Spanish Gold
Season 5 Episode 16 | 26m 32sVideo has Closed Captions
Fishing for Spanish mackerel just off the North Carolina coast.
On this edition of Carolina Outdoor Journal, we fish for Spanish mackerel just off the North Carolina coast. On Gear Time, our anglers discuss the small jigs used and how to fish them. In the kitchen, Donna Reynolds prepares a grouper recipe.
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Spanish Gold
Season 5 Episode 16 | 26m 32sVideo has Closed Captions
On this edition of Carolina Outdoor Journal, we fish for Spanish mackerel just off the North Carolina coast. On Gear Time, our anglers discuss the small jigs used and how to fish them. In the kitchen, Donna Reynolds prepares a grouper recipe.
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- I KNOW.
- WE SEE FISH ALL AROUND.
- HE BROUGHT ALL HIS BUDDIES TO THE BOAT WITH HIM.
THIS IS A PRETTY ONE HERE.
LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THIS ONE.
- THAT IS A PRETTY FISH, YES, SIREE.
- OH, WATCH YOUR FINGERS NOW.
DON'T LET THAT BRAID CUT 'EM.
THERE WE GO, THAT'S A NICE ONE THERE.
- TERRIFIC FISH.
TERRIFIC FISH.
- ALL RIGHT, GET AHOLD OF HIM THERE AND LET ME SEE IF I CAN GET THIS HOOK OUT.
OKAY, READY?
- YEP, SLIP THAT PLUG OUT.
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[LIGHT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC] ♪ ♪ ♪ - HELLO, AND WELCOME TO THE CAROLINA OUTDOOR JOURNAL.
WELL, TODAY, SPANISH GOLD.
- THAT'S RIGHT, WE'RE GONNA BE CATCHING SPANISH MACKEREL OFF WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH WITH A GOOD FRIEND OF OURS CAPTAIN STU CAULDER, AND THIS IS A LITTLE LATER SOMETIMES THEN WE CATCH SPANISH.
SPRING IS A GOOD TIME TO CATCH THEM.
WE CAN CATCH THEM ALL DURING THE SUMMER TOO, BUT THIS IS KIND OF LATE SUMMER.
THIS IS A LATE SUMMER TRIP, BUT WE'RE FISHING EARLY IN THE MORNING.
TYPICALLY IF YOU'RE GONNA HAVE ANY WIND ON THE COAST, IF YOU CAN GET OUT FOR A COUPLE HOURS IN THE EARLY MORNING, YOU CAN BEAT THE WIND, AND THAT'S WHAT WE DID THAT MORNING, AND CAUGHT SOME FISH.
- JOE, WHAT ABOUT THE TACKLE IN GEAR TIME TODAY?
- THEY'LL GO OVER THE-- OF COURSE THE TACKLE, THE ROD AND REEL COMBINATIONS THEY USE, AND ALSO WE'RE USING LITTLE MARIAH JIGS.
IT'S A LITTLE JIG THAT RESEMBLES THE BAITFISH THAT THESE FISH ARE ON.
THESE WERE TWO TO THREE AND A HALF POUND FISH.
NOT A REAL BIG FISH, BUT LOADS OF FUN, AND SUMMERTIME FISHING AT ITS BEST.
- AND OUR RECIPE TODAY, GOT A GROUPER.
- YEAH, THIS IS A RECIPE FROM DONNA.
IT'S A FAIRLY NEW RECIPE SHE'S COME UP WITH.
A REAL TASTY GROUPER RECIPE.
- ALL RIGHT, WE GOT A LOT GOING ON.
LET'S HEAD DOWN TO WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH ON THE CAROLINA OUTDOOR JOURNAL.
- STU, IT'S MID AUGUST, SITTING OFF WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH.
WHAT'S IN STORE?
- WELL, WE'RE GONNA TARGET SOME SPANISH TODAY.
WE'RE GONNA CAST FOR THEM, THROW THAT LITTLE SPOON-- LITTLE MARIAH.
YOU'VE GOT THE PINK ONE.
I'VE GOT THE GREEN, GOLD, AND SILVER.
AND WE'RE JUST GONNA THROW THEM HERE ALONG THIS TIDELINE.
IT'S REAL DISTINCT HERE.
YOU CAN SEE ALL THE JELLY BALLS ON ONE SIDE, AND THE GREEN WATER ON THE OTHER, AND THEY SHOULD BE STACKING UP RIGHT AROUND THIS TIDELINE HERE.
JUST GET IT OUT, CRANK IT AS FAST AS YOU CAN, AND JUST SET THE HOOK AND HANG ON.
- THAT'S RIGHT, THERE'S SPANISH MACKEREL IN THE SUMMERTIME IS NOTHING BUT FUN.
- THAT'S RIGHT, WE'VE GOT A GOOD WATER TEMP.
WE'VE GOT WHAT?
79, 80 DEGREE WATER TEMP.
