Fishing Options
Season 5 Episode 10 | 26m 14sVideo has Closed Captions
Examining why it is important to have options when you go fishing.
On this edition of Carolina Outdoor Journal, we show you why it is important to have options when you go fishing. On Gear Time, our anglers discuss how they prepared for the day on the water. Donna Reynolds prepares oyster puppies in the kitchen.
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Fishing Options
Season 5 Episode 10 | 26m 14sVideo has Closed Captions
On this edition of Carolina Outdoor Journal, we show you why it is important to have options when you go fishing. On Gear Time, our anglers discuss how they prepared for the day on the water. Donna Reynolds prepares oyster puppies in the kitchen.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship[PIANO INTRO] - BIG CRAPPIE.
- OOH!
- OOH, A BIG CRAPPIE.
- YEAH.
THAT'S A NICE CRAPPIE.
GOOD GRACIOUS.
- COME ON TO PAPA.
COME ON TO PAPA.
OH!
TEDDY BEAR.
- OH, HE JUMPED.
- BUT WE GOT HIM.
BOY, LOOK AT THAT ONE.
- LOOK AT THAT.
THAT'S NICE.
NICE--HOW ABOUT THAT.
THAT'S THE SECOND NICE CRAPPIE YOU'VE CAUGHT.
YOU'VE CAUGHT TWO BIG OLD CRAPPIES.
- MAN, THINK THIS IS ANOTHER BIG OLD MALE TOO.
GOT YOU HOOKED IN.
- NEED PLIERS?
- NO, I GOT IT.
I WOULD'VE NEVER LOST HIM.
LOOK AT--THAT'S A BLACK BIG CRAPPIE.
THAT'S WHAT WE CAME OUT HERE FOR.
WE HAD TO SWITCH TACTICS TO FIND THEM.
BUT THEY WAS WORTH IT, WASN'T IT?
- UNBELIEVABLE THE DIFFERENCE IT MADE.
- ALL RIGHT, I'M GONNA PUT HIM IN A BOX.
THIS IS GONNA BE FEED-- FOOD FOR TWO.
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[LIGHT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC] ♪ ♪ ♪ - HELLO, WELCOME TO THE CAROLINA OUTDOOR JOURNAL.
WELL, TODAY'S PROGRAM, SIMPLY PUT, JOE, WE WENT FISHING, HAD TO KEEP OUR OPTIONS OPEN ON THIS ONE.
- THAT'S RIGHT.
THAT'S THE WHY THE TITLE OF THIS SHOW IS FISHING OPTIONS, BECAUSE THIS DAY PROVED WHERE TAKING A BACKUP IS NOT A BAD IDEA.
ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE FISHING FOR CRAPPIE.
ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE FISHING ON THE BACK SIDE OF A COLD FRONT, WHICH AS WE SAID BEFORE, YOU KNOW, YOU FLIP A COIN.
THEY MAY BITE.
THEY MAY NOT BITE.
THIS DAY, WE STARTED WITH LITTLE SPINNERS-- A LITTLE BETTS SPINS, AND THE MEPPS COMET MINO.
AND WE CAUGHT A FEW FISH.
WE CAUGHT A BASS.
WE CAUGHT, YOU KNOW, A FEW SPRINKLING OF FISH, BUT WE FISHED HARD FOR TWO OR THREE HOURS.
WHAT THE GUYS DID WAS BRING A BACKUP OF LIVE MINNOWS, AND YOU'RE GONNA SEE WHAT HAVING AN OPTION WILL DO FOR YOUR DAY.
IT REALLY TURNED OUT TO BE A REALLY, REALLY GOOD DAY ON CRAPPIE.
BUT THEY HAD TO WORK FOR IT, BUT THEY FOUND THEM.
- AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE A REAL GOOD GEAR TIME TODAY, 'CAUSE LIKE YOU SAY, THERE WERE A LOT OF OPTIONS THAT DAY.
- WELL, YEAH, THEY HAD BACKUP IN THE BOAT, AND IT PROVED TO BE WHAT WE NEEDED TO MAKE THE DAY SUCCESSFUL, BECAUSE WE WERE FISHING IN LATE APRIL, EARLY MAY, IN A REALLY NEAT PLACE THAT ONE OF OUR ANGLERS HAD BEEN FISHING FOR YEARS, AND KNEW THE FISH WERE THERE.
THEY JUST WERE NOT-- THE CRAPPIE WERE JUST NOT ON THAT EARLY IN THE MORNING.
AND THEY HAD TO BRING OUT THE MINNOWS.
- YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS HAVE GREAT RECIPES WITH DONNA TOO, BUT TODAY THE ONE WE'VE GOT-- OYSTER HUSH PUPPIES-- IS JUST GONNA BE OFF THE HOOK, AS THEY SAY.
