[PIANO INTRO] [indistinct chatter] - HE'S GOING DOWN.

GOING DOWN.

I SEE HIM NOW.

- ON THIS SIDE.

- I TELL YOU WHAT-- [speaking indistinctly] - YEAH.

- IT DON'T GIVE, DOES IT?

- NO, YOU CAN TELL NEXT TIME WE SWITCH THE BAIT.

- ALL RIGHT, LOOKS LIKE A NICE-SIZED DOLPHIN.

IS IT BULL OR A COW?

LIKE A BULL.

- YEAH, YEAH.

LITTLE BETTER CLASS FISHING THAN WE HAD BEFORE.

- YEAH.

WOO!

- YEAH.

- IT'S A NICE-SIZED BULL.

HE'S PROBABLY 18 POUNDS OR SO.

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[LIGHT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC] ♪ - HELLO.

WELCOME TO THE CAROLINA OUTDOOR JOURNAL.

YOU'RE GONNA LIKE TODAY'S PROGRAM BECAUSE WE'RE HEADED TO THE GULF STREAM.

- THAT'S RIGHT.

WE'VE GOT A GOOD SHOW FOR YOU TODAY.

GOING OFF INTO THE GULF STREAM, ACTUALLY TARGETING TUNA TO START WITH USING A KITE, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH WIND-- IF YOU CAN BELIEVE THAT-- OFF OUR COAST.

WE JUST DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH WIND TO FLY THE KITE.

SO WE SWITCHED AND STARTED TROLLING AND CAUGHT SOME DOLPHIN.

AND RIGHT TOWARD THE END OF THE TRIP, WE HAD A SURPRISE THAT I'LL LET YOU WAIT AND SEE.

BUT ANYTIME YOU GO OUT IN THE GULF STREAM, YOU JUST NEVER KNOW WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN.

AND YOU GOT TO BE PREPARED FOR IT, AND WE WERE.

HAD A FUN DAY.

- BEING PREPARED.

WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN GEAR TIME.

- YEAH, THE GUYS-WELL, THE CAPTAIN-WELL, THE MATE, ACTUALLY, WILL GO OVER THE GEAR THAT WAS USED THAT DAY.

AND AGAIN, HAVING THE RIGHT TACKLE-- AND MOST OF OUR CHARTER BOATS-- I'D SAY ALL OF THEM DO-- ARE PREPARED FOR ANYTHING OUT THERE, WHETHER IT BE DOLPHIN, TUNA, WAHOO, EVEN THE MARLIN, SO THEY'LL GO OVER THAT.

- AND RECIPE TODAY: MAHI-MAHI.

- THAT'S THE HAWAIIAN NAME FOR "DOLPHIN," AND SO WE'VE GOT A REALLY GOOD RECIPE THAT KIND OF TIES IN WITH THE SHOW TODAY, AND STAY TUNED FOR THAT.

- IT'S ALL ABOUT FISHING TODAY ON THE CAROLINA OUTDOOR JOURNAL.

- I TELL YOU WHAT, ALAN, THIS IS A NICE BOAT.

I CAN TELL BY THE CREW IS ALREADY--I MEAN, THE MATE'S ALREADY WORKED HIS BUTT OFF GETTING OUT HERE, SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE A GOOD DAY.

THE WEATHER'S PERFECT.

- IF NOTHING ELSE, WE'VE BEEN FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE A PRETTY DAY, SO.

- I TELL YOU, I HOPE THE WIND LAYS DOWN-- GETS UP ENOUGH FOR US TO BE ABLE TO FLY A KITE.

IT'S SO PRETTY.

- YEAH, WE GOT DIFFERENT KITES FOR DIFFERENT WINDS.

IT'S GONNA BE-- WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO JUST TRY IT OUT AND SEE HOW IT GOES.

- GOOD THING ABOUT FISHING A KITE.

WE GET A GOOD CHANCE TO SEE SOME FISH STRIKE AND BE IN AIR-- - YEAH, THEY ACTUALLY DO PUT ON A RIGHT GOOD SHOW.

ON PRETTIER DAYS, YOU CAN SEE THE BITE A LOT BETTER.

SOMETIMES, IT'LL COME COMPLETELY OUT OF THE WATER.

I'VE SEEN FISH DO FLIPS OUT OF THE WATER.

IT'S PRETTY IMPRESSIVE.

YOU BOYS READY TO GET 'EM?

