Surf Zone Tips
Season 6 Episode 23 | 25m 49sVideo has Closed Captions
A seasoned surf fisher shares tips on successfully fishing the surf zone.
This week on the Journal, a seasoned surf fisher shares a few tips on successfully fishing the surf zone. In “Gear Time,” he discusses the tackle needed. Then, we join Donna Reynolds in the kitchen for a salmon recipe.
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Surf Zone Tips
Season 6 Episode 23 | 25m 49sVideo has Closed Captions
This week on the Journal, a seasoned surf fisher shares a few tips on successfully fishing the surf zone. In “Gear Time,” he discusses the tackle needed. Then, we join Donna Reynolds in the kitchen for a salmon recipe.
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TEAMWORK, NICE BLUEFISH.
- THAT IS A NICE BLUEFISH.
- DRAG THAT BOY ON UP ON THE BEACH.
IT'S BIGGER THAN WHAT WE'VE BEEN GETTING, THAT'S FOR SURE.
- THAT'S A NICE FISH, - NOW THAT'S LIKE ABOUT THE SIZE OF THE ONE THAT BIT YOURS IN HALF-- - THAT'S RIGHT.
- EARLIER.
- HE'S PRETTY THOUGH, THAT'S NICE BLUE.
- OH, AND THEY FIGHT TOO, GOOD GRACIOUS.
- YES, THEY DO.
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- HELLO, AND WELCOME TO THE CAROLINA OUTDOOR JOURNAL.
WELL, TODAY'S PROGRAM IS GOING TO TAKE US TO THE OUTER BANKS, BUT JOE, THIS IS MORE LIKE GOING TO SCHOOL TODAY.
- WELL, IT IS.
WE'RE GONNA BE FISHING WITH A GOOD FRIEND-- WELL, TWO GOOD FRIENDS OF MINE.
ONE I ACTUALLY HAVE A LOT OF HISTORY WITH.
WE WERE IN HIGH SCHOOL TOGETHER, AND HE MOVED OUT TO THE OUTER BANKS A FEW YEARS AGO, AND STARTED SURF FISHING AND BECOME A MEMBER OF A FISHING TEAM.
HE'S BEEN A MEMBER, I THINK CLOSE TO 35 YEARS, AND THEY'VE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL IN THE TOURNAMENTS THAT THEY HAVE EVERY YEAR ALONG THE BEACHES OF THE OUTER BANKS, AND HE'S GOING TO GIVE US AN EDUCATION TODAY ON HOW TO FISH THE BEACH.
FROM READING THE SURF, TO THE TACKLE, SOME OF THE--TODAY WE GONNA BE BOTTOM FISHING PRIMARILY, SO THEY'LL TALK ABOUT THE BOTTOM RIGS, AND THE NECESSITY TO HAVE REALLY FRESH BAIT.
SO, WE'LL JOIN THEM ON THE BEACH.
- IT MIGHT BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE SOME NOTES TODAY.
- ABSOLUTELY, SO GET READY.
- AND THEN THE RECIPE TODAY, WE GONNA GINGER UP SOME SALMON, IS THAT RIGHT?
- YEAH, IT'S A REAL SPECIAL SALMON RECIPE THAT DONNA'S COME UP WITH THAT IF YOU LIKE SALMON, PAY ATTENTION.
WELL, HERE WE GO.
IT'S TIME TO GO TO SCHOOL ON THE CAROLINA OUTDOOR JOURNAL.
- TED, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU INVITING ME TO COME OUT HERE AND SURF FISH.
WHERE THE--I'VE DONE A LOT OF FISHING OUT OF BOATS, BUT I'VE DONE VERY LITTLE SURF FISHING, SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT SEEING WHAT WE CAN DO.
WHAT DO YOU THINK WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA CATCH?
- WELL, THIS IS PRIME TIME.
WE'RE MIDDLE OF MAY, OUT HERE, THE OREGON INLET, IS A GREAT PLACE, THEY HAVE A LOT OF FISH COME AND GO THROUGH HERE.
- IT'S LOW TIDE NOW, ISN'T IT?
- WELL, IT'S-- THE TIDE HAS TURNED, IT'S STARTING TO COME IN.
MY FAVORITE TIDE TO FISH IS A RISING TIDE.
- INCOMING TIDE, RIGHT.
- AND THE-- WE'LL TARGET BLUEFISH, AND PUPPY DRUM, SHOULD BE-- THEY BEEN CATCHING TONS OF FISH, - AND THEY RUN TOGETHER.