- THAT'S RIGHT, OYSTERPUPPIES.
AND SHE'S MIXIN' THE OYSTERS WITH HUSH PUPPY MIX, AND IT REALLY PROVED TO BE A GOOD RECIPE.
- WE HAVE GOT A LOT TO DO, SO LET'S GET TO WORK HERE TODAY ON THE CAROLINA OUTDOOR JOURNAL.
- THAT'S PRETTY, ISN'T IT?
- YEP.
- TED, WE'VE GOTTEN TO THE SUPER SECRET SPOT.
THROUGH THE BUSHES AND DIDN'T SEE ANY ALLIGATORS.
BUT MAYBE LATER.
WE'RE FISHING--WE'RE GONNA FISH THIS FLAT HERE.
THE CRAPPIE LIKE TO GO UP IN THESE CYPRESS TREES.
AND THEY HAVE A LOG-- A ROOT SYSTEM THEY LIKE TO SPAWN IN THERE.
AND IT DROPS OFF ALONG THE EDGE HERE AT, LIKE, FOUR, FIVE FEET.
AND SO THEY'LL GO UP IN THERE AND SPAWN, AND THEN COME BACK OUT.
SO WE'RE GONNA BE KIND OF FAN CASTING AS WE WORK OUR WAY DOWN THIS LEDGE HERE.
- OKAY.
ALL RIGHT.
- LET'S SEE IF WE CAN GET 'EM.
- I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
- ALL RIGHT, MAN, LET'S GET 'EM.
- IT'S ABOUT TIME.
- YEAH.
- I WAS WAITING ON YOU, YOU BEING MY GUEST AND EVERYTHING.
WHAT YOU GOT THERE, TEDDY BEAR?
- AH, THAT'S A LITTLE FLYER, IT LOOKS LIKE.
- THAT'S A NICE BLUE BREAM.
- A BLUE BREAM IT IS.
- YEP.
- I THOUGHT IT WAS A FLYER.
- THAT'S PRETTY GOOD.
- WELL, HE ATE THAT THING.
- GOOD SIZE.
- LOOK AT THAT SCAR.
- IT'S ON HIM LIKE A BIG OLD CHAIN PICKEREL OR SOMETHING TRIED TO GET AHOLD OF HIM.
- YEAH, OR AN ALLIGATOR OR SOMETHING.
ANYWAY, SOMETHING ATE IT.
[sighs] - NEVER CAUGHT ONE THAT SMALL BEFORE, BUT... - [laughs] - YOU DID GOOD, TED.
- MY BUDDY.
- [laughs] CLIP THAT YOLK SAC OFF OF HIM.
[water splashes] PRETTY WORK.
MM, I GOT SOMETHING.
- YES, YOU DO.
- WE'RE ON THAT BOY.
- A BLACKFISH?
- I'M BASS FISHING.
- BASS FISHING.
[laughs] - LOOK AT THAT?
HOW ABOUT THAT?
I MEAN... [laughs] - WHAT DID I JUST TELL YOU?
IT LOOKED LIKE A PRETTY PLACE TO CATCH A BASS.
- YOU DID TELL ME THAT.
HOW ABOUT THAT?
- YEAH.
I BET THAT'S THE BIGGEST ONE WE CAUGHT IN HERE.
- ACTUALLY WE CAUGHT ONE OVER FIVE IN HERE.
- OH, DID YOU?
- BUT THAT'S VERY RARE FOR THIS TANNIC ACID WATER.
YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T SPAWN VERY WELL IN HERE.
THE EGGS DON'T SURVIVE, SO IT'S KIND OF RARE TO CATCH ONE.
AND THAT'S A PRETTY ONE.
HE'S...NICE AND HEALTHY.
- HE IS, ISN'T HE?
- NO LEECHES OR SCARS OR ANYTHING--PRETTY.
[sighs] smooch!
CATCH ANOTHER ONE.
- PARDON ME.
- WELL, WHAT DO YOU GOT THERE?
- ANOTHER LITTLE FLYER OR... - THAT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST FLYERS I'VE EVER SEEN IN A LONG TIME.
- PRETTY, ISN'T HE?
- PRETTY SICK OF ME.
THEY GET EATEN TOO.
PRETTY WORK, TEDDY BEAR.
- THANK YOU, RONNIE B.
- I GOT HIM ON THAT COMET MEPPS.
- HE SMACKED IT.
I HAD A BITE THERE.
AND I THREW BACK IN THERE, AND I...WALLOP ONE IN THERE.
- PRETTY AND THEY'RE GOOD TO EAT.
- THEY ARE GOOD TO EAT.
IS HE GOING TO THE DINNER TABLE?
- HE COULD BE, YEAH.
LET'S PUT A FEW IN THERE.
