAT'S PROBABLY ONE THING WE'RE GONNA NEED TO DO IS MAYBE LAND SOME OF THEM IN THE NET IF THEY'RE A LITTLE BIGGER THAN THAT.
- YEAH, IF WE GET A ROE.
THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO CATCH IS A ROE THAT TAKES ME TEN MINUTES TO GET IN.
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT?
- YEAH, I KNOW.
- JUST SIT OUT THERE AND JUST DOG WITH YOU ON THIS LIGHT STUFF.
- IT JUST SITS DOWN ON A ROCKING CHAIR RIGHT ON THE BOTTOM.
- YEAH, THAT'S WHAT YOU FEEL LIKE.
YOU FEEL LIKE A BIG OLD TROUT WITH THAT HEAD SHAKING DOWN THERE.
A BIG OLD SOW SHAD IS WHAT I WANT.
THERE'S NOTHING LIKE A WHITE ON THE END OF YOUR LINE.
- NOPE.
- LOOK HOW THAT THING JUST-- I MEAN, YOU CAN'T JUST HORSE THESE FISH IN.
HE--I BELIEVE HE FOUND THE ROCKING CHAIR DOWN THERE.
HE'S SITTING ON THE BOTTOM-- - MM-HMM, SITTING DOWN ROCKING.
- COME ON, BABY.
- I MIGHT JUST NET HIM JUST TO TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT HIM.
- MM.
- NOT BAD.
- OH, ME.
- HE LIKES THAT ORANGE DART.
WE GONNA CATCH A WHOPPER HERE IN A LITTLE BIT, THOUGH.
- YEAH.
- OH, HERE WE ARE.
- OH, PRETTY.
- THERE'S A WHITE SHAD RIGHT THERE FOR YOU.
- JUST A MEDIUM-SIZED, NOT REAL BIG.
- YEP, SEE HOW HIS LIPS COME TOGETHER RIGHT THERE TOGETHER?
- THAT'S THE ONLY WAY I KNOW TO TELL THE DIFFERENCE, RIGHT THERE.
PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THE COLORS AND-- - WELL, THEY'RE A LITTLE BIGGER TOO.
- WELL... - THIS IS A NICE FISH.
- THEY ARE GENERALLY A LITTLE BIGGER, BUT THEY'RE CATCHING SUCH BIG HICKORIES... - WE'RE GONNA CATCH A BIG ONE HERE IN A MINUTE.
- YEAH, THAT'S NOT A BAD FISH.
- YEAH.
I'M HAPPY.
THIS IS FUN, RIGHT HERE.
I COULD DO THIS FOR A LITTLE BIT LONGER.
- YEAH, I HOPE TO JOIN YOU.
GUESS WHAT, BILL.
- WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
- I GOT A LITTLE-- - WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
- I FEEL PRETTY SURE IT WAS A WHITE SHAD.
IT'S NOT GONNA BE A HICKORY.
- WELL, I'M GONNA HAVE TO SAY THAT YOU DO HAVE A FISH ON THIS TIME.
- YOU GIVE ME CREDIT FOR EVEN HANGING ONE THIS TIME.
- NO, I KNEW WHEN YOU SWITCHED COLORS THAT THINGS WERE GONNA CHANGE.
- HE MIGHT HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE WEIGHT ON HIM THAN THE-- YEAH, HE'S A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
- THAT'S A DECENT FISH, ISN'T IT?
- A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
- GET HIM, TOM.
YOU DON'T JUST HORSE HIM, THAT'S FOR SURE.
- NO, YOU CAN'T HORSE THESE FISH, ESPECIALLY WITH LIGHT TACKLE.
- DON'T YOU LOVE IT?
- I'VE GOT 6-POUND TEST HERE TOO.
- OH, DO YOU?
- YEAH.
- UH-OH, TOM, WE'VE GOT TWO ON.
- GOT A DOUBLE.
- WAIT A MINUTE.
DON'T YOU GET YOUR CHOCOLATE IN MY PEANUT BUTTER HERE.
- [laughs] AM I OVER YOU OR UNDER-- OVER YOU?
- I THINK YOU'RE OVER ME.
- OKAY.
- WHOA, BABY.
- ALL RIGHT.
- THERE YOU GO.
THIS ISN'T BAD.
THERE YOU GO.
THERE YOU GO.
- CLEAR?
- YEP.