I GUESS-- - THEY DO, THEY RUN TOGETHER.
I MEAN, THEY'LL SCHOOL ON THEIR OWN, BUT THEY'LL RUN BEHIND EACH OTHER, UNDER-- - CHASING BAIT FISH?
- THAT'S RIGHT.
CHASING BAIT FISH AND FEEDING.
YOU KNOW, THE TIDE IS JUST STARTED TO TURN.
WE GOT A LITTLE OUTLET HERE, A LITTLE LUMP.
WE'RE GONNA FISH THIS LUMP.
SOON, ALL THIS WILL BE UNDER WATER, WE'LL BE FISHING IN IT, RIGHT ON THE BACKSIDE OF THIS.
- RIGHT, OKAY.
- AND WE'LL SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.
- ALL RIGHT, CUT BAIT FOR DRUM.
- YES, SIR, LET'S TRY 'EM.
- TED, WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF MAY, HOW DOES THE SEASONS AFFECT WHICH FISH YOU CATCH, AND WHICH FISH YOU'RE CATCHING FISH FOR?
- WELL, ALL THESE FISH ARE MOVING, COMING OR GOING.
YOUR SPRING FISH ARE MOVING BACK FROM DOWN SOUTH, COMING OUT OF THE SOUNDS.
THE WATER'S WARMING UP, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE STARTING TO BREED AND-- - AND THEY'RE OUT IN THE OCEAN TOO, AND THEY'RE COMING INTO THE SHALLOWER WATER.
- THAT'S RIGHT, THEY'RE COMING IN TO FEED, YOU KNOW, THEY GOT SMALLER FISH, AND BAIT FISH STARTING TO RUN.
- IT'S BALL.
- IT'S BALL, RIGHT.
AND MY FAVORITE TIME IS THE FALL.
I LOVE THE FALL FISHING.
THE FISH, A LITTLE FATTER, A LITTLE BEEFIER FIGHT.
SEEMS TO BE MORE FISH IN THE FALL, BUT THAT'S NOT TO SAY, THIS SPRING HAS BEEN GREAT.
WE'VE HAD REALLY GOOD FISHING THIS SPRING, YOU KNOW?
EVERY DAY'S A DIFFERENT DAY, BUT ALL IN ALL, FALL IS MY FAVORITE.
- FALL IS BETTER, YEAH.
THEY MAY BE STORING UP FOR THE WINTER, YOU KNOW, FALL FEEDING FRENZY.
- THAT'S RIGHT, I MEAN, THEY'RE FAT, AND THEY'RE JUST A LOT OF FUN TO CATCH, YOU KNOW?
RIGHT ON THROUGH INTO NOVEMBER, DECEMBER, DEPENDING ON THE WEATHER.
- SPRING'S ALWAYS FUN THOUGH BECAUSE YOU'RE COMING OUT OF A COLD WINTER.
- THAT'S RIGHT, ESPECIALLY LIKE THIS ONE.
- YEAH, GOT ONE?
- YEAH, HERE HE IS.
HERE HE IS, RONNIE.
- PRETTY WORK.
- THIS FEELS LIKE A BLUEFISH.
- FEELS LIKE A BLUE?
- YEAH, THAT'S WHAT HE FEELS LIKE.
- WE'LL TAKE HIM.
- HE HIT IT LIKE A BLUEFISH.
THAT'S WHAT IT IS, A BLUEFISH.
- BLUEFISH?
- BLUEFISH.
- ALL RIGHT.
HEY, DO THEY-- DO THE BLUEFISH HANG OUT WITH THE DRUMS?
- YEAH, THEY DO, THEY'LL RUN UP AND DOWN IN THESE SCHOOLS, AND WITH THE DRUM BEHIND THEM.
- WITH THE BOTH OF THEM CHASING BAIT FISH?
- THAT'S RIGHT, JUST, LIKE, FEEDIN'.
THAT'S A GOOD SIZE BLUEFISH.
THAT'S ABOUT A 15-INCH FISH.
THAT'S A NICE FISH TO CATCH THIS TIME OF YEAR.
- THAT'S GOOD EATIN' WHEN THEY'RE FRESH AND THAT SMALL TOO.
- THEY ARE IF YOU WANT THEM, MAN.
A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK THEY'RE STRONG, BUT IF YOU EAT THOSE FRESH, THEY'RE REALLY GOOD.
- DELICIOUS, ALL RIGHT.
- I'M GONNA LET THIS ONE GO.