- ALL RIGHT.
- GOOD DEAL.
WELL, TED, WE'VE BEEN FISHING FOR CRAPPIE, BUT WE HADN'T CAUGHT ONE YET.
BUT ONE OF THE NEAT THINGS ABOUT THIS AREA ESPECIALLY IS, YOU'RE GONNA CATCH A VARIETY OF FISH.
IF WE CAN EVER FIND WHERE THEY'RE SPAWNING, YOU KNOW, WE MIGHT CATCH A WHOLE BUNCH OF CRAPPIE.
RIGHT NOW, BREAM, FLYERS, A BASS, YOU KNOW, AND WE'LL JUST CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR THE CRAPPIE.
AND THE WIND'S PICKED UP.
- YEAH, WE'RE STILL COMING OFF THAT WEATHER TOO.
AND WE'VE THROWN A LOT OF BAITS THIS MORNING FOR A FEW BITES.
BUT IT STARTED TO PICK UP A LITTLE BIT.
- YEAH, WE'LL JUST KEEP TRYING, AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN FIND THEM.
IF NOT, WE KNOW WE'RE GONNA CATCH A VARIETY OF FISH, AND THAT'S ALWAYS FUN.
- YEP, AS LONG AS WE'RE CATCHING SOMETHING.
- YEAH.
- I GOT A LITTLE BREAM.
- WHAT DO YOU GOT, TED?
- OH, NICE.
- HE HIT IT, HE HIT IT.
- HE KEPT ON SMACKING IT.
- IT'S A BLUE BREAM.
- OH, BIG OLD BREAM.
- GOSH, THAT'S A NICE BREAM.
HE WAS TRYING TO GET IT IN HIS MOUTH.
THAT'S A NICE BREAM.
- HE IS A PRETTY LITTLE BREAM.
HE HIT IT AND HIT IT.
I FINALLY GOT HIM HOOKED.
- YOU HAD TO USE ALL YOUR TALENT ON HIM.
- [laughs] YEAH, HE'S REALLY HOOKED.
LET HIM ROLL.
- PRETTY WORK.
[water splashing] WE'RE IN A NICE QUIET LITTLE AREA HERE.
- MM-HMM.
- OUT OF THE WIND.
THE WIND'S DYING DOWN SOME.
MAYBE THEY'LL TURN ON A LITTLE BIT.
- I HOPE IT'LL TURN ON, RONNIE.
- TEDDY BEAR, WE JUST-- WE HAD A GOOD LUNCH TO CELEBRATE NOT CATCHING VERY MANY FISH.
- [laughs] - SO FAR.
BUT WE'RE GONNA DO SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
WE BROUGHT SOME LIVE MINNOWS AS A BACKUP.
YOU KNOW, WE CAUGHT A NICE VARIETY OF FISH, BUT WE HAVEN'T CAUGHT ANY CRAPPIE.
- RIGHT.
- SO WE'RE GONNA TAKE SOME OF THESE MINNOWS, A CANE POLE, AND DO IT THE OLD-FASHIONED WAY.
- WELL, WE BROUGHT-- WE KNEW WE WANTED TO BRING A BACKUP.
WE DIDN'T KNOW IF WE'D CATCH THEM LIKE THAT OR NOT.
SOMETIME YOU DO, AND SOMETIME YOU DON'T.
WE'RE OFFICIALLY ON PLAN "B."
- [laughs] RIGHT.
- LET'S SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.
- LET'S TRY THEM.
I GOT A MINNOW ON HERE.
- IT'S A NICE ONE!
OH, GOSH!
IT'S LIKE--LOOK AT THAT!
- OOH, BOY.
HE'S PULLING ON THAT THING.
- GOOD GRACIOUS!
LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THAT CRAPPIE!
- THAT IS A NICE CRAPPIE.
- [laughs] - GOOD GOSH.
GET HIM IN THE BOAT.
- GOOD GRACIOUS ALIVE.
I'M GONNA GET THE LANDING NET FOR HIM.
[grunts] COME HERE, BABY.
LOOK AT THAT RASCAL.
- THAT IS A NICE CRAPPIE.
- WHOO, LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THAT CRAPPIE.
GOLLY DO.
[laughs] - LORDY, THAT'S A NICE ONE.
- IS THAT WHAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR OR WHAT?
- THAT'S WHAT WE WANTED RIGHT THERE.
- LOOK AT THE BODY ON THAT THING.
DO YOU NOT SEE HOW THICK HE IS?
- HE IS THICK.
- TWO INCHES THICK.
- HE'LL BE GOOD EATING.
- AND WHEN HE HIT IT, THAT CORK WENT... [makes whooshing sound] - IT WAS GONE!
MAN.
- GOOD GOSH ALMIGHTY.