WE'RE IN ABOUT 45 FEET OF WATER, JUST OFF THE BEACH A LITTLE WAYS, AND YOU KNOW, YOU CAN DO THIS IN JUST ABOUT ANY BOAT YOU HAVE IF YOU GOT THE RIGHT CONDITIONS FOR IT.
JUST GO OUT HERE, AND START THROWING, AND REEL IT REALLY FAST.
- AND IT LOOKS LIKE THE CONDITIONS ARE RIGHT TODAY.
I HOPE WE GET A FEW.
- YEAH, WE SHOULD.
HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET A COUPLE OUT HERE.
- THAT'S RIGHT.
- LET'S SEE WHAT WE GOT.
THIS OUGHT TO BE ONE RIGHT HERE.
- THERE HE IS.
- THERE HE IS.
THERE HE IS.
- DOWN DEEP, OH, IT'S A NICE ONE.
LOOK AT THAT.
LOOK AT THAT ONE.
- THAT IS A NICE SPANISH, STU.
THAT IS A BEAUTIFUL-- - I CAN'T BELIEVE HE'S ALREADY HERE.
HE'S PROBABLY GOING TO RUN AGAIN ON ME.
- BEAUTIFUL SPANISH.
- THERE WE GO.
LOOK AT THAT FISH, WALKER.
OH, DON'T DO THAT.
YOU GOT TO LOVE IT, I SWEAR.
- I KNOW.
I KNOW.
- THEY HIT AND THEY RUN.
ALL RIGHT, I'LL SWING-- - BEAUTIFUL FISH.
- SWING HIM OVER HERE TO YOU, TRY TO, WELL.
- I DON'T THINK HE'S DONE YET.
- MAYBE NOT QUITE YET.
COME HERE, BUDDY.
LOOK AT THAT PRETTY SPOTS ON THAT THING.
- ALL RIGHT.
- YOU GOT TO LOVE IT.
ALL RIGHT, YOU GOT HIM?
- COME HERE.
YEP.
- THERE WE GO.
- THAT IS A NICE SPANISH RIGHT THERE, BUDDY.
THAT IS A NICE SPANISH.
- LOOK AT THAT.
- RIGHT THERE.
- AND MARIAH HANGING OUT OF HIS MOUTH.
- SEE IF I CAN GET THAT OUT OF THERE.
- SLIP THAT OUT.
- OH.
- GOT HIM.
- OKAY, LET'S GET HIM OUT OF THERE.
THERE WE GO.
- THERE WE GO, NICE SPANISH, NICE SPANISH.
- RIGHT ON.
RIGHT ON, BEST WAY TO START IT OFF.
- GOOD JOB, BUDDY, GOOD JOB.
- NICE WAY TO START THINGS ROLLING.
- THAT IS A GREAT WAY.
TERRIFIC.
LET'S GET ANOTHER ONE.
- NOW, WE JUST NEED ABOUT 15 OR 20 MORE OF THEM REAL QUICK.
- LET'S GET ANOTHER ONE.
- JUST SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
WOW.
- I JUST LOVE A SCREAMING DRAG.
- I CAN'T GIVE OUT-- I CAN'T REEL FAST ENOUGH.
I CAME UP BELOW YOU.
- I LOVE HEARING THAT SOUND.
- YEAH, RIGHT ON, GOOD JOB.
ALL RIGHT, LET ME GET DOWN HERE, HELP YOU OUT A LITTLE BIT HERE.
OH, YEAH.
- I DON'T THINK HE'S THAT BIG, HE'S JUST AMBITIOUS.
- HE'S JUST MEAN.
- YOU GOT TO LOVE SPANISH MACKEREL IN THE SUMMERTIME.
- YEAH, THEY'RE JUST SO-- - WHOA, RUNNING UNDER THE BOAT.
- THEY'RE JUST SO AGGRESSIVE.
I JUST LOVE HOW YOU JUST REEL AS FAST AS YOU CAN.
- I KNOW.
- AND THEY JUST STOP IT.
WHOOP, PERFECT.
- DIDN'T EVEN HAVE TO TOUCH HIM.
- QUICK RELEASE.
QUICK RELEASE.
- I SEEN THAT.
- AND YOU DIDN'T GET YOUR HANDS MESSY, NICE FISH.
- YEAH, I DIDN'T EVEN GET ALL GOOEY.
RIGHT ON.
GOOD JOB.
- ALL RIGHT, WELL, WE KNOW THEY'RE HERE.
- I'M GONNA TURN THE BOAT JUST A LITTLE BIT FOR US HERE, AND THEN WE'LL GET READY TO GET US ANOTHER ONE, HERE.
- OH, BEAUTIFUL.
- THROW BACK IN THERE, WALKER, THERE'S MORE OF THEM, RIGHT THERE.
- BEAUTIFUL FISH.
- COME RIGHT OVER ME.