- GOOD JOB.
MY TURN.
BOY, I TELL YOU, CATCHING THEM IN THE SURF IS WAY DIFFERENT FROM CATCHING THEM OUT OF A BOAT.
- OH, IT'S A BIG DIFFERENCE, IT'S TEN TIMES MORE FUN TO ME.
- MAN, YEP, YEP.
HERE HE COMES.
- LOOKING FOR HIM, LOOKING FOR HIM.
- I KNOW, WHERE-- HE'S COMIN' - THERE HE IS.
THERE HE IS.
- THERE HE IS.
- BOY, THEY REALLY PUT ON A SHOW TOO, DON'T THEY?
- YEAH, GOSH.
- HE'S PRETTY GOOD FISH.
- NOT BAD, NOT BAD AT ALL.
- GOOD 2-POUND BLUEFISH, THAT'S A GOOD EATIN' FISH.
- THERE WE GO, THAT WAY.
THAT WAY, BUDDY.
TED, WE JUST MOVED BACK, THE TIDE'S REALLY COMING IN NOW, HOW'S THAT GOING TO AFFECT US?
- IT'S STARTING TO ROLL, YOU KNOW?
THE WATER'S FILLING IN.
YOU CAN SEE THESE LUMPS OUT HERE ARE STARTING TO SHOW.
YOU CAN SEE THEY'RE MORE PRONOUNCED NOW AS THE WATER GETS HIGHER, AND YOU'LL HAVE THIS DRUM HOPEFULLY LAYING IN THERE, AND THIS IS MY FAVORITE TIME.
- WITH THE WATER COMING IN, THIS LITTLE SLEW HERE, TOO.
- YEAH, THIS LITTLE OUTLET HERE, AS THIS WATER STARTS TO COME OVER, IT'LL START RUNNING OUT THIS OUTLET, AND IT USUALLY RUNS A LITTLE SLEW, AND THE FISH WILL USE THOSE A LOT TO COME IN, YOU KNOW, TO FEED, AND THEY'LL COME IN THOSE LITTLE SLEW.
- SO EVENTUALLY WE'LL BE BACK THERE, FISHING OUT RIGHT THERE.
- FISHING RIGHT THERE, ON THESE LUMPS, THAT'S RIGHT.
THAT'S RIGHT, AND YOU KNOW, ANOTHER HOUR AND A HALF, TWO HOURS, WE'LL BE-- DEFINITELY BE RIGHT BACK THERE, AND HOPEFULLY CATCHING FISH RIGHT THERE.
- RIGHT, YEAH, HOPEFULLY.
- YEP.
RON, I GOT ANOTHER ONE ON.
- MAN, YOU'RE HOT.
- BLUEFISH.
I'M SURE IT'S A BLUEFISH.
FEELS LIKE IT.
- I WISH NOW I'D HAVE DRIVEN THE TRUCK, I'D LEAVE YOU HERE.
- [laughs] - NICE, ANOTHER BLUEFISH YOU THINK?
- YEAH, I'M PRETTY SURE.
- ON THAT SAME RIG?
- SAME RIG, THAT LITTLE BAIT BUG.
- RIGHT, WELL, THE BITE'S PICKING UP.
- THERE HE IS.
- OH, YEAH, NICE.
- HE'S LITTLE.
- KEEP HIM COMIN', KEEP HIM COMIN'.
- GOT HIM, RONNIE?
- I GOT ONE, YEAH, I GOT HIM.
- OH, YEAH.
- COME TO PAPA.
- HARD AT WORK.
- ALL RIGHT.
- HE'S BEEN MESSING WITH IT.
- YEAH, HE'S COMIN'.
HE HIT IT TWO OR THREE TIMES, AND THEN MY LINE WENT SLACK, AND I KNEW HE HAD KNOCKED IT TOWARDS ME INSTEAD OF AWAY FROM ME.
- RIGHT, YEAH, PUPPY DRUM ARE FAMOUS FOR THAT.
THEY'LL PICK A BAIT UP AND COME TO THE BEACH WITH IT.
- COME TO YOU, RIGHT.
- NOW YOU SEE YOUR LINE GOES SLACK, YOU NEED TO CHECK IT OUT.
- OH, YEAH.
- I WILL TAKE HIM.
- THAT'S A NICE BLUE.
- I'LL TAKE HIM.
- PRETTY WORK.
- QUICK RELEASE.
I'M GONNA LET HIM GO.
COME ON, BOY.