- IS THAT A MALE?
- LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THIS.
[laughs] THAT LOOKS LIKE A MALE.
I MEAN, A BIG MALE.
- HE'S A BIG ONE.
- GOD, IT IS A MALE.
MM, LOOK AT THE COLOR.
- WELL, ISN'T THAT PRETTY?
- BEAUTIFUL FISH.
- THAT'S A BRIGHT CRAPPIE.
- I LOVE TO CATCH CRAPPIE.
- OH, MAN.
I'M GONNA PUT HIM IN THE BOX.
[laughter] WOW.
A LITTLE EARLY.
A LITTLE EARLY.
- SORRY.
- IT'S ALL RIGHT.
THEN AGAIN, IT MIGHT'VE--IT COULD'VE BEEN A RACCOON PERCH.
- HE'LL COME BACK AND HIT THAT.
- NORMALLY THEY WILL.
- HERE HE IS.
HE, UH... - TRY TO LURE HIM OVER TO MINE.
[laughs] - TEDDY BEAR!
- YEAH, TEDDY BEAR, WHOA!
- [laughs] - THAT'S A NICE CRAPPIE.
THAT'S A NICE ONE THERE, RON.
- ALL RIGHT, BRING HIM RIGHT HERE.
- AYE, SIR.
both: WHOA!
- THERE HE CAME.
- CURSES.
- [laughs] - FOILED AGAIN.
- PRETTY WORK--ALMOST.
- DANG, I MIGHT HAVE TO GO BACK OVER THERE.
MAN...MM, HATE LOSING ONE, ESPECIALLY LIKE THAT.
- YEAH.
- SHOOT.
- YEP, GOT HIM THAT TIME.
- PRETTY WORK.
- PRETTY WORK.
- GOD, LOOK HOW BLACK HE IS.
- HE IS BLACK, ISN'T HE?
- HE-- THAT'S A BLACK, BLACK CRAPPIE.
- [laughs] - PRETTY WORK.
- YEAH, PRETTY FISH.
- LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER MALE, THOUGH.
- IS IT?
- YEP.
SNAP IT.
THERE YOU GO.
- THERE'S ONE, RONNIE.
- TRYING TO GET AWAY, ISN'T HE?
- YEAH, HE WANTS TO.
- THAT'S A CRAPPIE.
- YEAH, THAT'S A CRAPPIE.
- OH, GOOD WORK.
[water splashes] - A PRETTY DECENT CRAPPIE.
HE'S ALL RIGHT.
- THERE YOU GO, TEDDY BEAR.
- OH, THAT'S A NICE ONE.
- IT'S NOT AS NICE AS THAT ONE YOU CAUGHT.
[laughs] - IT'S ANOTHER MALE.
- IS IT?
A PRETTY FISH.
I JUST LOVE A CRAPPIE.
WELL, IT'S AMAZING HOW WE COME OUT HERE, AND WE'RE INTENT ON CATCHING THEM ON OUR SPINNERS.
WE'VE FISHED HARD, CAUGHT A HAND-- VERY, VERY FEW BUMPS, AND A COUPLE OF FISH, AND NO CRAPPIE.
AS SOON AS WE-- - I'M SORRY, I GOT ONE TOO.
TED, SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOU.
[laughter] OH, THIS IS A GOOD ONE.
- IT IS A GOOD ONE.
- OH, THIS IS A GOOD ONE.
GOOD GOSH!
NO!
NO, HE'S GONNA BREAK ME OFF!
NO, HE DIDN'T!
- IT MIGHT BE A JACK.
- OH!
OH, MY GOODNESS!
OH!
- THAT'S A BLACKFISH, ISN'T IT?
- I THINK IT'S A NICE BOWFIN.
THAT ONE'S NICE.
- HE LIKED THAT MOVE, DIDN'T HE?
- [laughs] - HE HIT JUST LIKE THE SMALLEST FISH I CAUGHT ALL DAY YET.
- GOOD GRACIOUS, LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THAT RASCAL.
- THAT'S A LOG, ISN'T HE?
- WHOO, DOGGIE.
- [laughs] - [grunts] - THERE WE GO.
- HE'S HEFTY.
JEEZ.
DID YOU BRING YOUR BUGGER?
[laughs] HOLD HIM UP THE SIDE-- HOLD HIM UP SIDE THE BLACKFISH.
LET'S SEE WHICH ONE'S THE BIGGEST.
[laughter] - JUST GRAB HIM IN THE LIP.
- [laughs] I'M NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO GET HIM OUT FOR A WHILE.
LET ME UP YOUR CRAPPIE UP.
PRETTY WORK WITH HIM, PRETTY WORK.
- WELL, WHAT I WAS SAYING WAS, WE CHANGED TO MINNOWS, AND CATCH THESE FISH JUST BOOM, BOOM.
- AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
EVERY ONE OF THE FISH WE CAUGHT HIT THE BEETLE SPIN, BUT TODAY I THINK BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER, THEY'RE NOT WILLING TO MOVE, AND A MINNOW STAYS RIGHT IN THE STRIKE ZONE, WHEREAS A BEETLE SPIN JUST KIND OF FLASHES TO IT.
THEY WANT--THEY'RE NOT WILLING TO WORK VERY HARD.
WHEN IT'S SITTING RIGHT THERE, THEY'RE GRABBING IT.
WE'RE CATCHING SOME FISH.
- JUST LIKE THAT.
- NICE VARIETY TOO.
TEDDY BEAR!
- [straining] - ANOTHER ONE.
- NICE FISH TOO.
GOTTA GET HIM OUT OF THERE!
- OH, GET HIM OUT!
OH, I GOT TO GET THE LANDING NET.
[water splashing] - [groaning] - NICE LITTLE CRAPPIE.
NICE CRAPPIE.
- ALL RIGHT.
- WAY TO GO, TEDDY BEAR.
OH, THAT LOOKS LIKE A FEMALE.
SEE THE-- - RON, SEE, THERE'S ANOTHER ONE THAT'S FAT LIKE THAT.
- SEE THE STOMACH-- - I THINK THAT'S RED.
THERE WAS ONE MORE LIKE THAT, SO MAYBE-- - MAYBE IT WAS TURNING OFF.
- YOU KNOW WHAT?
IT MIGHT BE A REALLY LATE SPAWN.
- IT COULD BE, 'CAUSE I TOLD YOU TWO WEEKS AGO, THE ONES WE CAUGHT IN THAT POND WERE-- THE ROWS WERE VERY, VERY SMALL.
- NOW LOOK AT THE-- I MEAN, THAT FIN IS DEFINITELY-- I BET YOU THAT'S RARE, BUT THAT'S A FEMALE.
PRETTY.
WAY TO GO.
- THANK YOU.
[clears throat] - WHAT YOU GOT, TEDDY BEAR?
- I GOT THE JACK.
- IT MIGHT BE A BIG CRAPPIE.
- IT'S A JACK.
- IS HE REALLY?
- YEAH.
- NICE JACK.
HE DOESN'T KNOW HE'S HOOKED YET.
HE THINKS HE'S STILL SWIMMING WITH A... [laughter] - PRETTY WORK.
- THERE'S YOUR HOOK.
- LOOK AT THE TEETH ON THAT THING.
- YOU SEE WHERE THAT CAME FROM.
- MM-HMM.
CHAIN PICKEREL.
PRETTY WORK, TEDDY BEAR.
PRETTY LITTLE PICKEREL.
- ALL RIGHT, THEY TURNED ON.
- THEY CERTAINLY HAVE.
- LIVE BAIT'S THE TICKET.
- AMAZING.
GOOD WORK.
NICE VARIETY.
NOW THAT'S A BIG CRAPPIE.
OOH, BOY!
- OOH, A BIG CRAPPIE!
- YEAH, THAT'S A NICE CRAPPIE.
GOOD GRACIOUS.
- COME ON TO PAPA.
COME ON TO PAPA.
OH!
TEDDY BEAR!
- OH, HE JUMPED.
- BUT WE GOT HIM IN THE-- BOY, LOOK AT THAT ONE!
- LOOK AT THAT RASCAL.
- NICE.
NICE.
HOW ABOUT THAT, RON BEAR?
- THAT'S THE SECOND NICE CRAPPIE YOU'VE CAUGHT.
YOU CAUGHT TWO BIG OLD CRAPPIES.
- MAN, THINK THIS IS ANOTHER BIG OLD MALE.
- MALE TOO.
- GOT YOU HOOKED IN.
- NEED PLIERS?
- NO, I GOT IT.
I WOULD'VE NEVER LOST HIM.
LOOK AT--THAT'S A BLACK BIG CRAPPIE.
THAT'S WHAT WE CAME OUT HERE FOR.
WE HAD TO SWITCH TACTICS TO FIND THEM.
BUT THEY WAS WORTH IT, WASN'T IT?
- UNBELIEVABLE THE DIFFERENCE IT MADE.
- [laughs] ALL RIGHT, I'M GONNA PUT HIM IN A BOX.
THIS IS GONNA BE FEED-- FOOD FOR TWO.
- THERE YOU GO.
- [laughs] - JOE, WE WERE CATCHING SOME FISH, BUT THANKS TO THE BACKUP PLAN, WE STARTED TO REALLY CATCH SOME FISH.
- YEAH, WE ACTUALLY ENDED UP CATCHING THE TARGET SPECIES, WHICH WAS CRAPPIE THAT DAY.