- OKAY, I'M RIGHT OVER THE TOP OF YOU.
- THERE YOU GO.
ALL RIGHT.
GOOD JOB.
- THAT LOOKS LIKE A REALLY NICE FISH WHEN HE STRUCK.
- YEAH, HE-- I THINK HE'S ALL RIGHT.
THERE'S QUITE A FEW OF THEM BACK THERE, CLOSE TO YOU.
-THERE ARE.
- OH, YEAH.
OH, YEAH, ALL RIGHT.
- I'LL SAY THAT'S A NICE FISH.
- HEY, OFF THE FRONT OF US TOO.
AH.
[laughter] IT'S KILLING ME.
THIS IS HARD.
- ALL RIGHT.
- I SWEAR.
HERE I AM.
- COME HERE.
- ALMOST 40, FEEL LIKE I'M ABOUT 13.
THERE WE GO.
- THERE WE GO.
- GOD, LOOK AT THE COLORS ON THAT PRETTY FISH.
- SPANISH MACKEREL IN THE SUMMERTIME.
YOU CAN'T BEAT IT.
- I'M GONNA GIVE IT A LITTLE SNATCH RIGHT THERE, OKAY, YOU READY?
- ALL RIGHT.
- LOOK AT THE COLORS ON THAT FISH.
- BEAUTIFUL FISH.
ALL RIGHT.
LET'S RELEASE HIM.
- BEAUTIFUL.
- AND THERE'S PLENTY MORE OUT THERE.
- FIGURED I'D CATCH HIM AGAIN.
- RIGHT OFF THE BOW, STU.
RIGHT OFF THE BOW.
- THERE THEY ARE, YEP.
ALL RIGHT, I'M GONNA BUMP US UP ON THEM.
- NICE TO SEE THE BAIT THAT THEY'RE THROWING UP, WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE FEEDING ON AND KNOW ABOUT WHAT SIZE IT IS.
- IT'S NICE TO SEE IT, BUT IT'S NOT NICE TO CLEAN IT OFF YOUR BOAT AT THE END OF THE DAY, I SWEAR.
- SPANISH WILL SLING IT, BUT THESE LITTLE BAITS WE'RE USING ARE THE PERFECT IMITATION TO THOSE LITTLE GLASS MINNOWS.
- JUST REEL THEM SO QUICK THAT THEY DON'T HAVE A CHANCE TO REALLY LOOK AT IT.
- THAT'S RIGHT.
- AND THAT'S WHAT THEY GOT.
BUT THERE IT IS, LITTLE GLASS MINNOWS.
THEY'RE ALL OVER THE BOAT.
LET'S GO GET THEM.
LOOK AT THEM UP HERE.
- YEAH, THEY ARE, THEY'RE UP AGAIN.
- LET'S GO.
- I'M IN THEM.
I DON'T KNOW IF I'M ON THEM.
- YOU BETTER BE 'CAUSE I'M ABOUT TO GO THROUGH THERE.
- OH, HE ATE IT.
HE ATE IT.
HE ATE IT.
BUT HE MISSED IT.
- THERE HE IS, BUT HE MISSED IT.
I MISSED HIM, I SHOULD SAY.
- HE CLOBBERED MINE.
- HE DIDN'T MISS IT.
I MISSED HIM.
- OH!
THERE HE IS, ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT.
- DID HE COME OFF?
- YEAH, THAT'S ALL RIGHT THOUGH.
- HE COME BACK?
- BACK ON IT.
- ALL RIGHT.
WELL, YOU WERE CLOSE.
I ALMOST WHIPPED ANOTHER CAST OUT THERE.
- THERE HE GOES.
- AH, NICE FISH.
OH, LOOK AT HIM BUSTING BEHIND US BACK HERE.
WHOO.
- WELL, WE FOUND THEM IN A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT PLACES TODAY.
ONCE ON THE TIDELINE.
- THAT'S RIGHT.
- AND NOW THEY'RE-- - THEY'RE ON SOME BAIT BALLS OUT HERE IN THE MIDDLE.
- THEY'RE BALLED UP AND-- - OH, YEAH.
- ON THE SURFACE.
- THAT'S A PRETTY ONE.
LOOK, HE JUST THREW UP ALL HIS MINNOWS.
COME HERE BIG FELLA.
GOT YOU.
OH, THEY'RE RIGHT OFF THE BACK OF THE BOAT.
- OKAY.
- ALL RIGHT.
- RELEASE HIM.
- THERE HE GOES.
- GOOD JOB.
SWIM OFF.
- ALL RIGHT.
- ALL RIGHT, OOH.
- WHERE'D THEY GO?
- THEY'RE ALL...
RIGHT BEHIND US, AND THEY'RE OVER HERE.
LOOK AT THE BORE RIGHT THERE ON THE SURFACE FROM THEM.
- WE HAVE SPANISH ALL AROUND US.
STU, THEY'RE ALL OFF THE SIDE OF THE BOAT.