OKAY, HE TOOK OFF LIKE A SCALDED CAT.
- I ALREADY GOT A BIG OL' HIT ON THIS.
- YOU GOT A BITE, TOO?
- GOT A BIG, OL' HIT ON THIS ROD.
- THEY'RE MOVIN' IN.
ON THAT DOODLE BUG AGAIN.
THAT THING HAS BEEN THE TICKET FOR US.
HOPE THE DRUM WILL MOVE IN.
- GOOD BAIT.
- DRUM NEED TO MOVE IN HERE IN A MINUTE.
- WE'LL CATCH ONE.
- TED, WHEN YOU INVITED ME TO GO, YOU SUGGESTED I BRING SOME FAIRLY LONG RODS AND SORT OF HEAVY REELS, WHAT ARE YOU THINKING THERE?
- WELL, I MEAN, THE ONE THING ABOUT SURF FISHING IS YOU CAN SURF FISH WITH ANYTHING, BUT YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL BUY AN INEXPENSIVE 8- OR 9-FOOT ROD, AND THAT'S A GOOD STARTER ROD TO GET GOING.
AS YOU LEARN MORE ABOUT IT, THESE LONGER POLES, YOU KNOW, 10-, 11-FOOT POLES CAN GET YOU THE DISTANCE.
ON THESE WAVY DAYS, YOUR LINE IS UP OUT OF THE WATER, YOU'RE NOT HAVING TO DEAL WITH THAT TUGGING ON YOU ALL THE TIME, IT KEEPS YOU OUT OF THE GRASS AND ALL THOSE THINGS.
AND, JUST THIS LAST WEEK, SOMEBODY CAUGHT A 40-INCH STRIPER DOWN HERE, AND YOU GOT THE EQUIPMENT THAT IF YOU HOOK UP A NICE FISH-- - YOU CAN HANDLE IT?
- YOU CAN HANDLE IT, THAT'S RIGHT, AND THESE DRUM-- THESE SLOT PUPPY DRUM, UP TO 27 INCHES.
THEY GET SOME SHOULDERS ON THEM, SO-- - SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE SOMETHING TO HANDLE ONE IF WE HAPPEN TO GET A REALLY BIG FISH.
- THAT'S RIGHT, AND WE KNOW THERE'S A BUNCH OF THAT SIZE DRUM IN HERE NOW, AND YOU WANT SOMETHING YOU CAN LAND THEM WITH.
IF THE TIDE'S TOUGH, YOU NEED SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE SUBSTANTIAL.
- MORNING, TED.
YESTERDAY WAS A LOT DIFFERENT FROM TODAY.
YESTERDAY WAS BEAUTIFUL, CALM, AND TODAY, WE GOT WHOLE-- A LOT OF DIFFERENT CONDITIONS, WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO?
- WE DO, YESTERDAY WE WERE FISHING AT INCOMING TIDE, WHICH IS MY FAVORITE.
TODAY, WE GOT AN OUTGOING TIDE.
THE WATER WAS A LITTLE MORE STIRRED UP UP NORTH, SO WE CAME DOWN TO SALVO.
WE LEFT OREGON INLET AND CAME DOWN TO SALVO TO TRY, AND I'VE BEEN CATCHING A FEW BIG SEA MULLET HERE, SO WE'RE USING THE SAME RODS, BUT WE'RE DROPPING BACK DOWN TO LITTLE BIT SMALLER RIGS WITH SMALLER HOOKS, AND A LITTLE DIFFERENT, SMALLER BAITS, SAND FLEAS, SMALL PIECES OF MULLET.
- STILL, IF WE GET A DRUM OR ANYTHING ELSE, THAT'S GOOD, RIGHT?
- THAT'S RIGHT.
- THAT'S RIGHT.
- SO WE GONNA TRY HERE, AND SEE WHAT WE CAN GET.
NOW, THEY'VE BEEN DOING WELL HERE, OFF AND ON, SO WE'RE GONNA TRY AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.
- THAT'S--I'M READY.
- DANG, RONNIE, THAT LOOKED LIKE A GOOD HIT.
- YEAH, I DID HAVE A GOOD HIT, THAT'S A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN--I THINK.
- I HOPE THAT'S ONE OF THOSE BIG OL' SEA MULLET.
IT ACTED LIKE IT.
- OH, HE'S PUTTING UP A GOOD FIGHT.
I LIKE IT.