- MM, DOGGONE.
HE'S NOT REAL BIG.
- LOOK AT THAT THING.
THAT THING IS JUST DOGGING IT.
- WHITE SHAD.
- AND HE'S NOT EVEN A BIG ONE.
- GET THEM BOTH IN THERE?
- YEAH, PUT THEM BOTH IN THERE...
IF I CAN GET HIM OVER THERE.
HE'S A LITTLE FELLA.
THAT'S THE WAY YOU LIKE TO DO IT: TWO AT A TIME, AS LONG AS WE DON'T GET THEM MIXED UP.
THEY'RE BOTH BUCKS.
- YEAH, THEY ARE.
- BUT THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
COME HERE, BABY.
AND THEY ARE SLIPPERY.
- THEY REALLY ARE.
- SLIPPERY WHEN WET, RIGHT?
- THAT'S RIGHT.
- SLIPPERY WHEN WET.
- YEP.
- YEAH.
- OKAY.
- YOU GRAB HIM.
- I'M GONNA PUT HIM OUT ON THIS SIDE.
MAYBE HE'LL GO BACK AND HIT AGAIN.
- THIS IS A LITTLE BUCK HERE.
THIS ONE'S NOT EVEN ALL THAT BIG.
I GOT HIM HOOKED GOOD TOO.
OH, COME HERE, FELLA.
- THE GAME'S ON NOW.
- I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, YOU'VE GOT TO LOOK AT THAT, HOW THAT HOOK IS BENT.
SEE, IF I WASN'T PAYING ATTENTION...
I NEED TO GET A LITTLE PAIR OF PLIERS, ACTUALLY.
- YEAH, THESE HOOKS ARE A LITTLE BIT SOFT.
- I KIND OF LIKE THAT, THOUGH, BECAUSE IF YOU GET HUNG ON SOMETHING, YOU MIGHT EVEN GET THE HOOK TO BE IN, YOU KNOW, IN IT.
THEN YOU CAN ALWAYS REBEND IT.
- YEAH, A LOT OF TIMES, YOU CAN JUST PULL IT REAL EASY, AND IT WILL STRAIGHTEN RIGHT OUT.
- SURE IS PRETTY OUT HERE TODAY.
- OH, IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
YOU NOTICE THE DOGWOODS?
- ABOUT THAT TIME, ISN'T IT?
- YEAH, WHEN YOU SEE THE DOGWOODS... - IT'S TIME TO GO WHITE SHAD-- - OPEN UP A LITTLE BIT... - YEAH.
- THAT'S ONE THING I ALWAYS GET EXCITED ABOUT WHITE SHAD FISHING ESPECIALLY.
- YOU KNOW, WHAT I USE AS AN INDICATOR IS WHEN WE HAVE GREEN UP, AND WE'RE HAVING GREEN UP RIGHT NOW.
THESE TREES ARE JUST OPENING UP.
- YEP.
- IF THE WATER'S NOT TOO HIGH, IT'S TIME TO GO.
- IT IS TIME TO GO.
AND YOU CAN CATCH THEM BEFORE ALL THAT HAPPENS, BUT MY CONFIDENCE LEVEL GOES UP REAL HIGH.
- AND COMFORT LEVEL.
IT'S PRETTY DECENT OUT HERE TODAY.
IT'S GONNA BE 70, 80 DEGREES TODAY.
WHAT COULD BE BETTER THAN THAT?
CALM, CLEAR, BEAUTIFUL, THAT BRIGHT GREEN OF THE NEW GROWTH, AND A WHITE SHAD ON THE END OF YOUR LINE.
ARE YOU KIDDING ME?
OH.
OH, OH, OH, OH, WHOA... - AGAIN?
- WATCH OUT.
- BOY, YOU ARE PUTTING A HURT ON ME, BOY.
- OH, IT'S NOTHING.
- I KNOW IT.
- IT'S NOTHING.
- IT MUST NOT BE.
- NO, I MEAN, 'CAUSE IT'S FUN.
- THERE MUST NOT BE ANYTHING TO IT.
- I DON'T KNOW WHICH IS MORE FUN, CATCHING THE FISH OR WATCHING YOU ENVY ME CATCHING ONE, BECAUSE I HELP YOU GET LUCKY EVERY NOW AND THEN.
- WELL, YOU KNOW.
- MM, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT.