- YEAH, LET'S GET TO IT.

- LET'S DO IT.

LET'S DO IT TO IT.

- WHAT, WE GONNA TRY A KITE?

LET'S--LET ME GET THE KITE.

TURN ME A LITTLE BIT INTO IT.

- PROBABLY SHOULDN'T HAVE PUT THEM THINGS IN THE BOX.

- AH, THEY'LL LIMBER UP.

YEP.

- [speaking indistinctly] [reels unwinding] - HEY.

- OH, THERE'S A BUNCH OF 'EM INSIDE.

YOU SEE 'EM?

- NOW?

- YOU SEE THAT, AL?

- NO, WHERE WERE THEY AT?

BACK THERE?

- STRAIGHT BACK BEHIND THE KITE.

- HEY, GUYS.

KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN.

- [speaking indistinctly] GOT IT FIGURED OUT.

- KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN ON THE HORIZON 'CAUSE IF YOU SEE THE TUNAS BUSTING, A LOT OF TIMES YOU'LL SEE FLYING FISH JUST GET UP.

THEY'LL COME STRAIGHT UP OUT OF THE THE AIR-- OUT OF THE WATER.

- AL, YOU THINK IT'S TIME TO MAKE A SWITCH?

- YEAH, WE REALLY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH WIND TO FLY THIS KITE, AND A COUPLE OF THE BOATS AROUND HERE HAVE HAD A BITE OR TWO TROLLING.

SO I THINK WE'RE GONNA SWITCH IT OUT AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

WE GOT A LITTLE BETTER CHANCE OF CATCHING DOLPHINS AND WAHOOS AND ALL THAT OTHER GOOD STUFF.

- MAYBE A MEAL FISH.

YOU CAN ALWAYS PUT THE KITE OUT LATER IF THE WIND PICKS UP.

- EXACTLY.

- FINISH THE JOB RIGHT.

- EXACTLY.

WE'LL SEE 'EM STARTING TO SHOW.

A LOT OF TIMES THEY'LL PUSH FLIERS UP OR THEY'LL START JUMPING OUT OF THE WATER THEIR SELVES, AND WE'RE FIRING THAT KITE BACK UP IF WE GOT A LITTLE MORE WIND.

- ALL RIGHT.

YOU WANT ME TO PUT THIS ONE OUT ON THAT OUTRIG ON THE OUTSIDE OF THERE--WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, OR JUST PULL THIS ONE TIGHT?

- YEAH, WE'RE GONNA CRANK IN ALL THESE OTHER-- THE OTHER TWO KITE POLES FIRST JUST 'CAUSE I'VE SEEN SOME NASTY TANGLES BEFORE.

THAT DIDN'T TAKE LONG, BOYS.

- FISH OFF HERE.

- THEY JUST COME OFF?

- NO, HE'S ON THERE.

- ALL RIGHT, GUYS-- GUYS, REMEMBER TO LEVEL WIND THERE WITH YOUR THUMBS.

I'M GONNA TAKE YOU, AND YOU GO RIGHT UNDERNEATH ROBERT, HERE.

YEP, THERE YOU GO.

HE STILL BACK THERE?

- WHAT YOU THINK, ROBERT?

- I THINK WE CAN DO IT.

LET'S BRING 'EM IN.

LET'S SEE WHAT WE GOT.

- I GOT A DOLPHIN HERE.

I'M LOOKING AT HIM.

- ALL RIGHT.

JUST GOT TO SLOW HER DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT.

- AH-- - ROBERT, HE'S BEING ACROBATIC, ISN'T HE?

- OH, MAN.

- THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

- OH, HOLD ON ONE SECOND.

BEFORE WE GET A BIG TANK.

- A STEADY PULL.

EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE HE WANTS TO HANG UP THERE.

ALL RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT, WHERE'S THAT GRIP, ALAN?

- ALL RIGHT.

HOLD.

- ALL RIGHT.

- THAT'S A PRETTY FISH THERE.

- ALL RIGHT, NOW.

- WE GOT DINNER NOW.

- YES, SIR.

- LOOK AT THOSE COLORS.

- THAT'S A COW, ISN'T IT?

- THAT IS A COW.

- ALL RIGHT, YOU GOT THE LINE THERE, ALAN.

- HEY, IT'S GOT MAD COW DISEASE.

ALL RIGHT.

OH, GOT ANOTHER ONE.

- ALL RIGHT.