THAT THING ABOUT THE SURF, WHEN THE WATER GOES BACK OUT, YOU GOT TO LET HIM GO, AND THEN BRING HIM IN WHEN THE WAVE COMES.
HOW BIG A GAP DO WE HAVE?
- I HOPE IT'S NOT A SHARK.
- SHARK?
THIS IS A GAME FISH, MY MAN.
COME ON, BABY.
- HE'S GOTTEN OVER THIS LINE, LET ME GET THIS LINE OUT OF YOUR WAY.
- THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
- TEAM WORK.
- NICE BLUEFISH.
- THAT IS A NICE BLUEFISH.
- BACK THAT BOY ON UP ON THE BEACH.
- IT'S BIGGER THAN WHAT WE'VE BEEN GETTING, THAT'S FOR SURE.
- BOY, THAT'S A NICE FISH.
- ALL RIGHT, THAT'S NICE.
- THERE WE GO.
THAT'S A NICE SIZED BLUEFISH CATCH THERE.
- YEAH, IT IS.
IF YOU WERE GONNA EAT ONE, THAT'D BE A GREAT SIZE.
- THEY REALLY FIGHT.
I JUST GOT ONE ON.
- HE'S GOT BITE.
HOW ABOUT THAT?
IS HE ON?
- YEAH, HE'S ON.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT I GOT, BUT IT'S A-- - I'M GONNA LET THIS ONE GO.
- ALL RIGHT.
- BEFORE YOU GET THAT ONE UP HERE.
- AND ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE BIG OL' SAND PERCH RASCALS.
- SEA MULLET.
NO, THAT'S THAT ODD FISH THAT WE--STILL THINK IT'S A TYPE OF GROUPER, DON'T YOU?
- I DON'T KNOW, MAY-- OR A SNAPPER MAYBE?
- YEAH, A SNAPPER, GROUPER.
- BIG EYED THING, I DON'T KNOW.
- THE SIZE.
LOOK HOW BIG HIS MOUTH IS.
- WHAT YOU GOT, RONNIE?
- GOT A BITE.
GOT A BITE.
GOT HIM ON.
- BLUEFISH?
- COULD BE.
COMING WITH ME NOW.
COMING WITH THE CURRENT.
COME ON IN.
- ACT LIKE IT, DOESN'T IT?
- YEP, IT DOES.
LET'S--I HAD A-- - HEY, THAT'S A BLUE.
- IS IT A BLUEFISH?
- NICE FISH.
- ALL RIGHT, COME ON IN.
COME ON IN.
- COME ON IN.
THAT'S A GOOD FISH, PULL HIM ON UP.
- THAT'S BETTER.
THAT'S BETTER.
- YES, SIR.
- I GOT HIM.
I GOT HIM.
- YOU GOT HIM ON?
- YEAH, RIGHT IN THE WASH. - I'VE GOT TO FIND ME A NEW FISHIN' BUDDY, YOU'RE OUT-FISHING ME TODAY.
- IT--WELL, IT'S A LITTLE BIT NICER BLUEFISH.
NOT AS BIG AS THE ONE WE CAUGHT.
- BUT IT WORKS.
- BUT IT'S NOT TOO BAD.
- BOY THEY'RE OUT-- THEY'RE ON THAT GREEN HOOK TODAY.
- YEAH, THAT WAS RIGHT IN THE WASH TOO, I DIDN'T HAVE IT VERY FAR OUT.
- PRETTY FISH.
NICE FISH.
- NICE.
NICE TEETH.
MIGHT LET HIM GO FOR ANOTHER DAY, GET BIGGER.
HOLD THAT FOR ME IF YOU DON'T MIND.
- YES, SIR.
THERE YOU GO, WHAT YOU GOT, RONNIE?
- YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU FISH IN THE OCEAN, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GONNA GET, BUT I GOT SOMETHING COMING IN.
- HE'S FIGHTING IT ANYWAY.
- YEP, IT'S FIGHTING PRETTY GOOD.
- FELT LIKE HE WENT ACROSS ME.
- AM I OVER YOU?
- YEAH.
- WENT UP IN THE WASH. - ACTUALLY STILL OVER ME, GOOD BLUEFISH, PULL HIM RIGHT ON BACK IN.
PULL HIM ON IN.
THAT'S A NICE FISH.
- THAT IS A BLUEFISH.
REEL GOT A LITTLE BIT TANGLED UP HERE.
- COME ON IN WITH IT.
- TEAM EFFORT.
- HUH?
- TEAM EFFORT, WORKING TOGETHER.