I LOVE THE WAY THESE FISH PULL.
- HE'S A LITTLE BIT BIGGER.
- MM, LOOKS LIKE A TROUT.
LOOK, DID YOU SEE HOW HE WAS SHAKING?
- YES, HEAD SHAKE.
THAT'S A LITTLE BIGGER FISH.
- HE'S A LITTLE BIGGER?
- A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
- I TOLD YOU THEY WERE GONNA START GETTING BIG.
YEAH, THAT'S A LITTLE BIGGER.
- YEAH, A LITTLE BETTER.
- THAT'S A LITTLE BEEFIER THERE.
- WHY DON'T YOU TAKE A BREAK?
- THAT'S A... [laughter] OOH, OOH, IT POPPED RIGHT OUT.
JUST DON'T WIGGLE NOW.
- GOOD DEAL.
THAT'S PRETTY.
- THAT'S A NICE FISH RIGHT THERE.
- THAT'S A LITTLE BIT BETTER CLASS THERE.
- THICK... MAKE SOME-- THAT WOULD MAKE A GOOD EATIN' RIGHT THERE.
I REALLY NEED TO TAKE ONE HOME TO LAURA.
THERE YOU GO.
- NICE FISH.
- THERE WE GO.
WE'RE GONNA CATCH ONE BIGGER THAN THAT.
- YEAH, WE'RE MOVIN' UP.
- THAT WAS FUN RIGHT THERE, A LITTLE ORANGE DART.
IT'S DOING IT.
- YEAH, I MIGHT HAVE TO GO TO AN ORANGE DART.
I WILL DO THAT.
- I GOT SOME "EX-TREES."
- [laughs] I THINK I MIGHT HAVE AN "EX-TREE" MYSELF.
- I HAVE AN EXTRA DOZEN.
YOUR TACKLE BOX IS LIKE LOOKING IN MOST TACKLE SHOPS.
- [laughs] - AND YOU FIND THEM-- YOU FIND MOST OF THEM.
I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYBODY EASTER EGG HUNT AS MUCH AS YOU DO ON A FISHING TRIP.
- WELL, THAT GIVES ME TWO THINGS TO LOOK FORWARD TO-- - CONSTANTLY LOOKING IN LIMBS AND TREES.
- OKAY, BILL.
- WHAT YOU GOT ON THERE?
- MUST BE A MILLION OF THEM OUT THERE.
[laughter] - WELL, I'M GLAD TO SEE YOU HOOKED UP THERE, BUDDY.
- YOU KNOW, A SPOON AND A DART.
SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO GO TO THAT.
- YOU MIGHT GET ANOTHER ONE ON IF-- YOU KNOW, THEY COME UP SNOOPING AROUND IT.
- YOU KNOW, I HOPE NOT, BECAUSE I'VE LOST-- I'VE HAD TWO ON, AND A LOT OF TIMES, THEY GO THEIR OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS AND BREAK OFF.
- THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
- FEELS LIKE HE'S GOT A LITTLE MORE WEIGHT.
- HE DOES?
- YEAH?
- ALL RIGHT.
MAYBE THAT'S THAT NICE ONE WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT.
LET ME GET MY LITTLE MESS OUT OF YOUR WAY HERE.
- WHAT'S HE DOING?
- VERY GOOD.
- ALL RIGHT.
- THANK YOU.
- UH-HUH.
- A LITTLE BETTER FISH.
- THAT'S A NICE FISH THERE.
- A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
- YEAH.
HE HIT THE SPOON.
HOW ABOUT THAT?
- MM-HMM.
- DAMN, THERE YOU GO, TOM.
THAT'S BETTER.
OH, YEAH.
- ISN'T HE PRETTY?
- THAT'S A PRETTY FISH THERE.
- MM-HMM.
- THICK FISH.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE AFTER RIGHT THERE.
THAT'S NICE.
DON'T YOU LOVE IT-- - LOOK AT THOSE LITTLE DOTS.
- UH-HUH, YOU CAN SEE THEM WHEN YOU LOOK DOWN BUT NOT WHEN YOU LOOK ACROSS.
- OOPS, ALL RIGHT.
- NICE.
NICE JOB.
- OKAY.
- THAT WAS EVERY BIT OF 3 1/2 POUNDS.
THAT'S MORE LIKE IT.
WHEN THE DOGWOODS BLOOM.
HOW ABOUT IT?