WE GOT ANOTHER ONE RIGHT HERE.

- I'LL TAKE THIS ROD.

GOOD JOB, BUDDY.

JUST TAKE IT, SET IT RIGHT THERE.

- LOOK AT THE COLORS ON THAT THING.

WHEW.

- HEY, I'LL GET IT.

I'LL GET IT.

DON'T FETCH IT.

I GOT IT.

- OKAY.

- THAT IS A BULL.

- IS IT?

- BOYFRIEND, GIRLFRIEND.

- AH, GOT THE WHOLE FAMILY.

WHEW.

AH, I GOT DINNER TONIGHT.

THAT'S RIGHT.

- ALL RIGHT.

- GOOD JOB, GUYS.

- YEAH, MAN.

- THAT'S A START.

- ALL RIGHT, MAN.

[reels unwinding] - ALAN, THESE ARE A COUPLE NICE GAFFER DOLPHIN WE PICKED UP.

IS THIS THE TIME OF YEAR FOR 'EM?

IS IT EARLY?

LATE?

- IT'S ABOUT AVERAGE.

USUALLY YOUR GAFFER DOLPHIN, WHICH ARE YOUR DOLPHINS THAT ARE 15 TO 20 POUNDS AND YOU USUALLY HAVE TO GAFF 'EM WHEN YOU GET 'EM IN THE BOAT-- THEY START SHOWING UP AROUND NOW.

LATER ON IN THE YEAR-- JULY, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER--WE GET THE LITTLE PEANUT DOLPHIN, WHICH ARE YOUR TWO TO THREE POUNDERS.

YOU'LL GET THEM IN SCHOOLS A LOT OF TIMES AND CATCH THE LIMIT REAL QUICK.

- A LOT OF PEOPLE CALL THEM "BALERS" 'CAUSE WHEN YOU CATCH ONE, A LOT OF OTHER FISH HANG WITH THEM.

AND YOU JUST BALE 'EM.

- YEP.

EXACTLY.

YOU JUST BALE 'EM IN THE BOAT AS HARD AS YOU CAN GO.

MAY IS A GOOD ALL AROUND MONTH.

YOU STILL GOT YOUR TUNAS HANGING AROUND.

WAHOOS ARE HERE.

YOUR BILLFISH START SHOWING UP.

LIKE I SAID, YOU GET A LOT OF GAFFERS.

- WELL, I'D LIKE TO SEE A VARIETY TODAY.

WE'VE HAD A GOOD START, HERE.

I CAN TELL YOU THAT.

- I'M ABOUT REALLY TO SEE SOME BILLFISH MYSELF.

- I'D LIKE TO SEE ONE RIGHT NOW.

- THAT WOULD BE PRETTY.

ON A PRETTY DAY LIKE TODAY, IT'S AN AMAZING SIGHT SEEING 'EM IN THE WATER AND AIRBORNE.

- ALL RIGHT, BUBBA.

IT'S ALL--ALL YOURS.

- THAT'S RIGHT.

YOU'RE THE ANTI-STAND UP.

- [speaking indistinctly] - WHERE YOU GOING?

YOU WANT TO TURN CHAIRS?

- [speaking indistinctly] - GUIDE YOUR LINE.

- WOO.

LOOK AT HIS JUMP.

- COME BACK THE OTHER WAY.

ALL RIGHT, MAN.

YOU GOT IT.

YOU GOT IT.

YOU GOT IT.

HE'S GOING DOWN.

HE'S GOING DOWN.

I SEE HIM NOW.

- ON THIS SIDE.

- I TELL YOU WHAT-- [speaking indistinctly] - YEAH.

- IT DON'T GIVE, DOES IT?

- NO.

YOU CAN TELL NEXT TIME WE SWITCH THE BAIT.

- ALL RIGHT.

LOOKS LIKE IT A NICE-SIZED DOLPHIN.

IS IT BULL OR COW?

LOOKS LIKE A BULL.

- A LITTLE BETTER CLASS FISHING THAN WE HAD BEFORE.

- YEP.

- WHOO.

- YEAH.

- THAT'S A NICE-SIZED BULL.

HE'S PROBABLY 18 POUNDS OR SO.

- YEP.

- AND HE WAS NOT COMING OFF.

- YEAH.

WHOO.

- NICE CLASS FISH.

GOOD JOB.

GOOD JOB.

- AL, THIS IS ABOUT AS PRETTY A DAY AS YOU COULD WANT TO BE OUT HERE, ISN'T IT?