THAT'S A NICE SCHOOL OF SPANISH.
- COME ON, BIG FELLAS.
COME ON.
THERE HE IS, GOT HIM.
HOOKED HIM.
HERE WE GO.
- YOU JUST GOT TO LOVE SUMMERTIME SPANISH FISHING.
- IT'S JUST FULL SPEED.
IT'S GET ON THEM QUICK.
REEL IT AS FAST AS YOU CAN, AND THEN THEY HIT IT JUST SO HARD RIGHT OFF THE BAT.
WOW, THIS ONE HERE.
OH, YEAH.
ANOTHER PRETTY ONE.
- TERRIFIC.
- GOD, THEY'RE SO PRETTY IN THIS WATER.
- ALL RIGHT.
- BEAUTIFUL.
- HERE WE GO.
- LOOK HOW BIG THE TAIL IS ON THAT FISH COMPARED TO THE SIZE OF THE FISH.
- I KNOW.
IT'S A LITTLE SPEEDSTER.
LITTLE SPEEDSTERS, AND THEY LOVE THAT MARIAH.
- YEAH, THEY DO.
- THOSE ARE THE PERFECT BAITS TO IMITATE THESE LITTLE GLASS MINNOWS INSTEAD.
SWIM OFF, BUDDY.
- ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU SIR.
- YOU'RE CERTAINLY WELCOME.
- I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
- LET'S FIND THEM AGAIN.
- I THINK THIS IS A GOOD ONE HERE, BUDDY.
- LISTEN TO THAT DRAG SCREAM.
- EITHER THAT OR I'VE GOT HIM FOUL HOOKED.
[laughter] ALL RIGHT, LET'S SEE.
- OCEAN SPEEDSTERS.
- GOD.
WE'LL SEE HERE IN A SECOND.
- THE OCEAN IS ALIVE TODAY WITH THESE SPANISH, STU.
HE MIGHT BE A PRETTY GOOD ONE HERE, I CAN'T-- - THAT IS.
THAT'S A GOOD FISH.
THAT'S A GOOD FISH.
- HERE WE GO.
OH, HERE.
HE'S A LITTLE HEALTHY.
- HE IS.
HE IS.
- HE ATE HIS WHEATIES THIS MORNING.
- AND THE WAY HE TOOK OFF, I THOUGHT HE WAS TWICE THAT SIZE.
- I DID TOO.
I THOUGHT IT MIGHT'VE BEEN A SMALL KING.
LOOK AT THAT.
SEND HIM BACK.
- THERE WE GO.
- ALL RIGHT.
- BUT, FOR AUGUST... - MAN.
- THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT SPANISH RIGHT THERE.
- YOU ARE NOT WRONG.
THAT IS GORGEOUS.
LOOK AT THE TEETH ON THOSE GUYS.
- THERE WE GO.
- STAY AWAY FROM THAT MOUTH, BOY.
- THAT'S RIGHT.
- BETTER CHECK THAT LEADER AFTER THAT ONE.
HE MIGHT'VE GOTTEN AHOLD OF THAT THING.
- WITH SPANISH, THEY WILL SURE CHEW ON YOUR LEADERS.
- LOOKS ALL RIGHT.
- ALL RIGHT, WELL I SEE THEM BUSTING THERE BEHIND US AGAIN.
- OH, ALL RIGHT.
- THE WATER IS ALIVE WITH SPANISH TODAY.
- LET'S GET OVER THERE.
YOU GO HIM YET?
- NO, HE HIT IT THREE TIMES.
HE CLOBBERED IT.
HE STRUCK AT IT THREE TIMES AND MISSED IT THREE TIMES.
LAST TIME HE ABOUT KNOCKED IT OUT OF THE WATER.
- THERE HE IS, OH, GOD, HE HIT IT AND I MISSED HIM.
- YEAH.
- THERE HE IS AGAIN.
- THERE HE IS.
DID YOU GET IT?
- THERE HE IS.
GOT HIM.
YOU GOT HIM?
- I GOT HIM TOO.
I GOT HIM TOO.
- ALL RIGHT.
- I GOT HIM TOO.
- THIS IS THE FUN PART RIGHT HERE.
- OH!
MINE DROPPED-- NOPE, CAME BACK AT HIM.
- DID YOU STEAL HIM?
DID HE JUST COME TO YOU?
- I THINK HE DROPPED IT AND-- - AND ANOTHER ONE-- - ANOTHER ONE ATE IT.
- ALL RIGHT.
- YEP.
- ALL RIGHT, MY FISH IS HERE, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND REACH DOWN AND GRAB MINE.
- OKAY, THE PLIERS ARE RIGHT THERE BEHIND YOU.
- OKAY, I GOT IT.
- RIGHT THERE.
- OH, MAN, HERE'S A NICE ONE.
LOOK AT WHAT HE SPIT UP.