WELL, HE'S NOT THE BIGGEST BLUEFISH WE'VE EVER CAUGHT, BUT HE'S BIGGER THAN-- - NO, BUT I TELL YOU WHAT, THAT'S A REALLY GOOD EATING SIZE, FOR FILLETING UP, YOU KNOW, A POUND-QUARTER, POUND-AND-A-HALF FISH.
- WE'RE GONNA LET HIM LIVE FOR A BIGGER DAY.
- NICE FISH.
- JOE, AFTER A CLASS LIKE THAT, I'M EXPECTING A TEST AT ANY TIME.
- YEAH, WELL, IT'S GOOD INFORMATION, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'VE NEVER SURF FISHED BEFORE.
WE'VE GOT A GREAT-- YEAH, WE GOT 300 MILES OF BEACH HERE IN NORTH CAROLINA, SO AGAIN, AS WE SAID BEFORE, YOU CAN'T CATCH BEACH AT EVERY SPOT THAT YOU SEE, BUT BY PUTTING TO WORK WHAT YOU JUST HEARD FROM THEM ABOUT HOW TO READ THE BEACH, AND THEN THE TACKLE THAT YOU NEED TO CATCH THE, YOU CAN CATCH SOME FISH.
- WELL, LET'S CONTINUE ON WITH OUR EDUCATION TODAY.
LET'S GO TO GEAR TIME.
- TED, I ALWAYS ENJOY BEING WITH YOU, BUT THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS HAVE REALLY BEEN FUN.
PART OF THE FUN WAS YESTERDAY WAS SO DIFFERENT FROM TODAY.
I MEAN, IT'S JUST BEEN AMAZING, WITH THE WIND AND THE TIDE AND THE CURRENTS, AND WE'VE USED A LOT OF DIFFERENT TACKLE, DIFFERENT TODAY THAN FROM YESTERDAY.
- WE HAVE.
YOU KNOW, YESTERDAY WE STARTED OUT WITH OUR 11-FOOT RODS.
WE WERE THROWING FOR MOST DISTANCE.
A LOT OF THE FISH WERE FURTHER OUT.
YOU KNOW, TODAY BEEN USING MY-- I USED MY 10-FOOT T.F.O.
TODAY WITH MY PENN REEL, 10-POUND BRAID.
- BRAID?
- AND YOU KNOW, I LOVE MY BRAID, YOU KNOW?
A LITTLE LESS RESISTANCE.
I CAN FEEL FISH ON IT A LOT BETTER.
- AND I USED AN 11-FOOT ROD YESTERDAY, SO WE COULD CAST AS FAR AS WE COULD, AND THEN TODAY, I WENT TO AN 8-FOOT ROD, AND SOME OF THE FISH WE CAUGHT WERE RIGHT IN THE WASH, AND SO WE WERE MAKING MUCH SHORTER CASTS, AND I DIDN'T NEED THAT LONG ROD.
- THAT'S RIGHT, WE FISHED IN A LITTLE CLOSER TODAY, IN THE SLEW, THE WATER WAS A LITTLE DIRTIER, YOU KNOW?
WE FISHED DIFFERENTLY YESTERDAY.
YESTERDAY WE FISHED THE BLUEFISH RIG, WHICH WAS REALLY EFFECTIVE FOR US.
WE DID WELL WITH THAT.
- FLOATS OFF THE BOTTOM.
- THAT'S RIGHT, AND THEN TODAY WE USED-- TOOK OUR PLAIN HOOKS AND SPINNER HOOKS.
- AND A LIGHT SINKER.
- THAT'S RIGHT, AND WE DID OKAY WITH THAT.
- AND WE HAD A VARIETY OF BAIT TOO.
- WE DID, WE, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE MULLET AND THE SHRIMP.
WE CAUGHT SOME SAND FLEAS.
- DUG THOSE WITH OUR HANDS.
- THAT'S RIGHT.
- YOU KNOW, WE CAUGHT THE BLUEFISH ON ALL OF THOSE.
- WE DID.
WE CAUGHT BLUEFISH AND HAD A GOOD TIME DOING IT.
- NICE TO HAVE THESE ROD RACKS TOO, YOU KNOW, WHERE YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, HAVE ALL YOUR RODS UP AND READY TO GO, AND THE SAND SPIKES.
- IT IS.
THIS IS GREAT FOR HAULING YOUR RODS.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BREAK THEM DOWN.