AND AGAIN, HAVING AN OPTION IF YOU KNOW-- IF YOU'RE THINKING MAYBE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU GO FISH ON THE BACK SIDE OF A FRONT, WHICH IS A LOT OF TIMES CAUSES THESE FISH TO BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW.
SOMETIMES THE BAROMETRIC PRESSURE, WHICH WE, YOU KNOW-- WE KNOW HAS ANY EFFECT ON A LOT OF FISH.
HAVING THAT BACKUP, HAVING THAT OPTION THAT YOU CAN GO TO.
WE SAW THAT THEY JUST WERE NOT HITTING ARTIFICIALS THAT DAY, SO WE PULLED OUT THE LIVE BAIT, AND IT MADE THE DIFFERENCE.
I THINK BY PUTTING A LIVE BAIT RIGHT IN FRONT OF THEM INSTEAD OF BRINGING AN ARTIFICIAL, YOU KNOW, ZIPPING IT THROUGH, MADE THE DIFFERENCE.
AND YOU CAN SEE, WE CAUGHT SOME PRETTY CRAPPIE.
- I THINK TITLING THIS SHOW FISHING OPTIONS WAS A GOOD THING BASED ON WHAT WE HAD TO GO THROUGH THAT DAY.
- ABSOLUTELY.
- ALL RIGHT, LET'S LEARN SOME MORE ABOUT THIS.
LET'S GO TO GEAR TIME.
- RONNIE, WE CAME OUT HERE TARGETING THOSE CRAPPIE WE'VE BEEN PROMISING TO COME OUT HERE AND CATCH IN YOUR SECRET SPOT.
AND WE WERE DETERMINED TO CATCH THEM ON SPINNERS, AND A VARIETY OF COLORS IN THESE LITTLE SPINNERS.
AND OF COURSE, THE OLD STANDBY, THE LITTLE MEPPS SPINNER.
THAT'S THE WHOLE LURE-- THAT'S THE FIRST LURE I EVER FISHED WITH, I BELIEVE.
AND WE DIDN'T CATCH A LOT OF FISH.
WE GOT SOME BUMPS AND CAUGHT A FISH HERE AND THERE, BUT NO CRAPPIE.
AND OF COURSE, THEN WE BROUGHT THE BACKUP.
WE BROUGHT THE CANE POLE.
AND OF COURSE, IT WAS A LITTLE WINDY TOO, BUT WE SWITCHED TO THE CANE POLE.
AND AS YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED WITH THAT.
- AND I THINK THE WIND REALLY BLEW HARD.
WE'RE COMING OFF SOME REALLY TOUGH WEATHER THAT REALLY BLEW HERE-- GALE FORCE WINDS.
IT'S SETTLED DOWN SOME NOW.
I DON'T THINK THE FISH WERE MOVING AT ALL.
THEY WANTED SOMETHING THAT WOULD STAY IN THE STRIKE ZONE, WHEREAS A SPINNER JUST KIND OF FLASHES THROUGH IT.
THESE MINNOWS WERE REALLY GOOD FOR US.
I LIKE A 12-FOOT FIBERGLASS POLE.
I USE 17-POUND TEST LINE, BECAUSE WHEN THESE GOLD HOOKS GET HUNG UP, YOU CAN ACTUALLY PULL SLOWLY AND THE HOOK WILL UNBEND, AND YOU CAN GET UNHOOKED.
BUT THE MINNOWS REALLY WORKED REALLY WELL FOR US.
WE STILL CAUGHT A VARIETY OF WHAT WE CALL PICKEREL AND THE BOWFIN, BUT THE CRAPPIE WAS THE THING WE WERE LOOKING FOR.
- YELLOW PERCH.
- AND SOME BEAUTIFUL CRAPPIE.
THOSE--WELL, YOU CAUGHT A COUPLE OF REALLY NICE CRAPPIE.
- THEY WERE LOOKING FOR THE MINNOWS.
THEY WERE LOOKING FOR THE MINNOWS.
IT WAS A GREAT DAY ON THE WATER, AND THIS IS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL PLACE.
- UNBELIEVABLE WHAT DIFFERENCE IT MAKES SOMETIME.
EVEN THROWING A SPINNER, YOU CAN EASILY CATCH THEM SOMETIME ON THOSE SPINNERS, AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, BOOM, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T.
AND THEN THE MINNOWS JUST IS WHAT IT TAKES.
- WE HAD FISHED THIS SPOT A COUPLE OF TIMES WITH THE SPINNERS--NOTHING; AND THEN WE COME BACK WITH THE MINNOWS, AND BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, WE CATCH THE CRAPPIE THAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR.
- THAT'S RIGHT.
- THAT WAS GREAT.
- IT WAS A GREAT DAY ON THE WATER.