- ON THE OLD SPOON.
- THE OLD SPOONAROOSKIE.
YOU CATCH ANOTHER ONE, AND I'M GONNA HAVE TO THINK ABOUT A SPOON... - PET SPOON.
- BE A SPOON-FED FISH THERE.
- I HAD A STRIKE, YOU KNOW, ON THE CAST BEFORE THAT.
ALL RIGHT, BILLY.
- OH, DID YOU GET ONE?
- FINALLY.
- OH, ALL RIGHT, MY FRIEND.
- OOOH.
- IS IT DECENT?
- FEELS LIKE IT'S A PRETTY GOOD FISH.
ALL THESE WHITE SHAD PULL GOOD, THOUGH.
- YEAH, THAT'S TRUE.
- WANTS TO GO BEHIND THE BOAT.
GET OUT BACK HERE IN BIG WATER.
GET OVER HERE.
THERE HE GOES.
- CRAWLING THE BANK.
- YEAH.
HE PROBABLY KNOWS WHERE OUR SNAG IS OVER THERE.
[laughter] - THAT'S WHERE HE WAS BORN.
HEY, A LITTLE JUMPING.
COOL.
- HE'S NOT AS BIG AS THAT LAST ONE YOU HAD ON, BUT HE'S OKAY.
- DID HE HIT THE SPOON?
- YEAH, HE'S ON THE SPOON.
- I'LL BE DOGGONE.
LET ME GET THAT NET.
- ALL RIGHT.
- LET ME GET MY MESS IN FIRST.
- HE'S A BUCK, BUT HE'S OKAY.
- HE'S A NICE BUCK IS WHAT HE IS.
- ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.
- YEAH.
ALL RIGHT, MY FRIEND.
GOOD... WE'RE STILL AFTER THAT 5-POUNDER.
- YEAH, WE ARE.
- WE'RE GONNA GET HER.
SHE'S OUT THERE.
- BOY, THEY'RE SLIPPERY.
- THEY ARE VERY SLIPPERY.
HARD TO PUT YOUR HAND ON THOSE FISH.
- IT'S ACTUALLY EASIER TO JUST PUT HIM BACK IN.
- SILVERY, SILVERY, SILVERY.
- JOE, YOU MENTIONED THE DOGWOOD AS BEING ONE OF THE INDICATORS, BUT THERE ARE OTHERS.
- WELL, YOU NEED-- THE WATER TEMPERATURE AND THE--IT'S REALLY GOOD-- BETTER--IF THE WATER'S UP, IF YOU GOT GOOD--AND WE'VE, YOU KNOW, THIS SPRING WE'VE HAD, YOU KNOW, LOTS OF WATER IN THE RIVER, AND THEN THAT'S WHAT DRAWS THESE FISH IN TO SPAWN.
THEY'VE GOT TO REACH THE AREAS THAT THEY WERE BORN IN, THEIR NATAL STREAMS OR THE AREA THAT THEY WERE BORN IN, SO WATER TEMPERATURE, HEIGHTH OF THE RIVER, AND THEN IF YOU'VE GOT A FULL BLOOM GOING ON YOUR DOGWOODS, THAT TELLS YOU THAT THAT'S THE TIME TO GO.
I MEAN, YOU CAN SEE THAT, AND GENERALLY, ON AVERAGE, THAT'S WHERE YOU CAN GO CATCH THEM, AND IT'S JUST A GREAT OPENING WAY TO OPEN YOUR FISHING IN THE SPRING AND JUST LOTS OF FUN.
- WELL, WHEN THE DOGWOODS START BLOOMING, THAT'S WHEN YOU NEED TO GET READY.
LET'S FIND OUT MORE ABOUT BEING READY.
LET'S GO TO GEAR TIME.
- TOM, I HAVE HAD A BALL THIS MORNING.
- I HAVE TOO.
- WE'VE HAD SOME FUN.
LET'S JUST TALK A LITTLE-- A FEW MINUTES-- ABOUT WHAT WE USED TO CATCH THESE FISH.
WHAT DO YOU LIKE TO WHITE SHAD FISH WITH?
- GENERALLY, FOR WHITE SHAD, I LIKE TO THROW A SINGLE DART OR A SINGLE SPOON OR A TWISTER.
I JUST HAVE HAD MORE LUCK DOING THAT THAN I HAVE WITH TANDEM RIGS.