- COULDN'T ASK FOR A MUCH PRETTIER A DAY.

THAT'S FOR SURE.

- IT KIND OF CUT US OUT OF THE KITE DEAL A LITTLE BIT, THOUGH, DIDN'T IT?

- YEAH.

WELL, IT'S SORT OF LIKE YESTERDAY.

YESTERDAY WAS JUST LIKE THIS RIGHT HERE.

JUST, LIKE, CALM IN THE MORNING.

ABOUT 12:00, IT PICKED UP ABOUT 15 TO 20 KNOTS AND NORTHEAST WIND, AND WE GOT THE KITE UP, AND IT WAS PRETTY GOOD ACTION THERE FOR A WHILE.

SO YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT COULD HAPPEN OUT HERE.

IT CAN ALL CHANGE IN A MATTER OF SECONDS.

ALL RIGHT, BOYS.

CRANK IN THEM OTHER RODS.

- YEAH.

YEAH.

- CRANK IN THEM OTHER RODS.

- EVERYBODY GRAB A POLE AND WIND IT UP RIGHT NOW.

COME ON.

COME ON.

[reels winding] - JUST A LITTLE BIT.

- HOT DAMN.

BLUE MARLIN.

- IT'S TWO OR THREE OF THEM.

- I SAW THAT ONE THERE ON THE FLY LINE TOO, BUT HE NEVER TRIED TO EAT.

- [speaking indistinctly] - HEY, YOU NEED SOMEBODY TO HELP YOU CRANK IN YOUR BRIDGE POLES AND ALL THAT?

- I'LL GET IT.

- WHOO.

- THAT WAS HOT.

- DON'T GIVE 'EM NO SLACK, ROBERT.

- [speaking indistinctly] - KEEP CRANKING.

KEEP CRANKING.

KEEP CRANKING, BABY.

- ROBERT, WE ABOUT GOT THESE OTHER LINES IN, THAT SON OF A GUN-- DID YOU SEE HIM COME IN THERE?

- YEAH, I SAW HIM.

- I DON'T KNOW HOW BIG HE IS.

HIS FIN WAS THAT HIGH.

- WHOO.

- KEEP PRESSURE ON HIM, NOW.

- HERE, LET ME CRANK.

- HE'S GONE.

DAMN.

WE PULLED HIM OFF.

I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT, BUD.

- THERE WAS MORE THAN ONE FISH THERE, ROBERT.

- THERE'S TWO OR THREE MORE RIGHT THERE.

LET'S GET YOU-- THE STUFF BACK OUT.

MAYBE WE'LL GET US ANOTHER ONE.

- HEY, WHICH DOWNRIGGER WAS THIS ONE ON?

- THAT RIGHT THERE WAS ON THE SHORT ONE OVER HERE.

- THIS ONE?

HUH?

- YEAH, THE SHORT ONE.

A LITTLE ONE.

HOLD YOUR ROD UP.

WE'RE GONNA CRANK IT THE REST OF THE WAY IN.

- WHEW.

- ROBERT, YOU HAD A CHANCE AT HIM, DIDN'T YOU?

- I THINK I HAD A CHANCE AT HIM, BUT, TELL YOU WHAT, IT WENT FROM TOTAL NOTHING TO STANDING AROUND LOOKING AT EACH OTHER TO ALL OF A SUDDEN MASS CONFUSION.

THE LINES GOING EVERYWHERE.

I EVEN GOT WOUNDED IN THE PROCESS.

BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S PART OF-- THAT'S PART OF LIFE, BUT THE THING ABOUT IT WAS WITH ALL THE CONFUSION-- AND THE FISH JUST TOOK THE LINE OUT LIKE CRAZY.

BUT THEN IT WENT ALL THE WAY TO THIS SIDE, AND WE GOT TANGLED UP IN THESE LINES OVER HERE, AND JUST-- - I DON'T THINK YOU EVER GOT TANGLED WITH YOUR LINE.

THE CAPTAIN SAID HE SAW THREE BLUE MARLIN.

ONE TOOK YOUR BAIT, AND I KNOW HE WAS FEELING LINE.

I DIDN'T LOOK AFTER THAT.

I WAS TRYING TO GET IN THOSE OTHER LINES.

I GUESS HE JUST PULLED LOOSE.

- I GUESS.

I MEAN, EVERYTHING--JUST CONFUSION, THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, WHAM-O.