THE SAND SPIKES ARE GREAT BECAUSE YOU CAN PUT YOUR ROD DOWN TO RIG, KEEPS YOUR ROD... - WHILE YOU'RE BAITING?
- AND YOUR REELS OUT OF THE SAND, AND YOU CAN EVEN STORE A LITTLE BAIT IN THEM IF YOU LIKE AND GO FOR IT THAT WAY.
- GOOD, GOOD.
- IT'S-- - WELL, IT'S BEEN A GREAT COUPLE DAYS.
I'VE REALLY ENJOYED IT.
- IT'S FUN THIS TIME OF YEAR, YOU JUST NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GONNA CATCH, YOU KNOW?
YOU CAN CATCH ANYTHING.
WE HEARD ABOUT SOMEBODY CATCHING A 40-INCH DRUM IN THE SURF THE OTHER DAY.
YOU CATCH A LITTLE SEA MULLET, NICE BLUEFISH, NICE SEA MULLET, JUST REALLY GOOD TABLE FARE.
- THANKS, MAN.
- YES, SIR.
WE NEED TO DO IT AGAIN.
- ENJOYED IT VERY MUCH.
ABSOLUTELY.
- FELLAS, THANKS FOR THAT GREAT INFORMATION.
NOW, LET'S CONTINUE ON.
LET'S CATCH WITH UP DONNA.
SHE'S IN THE KITCHEN WITH A RECIPE USING SALMON.
- HI, TODAY IN THE KITCHEN WE'RE GOING TO BE MAKING A GINGER SALMON, AND THIS RECIPE GOES TOGETHER REALLY QUICK, AND EASILY, AND YOU CAN MAKE PART OF IT AHEAD OF TIME AND JUST FINISH IT OFF RIGHT BEFORE YOU HAVE DINNER OR RIGHT BEFORE YOUR GUESTS ARRIVE AND YOU GET READY TO HAVE DINNER, SO THAT'S NICE.
YOU HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO GET IT TOGETHER.
IT'S QUICK, AND IT'S EASY, AND IT'S TASTY.
SO WE'RE GONNA START OUT WITH OUR SALMON FILLET, AND I JUST HAVE IT IN A ZIP-TOP BAG, AND YOU CAN PUT-- USE A BIGGER BAG IF YOU WANT, TO YOU CAN USE A BOWL FOR YOURS.
I LIKE TO DO THIS, 'CAUSE THEN I CAN JUST TOSS IT.
I'M GONNA PUT THAT DOWN, AND WE'RE GOING TO SLICE UP SOME FRESH GINGER ROOT, AND IF YOU'VE NEVER USED GINGER ROOT, IT ADDS GREAT FLAVOR TO YOUR FOODS, AS WELL AS IT'S VERSATILE, AND IT JUST SMELLS REALLY GREAT, AND IT HAS SUCH GREAT FLAVOR THAT I THINK YOU'LL REALLY ENJOY IT.
YOU FIND IT IN THE PRODUCE SECTION OF YOUR GROCERY STORE, AND IT COMES IN LIKE, LITTLE ROOTS.
YOU'LL FIND IT OVER BY THE GARLIC BULBS AND THAT TYPE OF THING.
YOU CAN ALSO BUY IT ALREADY SHREDDED IN A JAR LIKE YOU WOULD YOUR GARLIC, BUT THE FRESH ADDS JUST THAT GREAT FLAVOR, AND WE'RE JUST GONNA SLICE THIS UP INTO PIECES.
AND TO KEEP IT FRESH-- YOU CAN KEEP IT FRESH BY KEEPING IT IN YOUR FREEZER.
SO WE'RE JUST GONNA PUT IT IN THERE, THEN WE'RE GONNA ADD SOME BUTTERMILK TO THIS AND A LITTLE BIT OF MOLASSES, WHICH IS WONDERFUL I THINK, AND A LITTLE DARK RUM TO THIS AS WELL.
AND WE'RE JUST GONNA ADD THAT TOGETHER.
PUT OUR CORK ON THAT.
THERE.
AND CLOSE UP OUR ZIP BAG, AND JUST KIND OF KNEAD IT TOGETHER OR SHAKE IT, AND THEN YOU'RE GOING TO PLACE THIS IN YOUR REFRIGERATOR FOR OVERNIGHT.
SO YOU CAN DO THIS THE NIGHT BEFORE WHICH IS NICE.
WE'LL PUT THAT ASIDE.