- TODAY ORANGE WAS HOT.
- ORANGE WAS HOT, BUT YOU CAUGHT MORE THAN I DID ON A SINGLE DART, AND I WASN'T HAVING A LOT OF LUCK, SO I WENT TO A TANDEM RIG.
I JUST FINISHED SAYING THAT I LIKE A SINGLE, BUT THERE ARE TIMES WHEN I THINK THAT A TANDEM RIG ACTUALLY WORKS PRETTY WELL.
SO I HAD A SILVER SPOON WITH A TWISTER ON THERE AND A LITTLE BIT OF WEIGHT, BECAUSE THE WATER'S A LITTLE BIT HIGHER HERE NOW.
- A LITTLE CURRENT.
- A LITTLE CURRENT.
AND I'VE ACTUALLY HAD BETTER LUCK ON THIS THAN I HAVE OTHERS, BUT GENERALLY, I LIKE TO THROW A SINGLE.
- AND IF YOU GET INTO A QUIET WATER SITUATION WHERE THERE'S NOT MUCH CURRENT, I THINK THE SINGLE WILL WORK FINE, BUT WHEN YOU GET A LITTLE CURRENT, YOU EITHER GOT TO ADD A LITTLE SPLIT SHOT-- I NOTICED YOU'VE GOT A LITTLE SPLIT SHOT ABOVE YOUR SWIVEL THERE.
AND SO YOU'VE GOT ONE BAIT BEHIND THE OTHER BAIT, AND IT WORKED WELL TODAY.
WE MISSED SOME BIG FISH TODAY.
BOTH YOU AND I BOTH MISSED A NICE ONE.
- YEAH, THE CONDITIONS ARE RIPE FOR SHAD, AND THEY'RE DEFINITELY HERE.
- I HAVE GONE TO OTHER PLACES ALONG THE RIVER AND EVEN USED A SMALL BUCKTAIL SOMETIMES OR A CURLY TAIL MAYBE IN WHITE, AND CERTAINLY THESE OTHER SPOONS WOULD WORK AT DIFFERENT TIMES.
YOU NEED TO KEEP TRYING.
IN FACT, TODAY THIS WAS THE BAIT I USED, I BELIEVE, MORE THAN ANY OTHER BAIT, AND IT WAS WITHOUT THE WEIGHT, SO-- - THAT'S BEEN GOOD TODAY.
- THESE LIGHT-ACTION RODS, THOUGH, YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE.
YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE SOMETHING PRETTY LIGHT.
I'VE GOT A 6-FOOT HERE WITH JUST A 6-POUND TEST, AND YOURS ARE PROBABLY, WHAT, 6 1/2?
- YEAH, MINE IS A 6-POUND TEST, 6-FOOT ROD.
THIS IS ANOTHER DART I LIKE TO THROW ON A SINGLE, HEAVIER, GETS YOU DOWN A LITTLE BIT, BUT I BASICALLY USE THE SAME TACKLE THAT I USE FOR HICKORY SHAD.
SOMETIMES I SIZE DOWN ON MY LINE A LITTLE BIT.
- I'LL TELL YOU, YOU BETTER HAVE A GOOD DRAG.
- YOU NEED A GOOD DRAG... - THESE FISH MOVE.
- A GOOD LIGHT-ACTION ROD.
OH, IT'S JUST HARD TO BEAT IT.
- WHEN THE DOGWOODS BLOOM.
- WHEN THE DOGWOODS BLOOM AND THE WATER CONDITIONS GET RIGHT... - HEY, I ENJOYED IT.
- BEEN MY PLEASURE, BUDDY.
- LET'S DO IT AGAIN REAL SOON.
- YOU KNOW WE WILL.
- ALL RIGHT, MY FRIEND... - THANK YOU.
- MY OLD FRIEND.
- MY OLD FRIEND, YEAH.
- WELL, I HOPE YOU FIND THAT INFORMATION VALUABLE FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE GONNA BE GOING OUT SHAD FISHING ANYTIME SOON.
WE CERTAINLY DO THANK OUR ANGLERS FOR THAT INFORMATION.
NOW, IF YOU NEED MORE, YOU CAN GO TO THE TELEPHONE NUMBER ON YOUR SCREEN OR GO TO OUR WEBSITE.
LET'S GET READY TO CATCH UP WITH DONNA.