- GLASS MINNOWS.
- OH, WELL, I THOUGHT I-- - I'M NOT SURE YOURS IS READY, STU.
NOT SURE MINE IS EITHER.
- OKAY, I'M GONNA GRAB MINE.
HERE.
OH, YEAH.
ONE NICE ONE.
GO BACK.
THANK YOU.
YOURS IS PRETTIER THERE, LOOK AT ALL THE SPOTS ON YOURS.
- BEAUTIFUL.
ANOTHER NICE SUMMERTIME SPANISH TOO.
- MAN, LOOK AT ALL THE SPOTS ON THAT FISH.
- THAT IS A BEAUTIFUL FISH.
- THAT IS REALLY A GORGEOUS FISH.
- SURE-- OOH.
- LET'S SEE IF WE CAN GET HIM-- OH, YEAH, I SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET HIM AROUND.
- I SMASHED MY BARBS DOWN, SO IT OUGHT TO BE EASY.
- THERE YOU GO.
- NICE FISH.
YEAH.
- YOU GOTTA LOVE THE DOUBLE HEADER.
- CATCH HIM AGAIN ANOTHER DAY, NICE DOUBLE HEADER.
- GOT TO LOVE THAT.
OH, THAT'LL GET YOUR HEART GOING.
- I'VE GOT TO CHECK MY LEADER.
IF YOU DON'T CHECK YOUR LEADERS AFTER EVERY CAST OR TWO OF THESE, YOU'RE ASKING FOR TROUBLE.
- WE'LL TAKE IT.
HE GOT ON IT RIGHT THERE.
- A SCREAMING DRAG.
- RIGHT OFF THIS-- - I JUST LOVE A SCREAMING DRAG.
- ALL RIGHT.
OH, YEAH.
- HERE HE COMES.
- HERE HE COMES.
OH, YEAH, NICE ONE.
COME ON, BIG FELLA.
ALL RIGHT.
I'LL TRY AND BRING HIM AROUND RIGHT HERE.
- OKAY.
- OOH, RIGHT THERE.
NICE ONE, THAT'S A NICE ONE.
- WE'RE SITTING HERE LANDING THIS, AND 20 FEET OFF THE BOAT, WE SEE FISH.
- I KNOW, HE BROUGHT ALL HIS BUDDIES TO THE BOAT WITH HIM.
THIS IS A PRETTY ONE HERE - THAT IS A PRETTY FISH.
- LOOK AT THE SIZE OF HIM.
- YES, SIREE.
- OH, WATCH YOUR FINGERS NOW.
DON'T LET THAT BRAID CUT 'EM.
THERE WE GO.
THAT'S A NICE ONE THERE NOW.
- I THINK THAT'S THE FISH OF THE DAY SO FAR.
THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL SPANISH, AND FOR AUGUST?
- YEAH, NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT.
- THAT'S A TERRIFIC FISH.
- WELL, GET AHOLD OF HIM THERE.
- IF YOU CAN SLIP THAT.
- OKAY, READY?
- YEP, SLIP THAT PLUG OUT.
I'LL RELEASE HIM, JUST LIKE THAT.
- GOOD JOB GIVE ME A SIGN.
GIVE ME A SIGN.
- THEY'RE STILL RIGHT OFF THE SIDE OF THE BOAT, STU.
- ALL RIGHT, OKAY.
- I THINK THE BOAT'S JUST-- - YEP, RIGHT HERE.
- PERFECTLY POSITIONED RIGHT OFF THE SIDE OF THE SCHOOL.
I THINK THAT'S THE KEY.
SO MANY FOLKS CATCH THESE FISH TRAWLING, AND WILL RUN THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE SCHOOL, AND SEND THEM DOWN, AND SCATTERS THEM, BUT CASTING TO THEM OFF THE EDGE LIKE THIS.
- WELL, IT'S MUCH MORE FUN.
YOU'RE NOT USING THOSE BIG HEAVY RODS AND SKIPPING THE BAIT.
SKIPPING THE FISH TO THE BOAT, YOU ACTUALLY HAVE TO PLAY THEM AND FIGHT THEM, AND YOU KNOW, MAKES IT MORE FUN WHEN YOU'RE USING 10-POUND TEST INSTEAD OF A KING MACKEREL ROD AND A PLANER.
- THAT'S RIGHT.
THIS IS THE WAY I PREFER IT.
- THERE WE GO.
- ALL RIGHT, BUDDY.
THERE HE IS.
GOOD JOB.
- I SAW HIM BUS RIGHT BEHIND THE BOAT AND JUST TOSSED IT RIGHT OVER NEXT TO HIM AND PULLED IT BY IT, AND HE PILED ON IT.
- GOOD JOB.
THERE WE GO.
THAT'S A PRETTY ONE TOO.
- THERE'S ANOTHER NICE-- - I MEAN THEY'RE ALL SUCH NICE FISH, AND ESPECIALLY FOR THIS TIME OF THE YEAR.