HE WAS GONE.

IT'S ONE OF THOSE FISH STORIES THAT WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT FOREVER AND EVER, AMEN, BUT YOU KNOW, HEY.

WHAT CAN YOU SAY?

THAT'S FISHING.

- THE GOOD NEWS IS THERE'S THREE THERE.

- LET'S GO GET THE-- ONE OF THEM'S GOT A SORE MOUTH RIGHT NOW.

LET'S GET HIM TO GET HIS GOOD BUDDIES.

- I'M READY.

WE GOT OUR MATE.

HE'S WORKING, TRYING TO GET 'EM OUT-- - WHEW.

- WELL, AFTER TODAY, I TELL YOU, I GOT A NEW APPRECIATION FOR TURNING FREQUENT FLIER MILES.

THAT WAS FUN.

- YEAH, MAN.

I'M GLAD YOU ENJOYED IT.

I DID, TOO.

- WE STARTED OUT IN THE MORNING GOING TO FLY A KITE AND CATCH SOME TUNA, BUT IT WAS JUST TOO PRETTY A DAY.

WE DIDN'T HAVE THE WIND TO FLY A KITE.

CHANGED MIND.

WENT AND CAUGHT SOME DOLPHIN.

CAUGHT 'EM PRETTY QUICK TILL WE FIGURED WE HAD ENOUGH TO EAT.

SWITCHED OVER.

TRIED TO CATCH A BLUE MARLIN, AND THAT WENT GOOD.

I BET WE WEREN'T FISHING AN HOUR.

WHAT, WE HAD THREE IN THE BAITS.

ONE HOOKED UP.

- THAT DON'T EVER HAPPEN.

THAT'S THE FIRST TIME I'VE SEEN THAT HAPPEN SO-- - I GOT TO SEE THAT FISH STRIKE THE BAIT.

GOOD LOOK AT HIM.

TOOK RIGHT OFF, BUT WE JUST COULDN'T MAKE THE PLAY, WHICH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY THEY CALL IT FISHING.

- THAT'S RIGHT.

FISHING'S FISHING AND CATCHING'S CATCHING.

- THAT'S RIGHT.

WHY DON'T YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE EQUIPMENT WE WERE USING TODAY?

- WELL, WE WERE GONNA START OUT WITH THE KITE.

WE GOT SOME DEDICATED KITE POLES WITH SPIDER LINE ON 'EM.

IT'S A LITTLE BIT SMALLER IN DIAMETER FOR A STRENGTH AND LIGHTER, SO IT CUTS THROUGH THERE A LITTLE BIT EASIER.

WE WERE FLYING WHAT WE CALL "YUMMIES."

THEY'RE JUST FLYING FISH LOOK-A-LIKES, SO THEY KIND OF SKIP ACROSS THE TOP OF THE WATER.

- YEAH, JUST BOUNCING.

- IMITATING A FLYING FISH, BUT LIKE YOU SAID, WE DIDN'T HAVE QUITE THE WIND TO GET THE KITE UP AND GOING GOOD.

THEN WE SWITCHED OVER AND STARTED PULLING A FEW DEEP BAITS FOR THE DOLPHINS.

HAD A COUPLE WIND-ONS ONES OUT FOR THE YELLOWFINS IF THEY DID DECIDE TO BITE.

- THIS IS JUST A SMALLER BALLYHOO?

NO SKIRT?

DINK BAIT, HUH?

- NAKED BAIT.

A COUPLE-- - I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT WE CAUGHT THE BIGGEST DOLPHIN ON, WASN'T IT?

MAYBE 20-POUNDER?

- YEP, THAT'S RIGHT.

USE THE WIRE FOR--YOU CAN CATCH ANYTHING ON THE WIRE, BUT THEY'RE MAINLY FOR WAHOOS.

WE DIDN'T EVEN HAVE A WAHOO BITE TODAY.

I WAS KIND OF SURPRISED.

- WHAT IS THAT?

HORSE BALLYHOO?

- THAT IS THE HORSE BALLYHOO.

THAT'S FOR THE BIG BLUE MARLINS.

WE DID HAVE A COUPLE SHOTS, BUT-- HAD HIM ON FOR A LITTLE WHILE, AND NEEDLESS TO SAY, HE PULLED THE HOOK.

THERE'S ALWAYS NEXT TIME, I RECKON.

- WHAT'S THIS?