SHE HAS ALWAYS GOT SOMETHING GOOD IN THE KITCHEN, AND TODAY SHE'S GOT A RECIPE USING SCALLOPS.
♪ ♪ - HI, TODAY IN THE KITCHEN WE'RE GONNA MAKE THIS GREAT ONE-MEAL DISH: SCALLOPED SCALLOPS.
I DARE YOU TO SAY THAT THREE TIMES FAST.
SO WE'RE GOING TO START OFF WITH OUR BEAUTIFUL SCALLOPS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR BOWL, AND MINE WERE SO BIG, AND YOU CAN JUST FIND THESE HUGE SCALLOPS NOW, SO WHAT I'VE DONE IS, I CUT MINE INTO FOURTHS, BECAUSE I WANTED MINE TO BE MORE BITE-SIZE, AND I THINK YOU CAN GET MORE OUT OF A SMALLER QUANTITY TOO.
SO I HAVE THEM IN MY BOWL, AND THEN I'M JUST GONNA SPRINKLE SOME SALT ON THIS AND SOME CRACKED BLACK PEPPER, AND I LIKE TO USED FRESH CRACKED BLACK PEPPER.
I JUST THINK IT HAS A LITTLE BIT BETTER TASTE, BUT YOU CAN USE WHAT YOU HAVE.
WHOOPS.
SO WE'RE JUST GONNA GIVE THOSE A TOSS, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA SET THOSE ASIDE, AND WE'RE GONNA MAKE OUR CRUST FOR OUR SCALLOPED SCALLOPS.
AND WE'RE GONNA BRING OUR BOWL OVER, AND WE'RE GONNA ADD SEVERAL INGREDIENTS.
IT'S GONNA BE KIND OF LIKE WHEN YOU MAKE A CRACKER CRUMB CRUST.
WE'RE GONNA ADD BUTTER.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE CRACKER CRUMBS.
WE'RE GONNA ADD SOME SOUTHERN BAKE.
AND WE'RE GONNA MIX ALL THOSE TOGETHER WITH A LITTLE PARMESAN CHEESE TOO, SO IT'S GONNA BE GREAT.
WE'RE GONNA START OUT WITH OUR CRACKER CRUMBS, AND YOU CAN USE SALTINES IF YOU WANT.
YOU CAN USE A MIXTURE OF WHATEVER YOU HAVE.
MY FAMILY, WE LIKE, OURSELVES, SOME CRACKERS WITH SOME BUTTER IN THEM, SO THAT'S WHAT WE MADE IN HERE.
IT WILL JUST GIVE IT A LITTLE BIT--A RICHER TASTE.
AND I JUST PUT THOSE IN MY FOOD PROCESSOR, GAVE THEM A PULSE UNTIL THEY WERE A FINE CRACKER CRUMB.
WE'RE GONNA ADD SOME PARMESAN CHEESE, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO ADD SOME CHICKEN BAKE IN HERE.
IT'S GONNA GIVE IT SOME GREAT FLAVOR AS WELL AS BRING IT ALL TOGETHER.
SO WE'RE GONNA ADD ABOUT 1 CUP OF THIS, AND WE'RE GONNA TOSS ALL OF OUR DRY INGREDIENTS TOGETHER SO THEY GET NICE AND MIXED, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA ADD IN OUR BUTTER.
SO WE'RE GOING TO GIVE THAT A TOSS.
AND IF YOU WANT, YOU CAN ADD, YOU KNOW, A VARIETY OF--YOU DON'T HAVE TO JUST USE SCALLOPS.
IF YOU HAVE SOME LEFTOVER WHITEFISH YOU WANT TO USE, OR IF YOU HAVE SOME SHRIMP THAT YOU WANT TO USE, YOU CAN JUST MIX IT ALL UP AND MAKE A SCALLOPED SEAFOOD IF YOU'D LIKE.
WE HAVE OUR 1/3 CUP OF BUTTER THAT WE'VE MELTED IN THE MICROWAVE, AND I LIKE TO USE BUTTER AND NOT MARGARINE, BECAUSE I THINK BUTTER HAS A GREAT FLAVOR TO IT, SO I'M GONNA USE THAT.
SO YOU CAN SEE, IT'S KIND OF LIKE WHEN YOU MAKE A CRACKER CRUMB CRUST.
JUST GIVE THAT A TOSS UNTIL IT'S ALL COATED.