I MEAN I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE THAT THEY'RE NOT ALL 13 INCHES LONG.
- I KNOW.
- BOY, HE'S ABOUT TO SPIT UP ALL KINDS.
- WE KNOW WHAT-- - AIM THEIR MOUTH OFF THE BOAT THAT'S FOR SURE.
- WHAT BRUNCH WAS.
- THERE WE GO--WHOA.
- ALL RIGHT?
- ALL RIGHT, THERE WE GO.
LOOK AT YOU, DIDN'T EVEN GIVE YOU A SHOT AT IT.
- WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT, WHEN I SEEN HIM ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BOAT LIKE THAT, I JUST CAST IT.
I JUST CAN'T HELP IT, BECAUSE THAT LITTLE COMMON TURN RIGHT THERE IS TELLING US WHAT'S UP.
WELL, HE'S NOT QUITE READY YET, I DON'T THINK.
- I'M REALLY SURPRISED WE HAVEN'T HAD A BLACK TIP COME UP AND EAT ONE OFF THERE.
USUALLY ABOUT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR, THE BLACK TIPS GET UP HERE AND GET REAL AGGRESSIVE ON THESE THINGS, AND IT'S AMAZING THAT THEY CAN CATCH THEM.
THAT'S WHAT GETS ME, IS THAT THEY CAN RUN THEM DOWN AND CATCH THEM.
I GUESS WHEN THEY'RE ON THE END OF A LINE THOUGH, THEY CAN'T QUITE GO AS FAST AS THEY NORMALLY DO.
ALL RIGHT.
- THERE HE IS.
- WHERE'D HE GO?
THERE HE IS.
OH.
THERE, OH.
- COMING BACK TO YOU.
ALL RIGHT.
- JOE, IT WAS HOT.
- IT WAS HOT, BUT THE AUGUST IS HOT HERE IN NORTH CAROLINA, AND TYPICALLY IF YOU GO EARLY, YOU CAN BEAT THE TEMPERATURE OF THE DAY AND YOU-- AND YOU CAN BEAT THE WIND COMING UP TOO.
WHAT WE DID THAT MORNING, STU HAD BEEN OUT FISHING EARLIER IN THE WEEK, AND IT WAS JUST RUNNING OUT OF THE INLET-- MASONBORO INLET, AND GOING A LITTLE SOUTH, AND HE HAD FOUND SOME FISH HOLDING, AND THESE WERE NOT REAL BIG SPANISH, BUT THAT TIME OF YEAR WHEN EVERYTHING SLOWS DOWN BECAUSE OF THE WATER TEMPERATURE, THEY'RE A LOT OF FUN TO CATCH, AND YOU MATCH YOUR TACKLE WITH THEM AND HAVE THE RIGHT LURE, AND YOU HAVE A LOT OF FUN.
- TALK ABOUT MATCHING TACKLE.
LET'S GO TO GEAR TIME.
- STU, SUMMERTIME, IN SHORE OCEAN RIGHT HERE OFF OF WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH, THERE'S NOT A BETTER FISH-- MORE FUN FISH TO CATCH THAN SPANISH MACKEREL.
- MAN, THERE REALLY ISN'T BECAUSE THEY'RE SO AGGRESSIVE.
YOU JUST GOT TO GET THE LURE IN FRONT OF THEM, JUST SEE THEM BUST IN THE WATER, CRANK IT AS FAST AS YOU CAN, AND JUST HANG ONTO THE ROD.
- A LOT OF PEOPLE TRAWL FOR THESE FISH, BUT WE WERE DOING IT DIFFERENT TODAY.
WE WERE SEEING THE SCHOOLS OF FISH, WE WERE RUNNING UP TO THE EDGE OF THEM WITHIN CASTING RANGE AND CASTING LIGHT TACKLE TO THEM, AND IT WAS A BLAST.
- THAT'S RIGHT.
WE WERE JUST STAYING OFF THE FISH JUST SO WE MADE SURE WE DIDN'T SPOOK THE SCHOOLS, USING LIGHT OUTFITS, USING JUST LITTLE 8-, 10-POUND CLASP SPINNING GEAR, USING THE FAVORITE MARIAH JIG.
THIS THING WAS GOLDEN TODAY.
- THEY WERE PERFECT.
- AND THEY JUST CAN'T STAND THIS THING.
PUT A LITTLE 30-POUND LEADER ON TOP OF IT, STAY OFF OF THEM, THROW IT IN THERE, CRANK IT AS FAST AS YOU CAN, AND JUST WAIT FOR THEM TO COME OVER, 'CAUSE THEY'RE JUST GOING TO PILE ON IT.
- THAT'S RIGHT, AND THEY DID TODAY.
WE CAUGHT A BUNCH OF FISH AND HAD A TERRIFIC TIME OUT THERE TODAY, AND A REALLY GREAT QUALITY OF FISH TOO, NICE SIZED GLASS FISH.