- THAT RIGHT IS JUST OUR TYPICAL 50.

GOT IT RIGGED UP FOR YELLOWFINS MAINLY WITH A-- ABOUT A 30-FOOT WIND ON LEADER.

THIS RIGHT HERE IS A BIG BOY, WHICH-- WE HAD THE BLUE ONE ON FOR A LITTLE WHILE.

- I GUESS THAT WAS A LUCKY BREAK FOR US-- EVEN THOUGH IT DIDN'T WORK OUT TO HAVE THE BLUE MARLIN HIT ON THE RODS WE WERE KIND OF PLAYING.

- YEAH, THAT USUALLY DOESN'T HAPPEN, BUT EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE YOU GET LUCKY.

- WELL, I TELL YOU WHAT.

HE'S STILL OUT THERE, AND I HOPE I CAN BOOK ANOTHER CHARTER.

AND WE'LL COME BACK AND GET A SHOT AT HIM.

- LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU.

YEAH, MAN.

- HI.

TODAY IN THE KITCHEN, WE'RE MAKING GRILLED MAHI-MAHI.

THIS IS A FUN RECIPE, AND WE'RE GONNA COOK IT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO BREAD IT AND PUT IT IN THE OVEN AND COOK IT.

WE'RE GONNA COOK THIS ON THE GRILL, AND WE'RE NOT JUST GONNA PUT IT ON OUR GRILL.

WE'RE GONNA PUT IT ON A CEDAR PLANK, WHICH WILL GIVE IT SOME NICE, GREAT FLAVOR.

YOU CAN COOK IT OVER AN OPEN FIRE OR YOU CAN COOK IT ON YOUR GRILL.

AND YOU'RE GONNA GET ALL THESE GREAT FLAVORS, AND THEN YOU'RE NOT GONNA HAVE ANYTHING TO CLEAN UP AS WELL.

SO THAT'S WHAT I LIKE.

SO WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO-WE'RE GONNA START TALK ABOUT OUR CEDAR PLANKS.

YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THESE HAVE BEEN SOAKED FOR AT LEAST AN HOUR, IF NOT OVERNIGHT.

YOU WANT THEM TO BE REALLY, REALLY WET SO THAT THEY DON'T BURN ON YOUR-- EITHER ON YOUR CAMPFIRE OR ON YOUR GRILL.

AND YOU CAN BUY THESE AT THE STORE.

YOU CAN BUY 'EM TWO TO A PACK.

SO THEY'RE REALLY SIMPLE.

IF YOU HAVE YOUR OWN CEDAR, YOU CAN CUT YOUR OWN IF YOU'D LIKE, BUT SOME OF US DON'T GO OUT AND DO THAT.

SO YOU JUST NEED TO SOAK THIS.

YOU CAN SOAK IT IN WATER, YOU CAN SOAK IT IN WINE AND WATER, OR YOU CAN SOAK IT IN, LIKE, AN APPLE CIDER, WHICH WOULD BE REALLY GOOD AS WELL.

NO MATTER HOW--WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST GONNA ABSORB AND STEAM INTO YOUR FISH AND GIVE YOU THAT GREAT FLAVOR.

IF YOU DON'T WANT TO DO THE CEDAR PLANKS AND YOU WANT TO DO IT IN YOUR OVER-- YOU WANT TO DO IT THAT WAY-- YOU CAN.

THEY MAKE THESE CEDAR SHEETS NOW, THAT I FOUND IN THE GROCERY, WHICH I THINK ARE REALLY NEAT.

THEY'RE REALLY THIN, AND YOU JUST SOAK THESE.

GET THESE NICE AND MOIST AS WELL, AND THEN PUT 'EM ON YOUR BAKING SHEET.

AND YOU PUT YOUR FISH ON TOP OF THAT, AND YOU'RE STILL GONNA GET SOME OF THAT GREAT FLAVOR.

SO I'VE ONE IN HERE THAT'S SOAKING.

AND YOU JUST PULL IT OUT.

AND YOU SEE, IT'S REALLY THIN.

AND WE'RE JUST GONNA PLACE IT ON OUR BAKING SHEET.

YOU JUST PLACE IT RIGHT THERE ON YOUR BAKING SHEET, AND NOW YOU'RE READY TO GO.

WE'RE ALSO GOING TO TOP THIS WITH A LITTLE BIT OF ROSEMARY.