AND WE'RE GONNA BAKE THIS IN A--IN A SHALLOW PAN, SO WE'RE GONNA USE A-- THIS IS, LIKE, AN 8x11 BAKING DISH.
WE'RE GONNA SPRAY THAT WITH A NONSTICK SPRAY AND GET THAT READY.
WE'RE GONNA HEAT OUR OVEN TO 350 DEGREES, AND THIS ONLY TAKES ABOUT 15 TO 20 MINUTES TO BAKE, SO IT'S GONNA GO TOGETHER REALLY QUICKLY.
YOU'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO PUT IT IN YOUR OVEN, BAKE IT, AND WHILE YOU'RE BAKING IT, YOU CAN MAKE YOUR SALAD, OR YOU CAN STEAM YOUR VEGETABLES TO GO ALONG WITH IT, AND THEN YOU'RE READY FOR DINNER.
SO ONCE WE'VE GOT OUR MIXTURE ALL COMBINED WITH OUR BUTTER, WE'RE GONNA ADD IN OUR SCALLOPS AND GIVE IT A TOSS TO COAT OUR SCALLOPS, AND THEN WE ARE READY TO PUT IT IN OUR BAKING DISH.
SO WE'RE GONNA COAT THAT.
WE'RE GONNA PLACE THAT IN OUR BAKING DISH AND SPREAD IT OUT, AND THEN WHAT'S GONNA HOLD THIS ALL TOGETHER IS, WE'RE GONNA DRIZZLE SOME HALF-AND-HALF OVER IT, SO YOU KNOW IT'S GONNA BE GOOD.
AND YOU CAN PUT SOME FRESH PARSLEY IN HERE, OR SOME SCALLIONS WOULD BE NICE TO GIVE IT A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW, SOME ONION FLAVOR AND A LITTLE COLOR.
SO WE'RE JUST GONNA DRIZZLE THAT OVER, LET IT SOAK IN.
LIKE I SAID, PUT IT IN THE OVEN AT 350 FOR ABOUT 25 MINUTES OR SO UNTIL IT'S ALL NICE AND BUBBLY.
IT'S GREAT.
SO LET'S TAKE A LOOK AND SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN IT'S FINISHED.
YOU CAN SEE THAT IT'S ALL NICE AND BUBBLY AND BROWN AND JUST-- IT'S JUST SO GOOD.
AND THEN JUST SERVE IT WITH A TOSSED SALAD OR WITH SOME OTHER GREEN VEGETABLES, AND IT IS AN AWESOME DISH.
SO I HOPE YOU ENJOY THE SCALLOPED SCALLOPS, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU HERE NEXT TIME ON SIMPLE COOKING.
- DONNA DOES DO SUCH A GREAT JOB.
JOE, BACK TO SHAD FISHING.
IT'S JUST A GREAT TIME TO START THE SEASON.
- IT REALLY IS, AND THE AMERICAN WHITE SHAD IS JUST ONE OF MY FAVORITES ALONG WITH THE HICKORY.
I JUST--IT'S, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE COMING OUT OF A COLD WINTER LIKE WE JUST EXPERIENCED, THEY'RE THE FIRST FISH THAT REALLY SHOW UP IN OUR RIVERS AND STREAMS AND JUST A LOT OF FUN.
FOR ME, IT'S ALL CATCH AND RELEASE.
SOME PEOPLE STILL, YOU KNOW, LIKE TO TAKE A ROE SHAD HOME AND BAKE IT, BUT, YOU KNOW, FOR SPORT, YOU CAN'T BEAT IT.
IN FAST WATER LIKE WE HAD THIS DAY-- MOVING WATER-- WHEN THEY TURN SIDEWAYS, AND YOU'RE USING 6- TO 8-POUND TEST LINE, YOU KNOW YOU'VE GOT AN ADVERSARY ON THE OTHER END AND JUST A LOT OF FUN.
- SO WATCH WHEN THE DOGWOODS GET READY TO BLOOM SO YOU'LL KNOW THAT YOU'RE GETTING READY TO GO SHAD FISHING.
- WHEN YOU SEE THAT HAPPENING, THAT MAY BE YOUR INDICATOR IT'S TIME TO GRAB THE FISHING ROD AND HIT A RIVER.
- NOTHING LIKE FISHING IN THE GREAT STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA.
- ABSOLUTELY.
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