- IT REALLY IS.
FOR THIS TIME OF THE YEAR, USUALLY YOU GET SOME SMALLER FISH, BUT, YOU KNOW, THEM TWO AND THREE POUNDERS, TAKE THAT ANY DAY OF THE WEEK.
- ABSOLUTELY, THESE WERE THE TICKET TODAY.
- THAT'S RIGHT, THE PINK ONE, AND THE GREEN KIND OF GOLD AND SILVER, AND A 14 GRAM-- THAT'S IT.
YOU CAN THROW IT A GOOD, LONG WAYS, PUT YOU SOME GOOD BRAID ON YOUR REEL.
THAT'LL HELP YOU GET A LITTLE MORE DISTANCE.
STAY OUT OF THE FISH AND JUST GO WITH IT.
- WELL, WE COULDN'T ASK FOR A BETTER MORNING.
A BEAUTIFUL AUGUST MORNING.
COULDN'T ASK FOR A MORE EXCITING FISH TO CATCH.
- THAT'S RIGHT.
- I ENJOYED IT.
- WE'LL DO IT AGAIN.
- THANK YOU.
- ALWAYS LIKE TO HAVE YOU ON THE BOAT.
- THAT WAS TERRIFIC.
- ALL RIGHT, MAN.
- ALL RIGHT.
- THANKS, CAPTAIN STU, FOR THAT INFORMATION.
NOW, IF YOU WANT TO GO FISHING, GIVE CAPTAIN STU CAULDER A CALL, HIS NUMBER'S RIGHT THERE ON YOUR SCREEN, AND SPEAKING OF FISH, TIME TO CATCH UP WITH DONNA.
SHE'S IN THE KITCHEN.
SHE'S GOT A RECIPE TODAY USING GROUPER.
- HI, TODAY IN THE KITCHEN WE'RE MAKING A MEDITERRANEAN GROUPER AND ASPARAGUS DISH, AND IT IS FABULOUS.
IT LOOKS VERY SOPHISTICATED AND FANCY, BUT YET IT GOES TOGETHER JUST LIKE THAT.
SO, LET'S GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS WE'RE GOING TO TAKE OUR IN-YOUR-OVEN BREADER, AND WE'RE GOING TO PLACE IT IN OUR BAG, AND THEN YOU KNOW HOW I LIKE TO USE THE IN-YOUR-OVEN, 'CAUSE THEN I CAN JUST POP IT IN MY OVEN-- IT COMES OUT NICE AND CRISPY, BUT I ALSO LIKE TO ADD SOME FLAVORINGS TO IT.
SO, I'M GOING TO ADD IN JUST A LITTLE BIT OF LEMON PEPPER BREADER, SO IT'LL GIVE ME LOTS OF THAT GREAT FLAVOR, AND I DON'T HAVE TO THINK ABOUT WHAT SEASONINGS I WANT TO USE, AND--BUT I GET TO USE THE IN-YOUR-OVEN, WHICH IS QUICK AND EASY AS WELL.
SO I'M JUST GOING TO GIVE THAT A SHAKE.
I'M GOING TO TAKE MY FISH FILLETS, AND YOU CAN USE GROUPER; YOU CAN USE ANY TYPE OF WHITE FISH THAT YOU LIKE AND YOU HAPPEN TO HAVE.
WE'RE JUST GOING TO CLOSE OUR BAG AND GIVE IT A GOOD SHAKE TO COAT IT, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO PLACE IT ON OUR BAKING SHEET THAT I'VE COATED WITH A NONSTICK FOIL.
OR YOU CAN USE PARCHMENT PAPER, OR YOU CAN USE YOUR BAKING SHEET, BUT I LIKE TO KEEP MY SHEET NICE AND CLEAN, AND THEN I HAVE LESS CLEANUP AT THE END AS WELL.
SO I'M ALL ABOUT GETTING IN AND OUT OF MY KITCHEN QUICKLY.
SO I'M GONNA GIVE THAT ANOTHER SHAKE AND THEN WE HAVE-- THESE ARE READY.
SO WHILE THESE ARE IN YOUR OVEN, BAKING AND CRISPING UP, YOU'RE GONNA BAKE THESE AT ABOUT 400 DEGREES FOR ABOUT TEN MINUTES, DEPENDING ON THE THICKNESS OF YOUR FISH FILLETS.
SO WHILE THOSE ARE IN THE OVEN BAKING, WE'RE GONNA MAKE OUR RELISH THAT GOES ON THIS, AND THIS IS A GREAT RELISH.
WE'RE GOING TO USE SOME CHOPPED OLIVES, AND YOU CAN BUY OLIVES ALREADY CHOPPED IN THE JAR.
I CHECKED THAT OUT THE OTHER DAY IN THE STORE, AND I WAS SO PSYCHED BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE TO STAND HERE AND CHOP AND FOLLOW THEM AROUND ON THE BOARD.