FRESH ROSEMARY OUT OF THE GARDEN-- OUT OF OUR HERB GARDEN.

WE'RE GONNA PUT THAT ON TOP OF OUR SHEET, AND THEN I'M ALSO GOING TO PUT IT ON TOP OF MY PLANK.

AND WE'RE JUST GONNA-- AND WE WANT THIS TO BE NICE AND MOIST AS WELL 'CAUSE IT'S GONNA STEAM UP TOO.

AND IT GIVES YOU JUST SOME GREAT FLAVOR.

SO WE'RE GONNA PUT THAT ON THERE.

MOVE THIS ASIDE.

AND NOW WE'RE READY TO GO.

WE'RE GONNA TAKE OUR MAHI FILLETS, AND WHAT I DID WHEN I WAS COOKING MINE AT HOME-- I PUT MY SPICY BREADER ON IT AND THEN I PUT IT ON THE GRILL JUST TO GET SOME GREAT GRILL JUST TO GET SOME REALLY GREAT GRILL MARKS ON MINE, AND THEN, I PUT IT ON MY PLANK.

BUT WE'RE GOING TO JUST PLACE IT ON TOP OF OUR ROSEMARY LIKE THAT, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA TAKE OUR SPICY BREADER AND JUST KIND OF DUST OUR MAHI WITH THAT.

SO YOU'RE STILL GONNA GET ALL THESE GREAT FLAVORS, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, ALL THE SPICES.

YOU CAN ALSO DO LEMON PEPPER, WHICH WOULD BE GREAT, AND THEN YOU CAN SLICE SOME LEMONS ON TOP, WHICH WOULD GIVE IT SOME GREAT FLAVOR AS WELL.

AND THEN, WHAT I DO IS I JUST SPRITZ MINE WITH A LITTLE BIT OF--THIS IS OLIVE OIL.

WE'RE JUST GONNA SPRITZ THIS TO GET YOUR BREADER NICE AND MOIST.

AND THEN WE'RE JUST GONNA PUT IT ON OUR GRILL AND COOK IT UNTIL YOUR FISH IS COOKED THROUGHOUT.

AND WHAT I DO DURING THE GRILLING PROCESS IS I JUST MAKE SURE THAT MY WOOD STAYS NICE AND MOIST, SO I WILL TAKE MY WINE OR MY WATER AND JUST DRIBBLE IT OVER THE TOP JUST TO KEEP IT NICE AND MOIST AND KEEP THAT STEAM GOING SO THAT MY FISH WILL HAVE THAT GREAT FLAVOR AND THAT MY WOOD DOESN'T BURN UP EITHER.

SO THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN IT COMES OUT.

YOU SEE, I HAVE SOME REALLY GREAT GRILL MARKS ON MINE, WHICH I THINK LOOKS NICE.

AND THEN I JUST SERVED IT WITH SOME GRILLED ONIONS AND SOME GRILLED TOMATOES.

AND IT'S A GREAT, NICE AND LIGHT AND HEALTHY DISH.

SO I HOPE YOU ENJOY THE GRILLED MAHI, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU NEXT TIME HERE ON SIMPLE COOKING.

- THANKS, DONNA, FOR THAT RECIPE.

JOE, IT WAS A GOOD DAY AT THE GULF STREAM.

- WELL, WE HAD A LOT OF FUN.

WE REALLY DID.

AGAIN, WE STARTED FOR THE TUNA WITH THE KITE.

DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH WIND TO DO THAT, SO WE SWITCHED OUR TROLLING.

CAUGHT SOME PRETTY DOLPHIN.

AND THEN HAVING THREE BLUE MARLIN COME INTO YOUR BAITS-- IF YOU'VE NEVER DONE THAT BEFORE-- BEEN IN THE COCKPIT OF A CHARTER BOAT WHEN THAT HAPPENS, IT GETS PRETTY CHAOTIC.

LINES GOING EVERYWHERE.

WE HOOKED UP ONE.

HAD HIM ON BRIEFLY, BUT JUST A LOT OF FUN.

IT WAS A REALLY PRETTY DAY OFF OUR COAST, WHICH IS A RARITY SOMETIMES IN SOME SEASONS, BUT YEAH.

WE CAUGHT ENOUGH MEAT FOR THE TABLE AND HAD A LOT OF FUN.

- IT WAS A BIG DAY.

- IT WAS.

- FOR JOE ALBEA, I'M JOHN MOORE.

THANK YOU 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.

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