- IT WAS A GREAT DAY, MY FRIEND.
I LOOK FORWARD TO IT AGAIN.
- ALL RIGHT.
AND WE CALL YOU "BEAR" FOR A REASON.
YOU'RE MY TEDDY BEAR.
- THAT'S RIGHT.
[laughter] - THANKS, GUYS, FOR THAT INFORMATION.
JOE, TODAY'S HUSH PUPPIES IS WHAT I'M EXCITED ABOUT.
IT'S OYSTER HUSH PUPPIES.
- OYSTERPUPPIES.
AND I'VE NEVER HEARD OF IT BEING DONE THIS WAY.
I'M SURE IT HAS.
BUT WHAT A GOOD WAY TO PRESENT A COMBINATION OF HUSH PUPPIES AND OYSTERS.
I LOVE HUSH PUPPIES.
I LOVE OYSTERS.
AND SHE ACTUALLY BUILDS THE OYSTERS INTO THE BATTER, AND PUTS IT IN THE DEEP FRY, AND IN AWHILE, YOU'VE GOT OYSTERPUPPIES, AND THEY'RE REALLY GOOD.
- I THINK WE NEED TO LEAVE THIS TASK TO DONNA.
LET'S CATCH UP WITH HER IN THE KITCHEN.
- HI, TODAY IN THE KITCHEN, WE'RE MAKING SOME OYSTERPUPPIES.
THIS IS A GREAT RECIPE.
AND IT'S A GREAT IDEA FOR AN APPETIZER.
YOU CAN MAKE THEM SMALL, OR YOU CAN MAKE THEM LARGER AND SERVE IT AS AN ENTREE IF YOU'D LIKE.
SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
WE HAVE OUR OIL, WHICH IS HEATING IN OUR DEEP FRYER.
AND WE WANT IT TO BE ABOUT 375 DEGREES SO THAT IT'S JUST HOT ENOUGH TO COOK IT NICELY AND NICE AND BROWN ON THE OUTSIDE, BUT STILL BE ABLE TO COOK IT ON THE INSIDE AND NOT BURN THE OUTSIDE.
SO IF YOUR OIL ISN'T HOT ENOUGH, THEN YOU'RE GOING TO-- ALL THE OIL IS GONNA BE ABSORBED, AND IT'S NOT GONNA COOK RIGHT.
OR IF IT'S TOO HOT, IT'S GONNA BURN ON THE OUTSIDE AND NOT BE DONE ON THE INSIDE.
SO YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE.
YOU CAN ALSO USE A THERMOMETER IF YOU WANT.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND.
WE'RE GONNA START OUT WITH SOME HUSH PUPPY MIX WITH ONIONS IN IT, WHICH I THINK IS REALLY GREAT.
IT HAS GREAT FLAVOR TO IT.
AND WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT USING ANY KIND OF SEASONINGS.
IT'S ALREADY IN THERE.
SO THAT'S NICE.
SO WE'RE GONNA DO THAT.
THEN WE'RE GOING TO TAKE OUR OYSTERS.
WE'VE DRAINED THEM INTO A SEPARATE LITTLE CUP.
WE'RE GONNA RESERVE OUR JUICE.
AND THESE ARE NOT REAL BIG OYSTERS.
THEY'RE MORE, LIKE, BITE-SIZED, SO I DIDN'T CHOP MINE, BUT IF YOU DO HAPPEN TO GET THE REALLY BIG ONES, THEN YOU MIGHT WANT TO CHOP THEM OR CUT THEM IN HALF, SO YOU DON'T--SO THEY FIT NICELY IN YOUR LITTLE PUPPY MIX.
AND SO THEN WE'RE GONNA ADD OUR REST OF OUR JUICE.
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA ADD 1 CUP OF WATER.
SO IT'S A REALLY QUICK RECIPE.
IT GOES TOGETHER QUICK.
NOT A LOT OF INGREDIENTS.
AND THEN WE'RE JUST GONNA STIR THIS UNTIL IT'S ALL MIXED COMPLETELY, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA LET THIS SIT FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES.
AND WHAT THAT DOES IS, THAT WILL HELP THE HUSH PUPPY MIX HYDRATE AND PUFF UP A LITTLE BIT AND BECOME A LITTLE BIT THICKER.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE WANT WHEN WE'RE GETTING READY TO MAKE THESE HUSH PUPPIES.
AND I LIKE TO MAKE MINE KIND OF LARGE, SO I USE A SCOOP THAT IS A LITTLE BIT LARGER SCOOP.
IF YOU WANT THEM A LITTLE SMALLER, I WOULD SUGGEST THEN YOU CUT UP YOUR OYSTERS AND POP THEM IN.
YOU CAN USE A TABLE--A TEASPOON, OR YOU CAN USE A SMALLER SCOOP.