MINE HAS BEEN SITTING OVER NIGHT, AND I'M GOING TO TOSS IT INTO SOME IN-YOUR-OVEN BREADER TO GIVE IT A NICE, CRUNCHY COATING ON THE OUTSIDE, AND THEN I'M JUST GOING TO PUT IT IN MY OVEN.
SO I'M GOING TO FOLD MY BAG DOWN, 'CAUSE THAT KEEPS IT A LITTLE CLEANER.
PLACE OUR BREADER IN THERE, AND THIS IS SOMETHING TOO, IF YOU ARE GOING CAMPING, OR GOING TO THE BEACH, AND YOU WANT TO TAKE SOME THINGS THAT ARE ALREADY DONE, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND MAKE THIS AND PROBABLY FREEZE IT, OR GO AHEAD AND MAKE IT BEFORE YOU LEAVE, AND THEN SERVE IT THE NIGHT YOU GET THERE.
AND THEN WE'RE JUST GOING TO PLACE IT IN HERE, AND THIS IS A GREAT DISH THAT YOU CAN MAKE IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO A CARIBBEAN-THEME-TYPE PARTY.
SO WE'RE JUST GONNA GIVE IT A GOOD SHAKE, PULL IT OUT, PLACE IT ON OUR FOIL-LINED BAKING SHEET.
WE'RE GONNA BAKE IT AT 400 DEGREES FOR ABOUT 15-20 MINUTES UNTIL IT'S THOROUGHLY COOKED THROUGH, OR SOME PEOPLE LIKE THEIR SALMON MEDIUM, OR MEDIUM RARE, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, FINE.
SO JUST COOK IT FOR HOWEVER LONG YOU LIKE YOURS AND TO THE DONENESS THAT YOU LIKE.
THIS ONE IS A PRETTY MEDIUM THICK FILLET, SO IT SHOULD BE FINE.
THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN YOU BRING IT OUT.
WE'VE JUST SERVED IT WITH SOME VEGETABLES, AND AS YOU CAN SEE IT'S NICE AND CRUNCHY, AND IT'LL HAVE THIS GREAT FLAVOR THAT WILL HAVE SOAKED UP FROM YOUR MARINADE, AND I THINK YOU'LL REALLY ENJOY IT.
IT'S A GREAT, FUN LITTLE RECIPE.
SO I HOPE YOU ENJOY IT, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU NEXT TIME HERE ON SIMPLE COOKING.
- THANKS, DONNA, FOR THE RECIPE.
JOE, I GUESS THAT'S WHAT YOU CALL A LOT OF YEARS OF EXPERIENCE FROM ON THE JOB TRAINING.
- WELL, YEAH, TED'S SPENT AN AWFUL LOT OF TIME ON THE BEACH, AND OF COURSE HE LIVES OUT THERE, AND FISHING COMPETITIVELY ON THE TEAMS, THEY'VE CONTINUED TO PLACE REAL HIGH IN THE STANDINGS.
THEY'LL HAVE 100 FISHING TEAMS FROM UP AND DOWN THE EAST COAST COME IN TO FISH SOME OF THESE TOURNAMENTS, AND THEY'RE CONSISTENTLY RIGHT AT THE TOP.
THEY HAVE WON A NUMBER OF THEM, AND-- BUT SOME REALLY GOOD INFORMATION.
IF YOU'VE NEVER DONE IT, AND YOU WANT TO GO TO THE TACKLE SHOP AND BUY YOUR TACKLE, I THINK YOU CAN TAKE THE INFORMATION THAT THEY TALKED ABOUT AND GO DO THAT, AND THEN ONCE YOU HIT THE BEACH, YOU LEARN HOW TO READ THE BEACH AND THEN THE NECESSITY-- I THINK ONE THING THEY STRESSED WAS FRESH BAIT.
YOU NEED FRESH BAIT, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE KEY, I THINK, SECRETS THAT CAME OUT OF TODAY'S SHOW, AND SOMETIMES THAT'S NOT REALLY EASY TO FIND.
YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON WHAT TIME YOU'RE FISHING OUT THERE, BUT FRESH BAIT, THE RIGHT TACKLE, KNOWING HOW TO READ THE BEACH, AND CATCHING FISH.
- WELL, IT'S TIME FOR OUR VIEWERS TO TAKE THE TEST NOW.
- EXACTLY.
- HEAD DOWN TO THE COAST.
FOR JOE ALBEA, I'M JOHN MOORE, THANKS FOR JOINING US TODAY ON THE CAROLINA OUTDOOR JOURNAL.
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