THEN WE'RE GOING TO PUT IN SOME ONION THAT'S BEEN CHOPPED, SOME CAPERS, AND A LITTLE JALAPENO PEPPER.
AND WITH THE JALAPENO, I WOULD SLICE IT DOWN THE MIDDLE, TAKE THE SEEDS AND THE MEMBRANE OUT, WASH YOUR HANDS REALLY WELL, AND THEN PROCEED WITH YOUR CHOPPING IT, BECAUSE THE MEMBRANE AND THE SEEDS IS WHAT IS REALLY, REALLY HOT AND WILL BURN YOUR HANDS.
SO WE'RE JUST GONNA GIVE THAT A TOSS.
WE'RE GONNA ADD IN A LITTLE BIT OF SEASONED VINEGAR TO THIS, AND IF YOU WANT, SOME SALT AND PEPPER, AND JUST TOSS THAT.
AND ABOUT THE LAST FIVE MINUTES OF THE COOKING OF YOUR FISH, YOU'LL WANT TO PUT YOUR ASPARAGUS ON THERE.
SO WE HAVE OUR ASPARAGUS HERE, AND YOU CAN SEE THE ENDS ARE KIND OF DRIED OUT.
SO WHAT I LIKE TO DO IS TAKE MINE AND JUST KIND OF CHOP OFF THOSE ENDS, AND THEN YOU'RE GONNA JUST TOSS IT ONTO YOUR BAKING SHEET, AND FINISH THAT UP IN THE OVEN.
IT WON'T TAKE BUT ABOUT FIVE MINUTES.
YOU DON'T WANT TO OVERCOOK IT TOO MUCH, OR IT'LL BE KIND OF SOGGY.
SO I LIKE MINE TENDER CRISP.
SO WE'RE JUST GONNA PUT THAT IN THERE, YOU CAN SPRITZ IT WITH A LITTLE BIT OF OIL AND SOME CRACKED BLACK PEPPER IF YOU LIKE, AND FINISH IT OFF FOR THE LAST FIVE MINUTES IN YOUR OVEN.
AND LET'S TAKE A LOOK AND SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN IT'S FINISHED.
YOU CAN SEE THE FISH IS NICE AND CRUNCHY ON THE OUTSIDE, HAS THAT GREAT LEMON FLAVOR, AND THEN OUR ASPARAGUS IS DONE PERFECTLY, AND WE JUST TOP IT WITH OUR RELISH, AND IT IS A GREAT MIXTURE OF FLAVORS AND TEXTURES, AND I THINK YOU'RE REALLY, REALLY GONNA ENJOY IT.
SO I HOPE YOU ENJOY THIS MEDITERRANEAN GROUPER AND ASPARAGUS, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU NEXT TIME HERE ON SIMPLE COOKING.
- THANKS, DONNA, FOR ANOTHER TASTY RECIPE.
THAT RECIPE AND A WHOLE LOT MORE IN THE CAROLINA OUTDOOR JOURNAL COOKBOOK, A COLLECTION OF MINE AND JOE'S FAVORITES.
NOW, JOE, LET'S GO BACK AND TALK MORE ABOUT THAT FISHING DAY, WE HAD A BIG TIME.
- WELL, WE DID FOR AUGUST.
I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY NEAT BECAUSE TYPICALLY WHEN THE WATER TEMPERATURE WARMS UP LIKE IT-- BY THE TIME WE GET TO MID AUGUST, IT'S ON UP THERE, AND A LOT OF FISH THAT ARE FURTHER IN MOVE OFF THE BEACH AND OUT IN THE DEEPER WATER, AND A GOOD TIME TO CATCH THEM IS TO GET UP EARLY, BEAT THE WIND, BEAT THE HEAT OF THE DAY AND GO LOOKING FOR FISH LIKE STU HAD DONE EARLIER, AND THAT'S WHY HE KNEW WHERE THE FISH WERE AND JUST HAVE THE RIGHT TACKLE.
AGAIN, THESE WERE, YOU KNOW, SOLID TWO AND A HALF POUND REALLY PRETTY SPANISH MACKEREL FOR THAT TIME OF YEAR, AND ON THAT TACKLE, THAT WAS JUST LOADS OF FUN-- AGAIN, USING JIGS.
IN THAT SITUATION, WE LIKE TO PROMOTE USING SINGLE HOOKS, 'CAUSE YOU SAW THAT DAY, WE DIDN'T KEEP ANY, BUT SINGLE HOOKS ARE A LOT EASIER TO GET OUT OF THEIR MOUTHS.
SO BUT JUST LOADS OF FUN.
- CAPTAIN STU, CALL HIM.
HE CAN ALWAYS PUT YOU ON SOME FISH TOO.
- HE REALLY CAN.
- FOR JOE ALBEA, I'M JOHN MOORE.
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