I LIKE TO USE MY COOKIE SCOOP JUST 'CAUSE... YOU KNOW, IT'S THERE, AND I HAVE IT.
AND I LIKE THAT SIZE.
SO WE'RE JUST GONNA TAKE THIS.
AND THIS ISN'T GONNA HOLD TOGETHER QUITE AS WELL AS IF IT WAS SITTING THERE FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES, BUT WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND POP THIS INTO OUR HOT OIL.
AND THESE ARE GONNA FRY UP INTO NICE LITTLE BALLS.
AND WE'RE GONNA LET THAT COOK FOR JUST 2 TO 3 MINUTES UNTIL IT'S NICE AND GOLDEN BROWN ON EACH SIDE.
YOU MIGHT WANT TO TURN IT AFTER A COUPLE MINUTES, COOK IT ANOTHER 2 MINUTES.
SO IT'LL BE ABOUT 5 MINUTES TOTAL.
AND THEN YOU DO THAT INTO GROUPINGS.
SO YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AFTER YOU'VE DONE YOUR FIRST ROUND THAT YOU LET YOUR OIL COME BACK TO TEMPERATURE BEFORE YOU ADD AGAIN.
SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE A LOOK.
WE'RE GONNA DRAIN THEM ON OUR PAPER TOWEL, AND THEN WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AND SEE WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE WHEN THEY'RE FINISHED.
YOU CAN SEE THEY'RE NICE AND GOLDEN BROWN.
AND WE HAVE THE OYSTER INSIDE THERE.
AND YOU'RE GONNA GET ALL THAT GREAT FLAVOR FROM THE ONION THAT IS IN THE HUSH PUPPY MIX COMBINED WITH THE OYSTERS.
DIP IT IN A LITTLE COCKTAIL SAUCE, AND IT IS FABULOUS.
SO I HOPE YOU ENJOY THESE OYSTERPUPPIES.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU NEXT TIME HERE ON SIMPLE COOKING.
- THANKS, DONNA, FOR THAT OPTION FOR OYSTERS.
AND JOE, SPEAKING OF OPTIONS, HEY, WE HAD TO DO THAT FISHING.
- THAT'S RIGHT, AND AGAIN, THAT WAS THE NAME OF THE SHOW OF THE DAY WAS FISHING OPTIONS.
AND AS ANYBODY THAT FISHES ON A REGULAR BASIS KNOWS, ANY TIME YOU HAVE A CHANGE IN THE WEATHER, WHETHER IT'S A COLD FRONT OR ANYTHING, A CHANGE IN THE BAROMETER A LOT OF TIMES WILL MAKE THE FISH EITHER STOP FEEDING OR JUST, YOU KNOW, WON'T BE AS AGGRESSIVE AS THEY NORMALLY-- AS YOU NORMALLY FIND THEM.
SO HAVING THAT OPTION LIKE WE HAD THAT DAY-- AND, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WE WENT IN TARGETING CRAPPIE THAT DAY.
AND SO WE--AND RON KNEW THEY WERE THERE.
IT WAS JUST MATTER OF FISHING FOR A COUPLE HOURS, THROWING A SPINNER THAT WE KNOW CATCHES CRAPPIE, AND THEY JUST WERE RELUCTANT TO HIT IT.
SO BY CHANGING AND GOING TO LIVE BAIT, IT MADE FOR A--IT ENDED UP MAKING FOR A GREAT DAY, AND WE FOUND THE FISH THAT WE WERE AFTER.
AND SOME OF THE BIGGEST CRAPPIE I'VE SEEN IN A LONG TIME.
- JOE, WHAT ABOUT OUR NEW COOKBOOK THIS YEAR?
- THAT'S RIGHT.
WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
AFTER 17 YEARS ON THE AIR AND LOTS OF RECIPES FROM DONNA, WE'VE GOT US A NEW COOKBOOK.
YOUR WIFE, MARGIE, ADDED A LOT OF HER GOOD RECIPES TO IT.
IF YOU LIKE FISH AND GAME, LOTS OF OYSTER RECIPES, FISH RECIPES, VENISON, DUCK; A LOT OF GOOD DESSERT RECIPES; A LOT OF WHAT WE'VE HAD HERE ON THE JOURNAL THROUGH THE YEARS.
AND IF YOU LIKE THAT TYPE OF CUISINE, CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE.
WE'VE GOT A NEW OUTDOOR ONLINE STORE, ANGLERSBAYSTORE.COM, AND YOU CAN PICK UP A COOKBOOK.
- ALL RIGHT.
FOR JOE ALBEA, I'M JOHN MOORE.
THANKS FOR JOINING US TODAY ON THE CAROLINA OUTDOOR JOURNAL.
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