CapnMac
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Too late in the year, now, for bugs--but a full-on bayou boil with crabs, shrimp, fish, etc. and a cart full of Zatrain's would not go amiss.
The THR (VIRTUAL) Summer BBQ
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All this seafood talk makes me think another gun game needs to be added to the festivities.
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CapnMac
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And be welcomed with open arms, too.
Fried black crappie is really good in tacos bajas. The trimmings make really nice pan-fried fishcakes. Somewhere in my pile of recipe clippings is a recipe for crappie "stuffed" with crab (more of a "Kiev" style with the stuffing between two slices before breading. It's then baked, a dutch oven on a fire works; as will the hot end of a smoker.
We get somebody to bring us some trout, that will go on the smoker like a dream.
Howland937
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That's nice of you. I already ate all the crappies I caught this year, and don't often offer to share them. I'll share catfish, even though I like them just as much...I just don't have to work as hard for them.
I've shot carp with a bow, and turtles with a .22, but never shot fish with a gun, barrel or no barrel.
JR24
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Crappie??? Man I feel sorry for those that don't live by the ocean. What y'all call dinner we call bait.
Bah, I love saltwater fish as much as the next guy but gimme fried panfish any day of the week. Especially Crappie, catch a bunch soaking a line (and your liver with some good brews) and fry em up fer dinner.
Dang, it's been too long since I've been fishing.
Love me some Leinies but I could never get behind the Shandy. Creamy Dark is my go-to if I can't get a real Porter or Stout, but in the summer Honey Weiss was always my go to, or just their basic Lager. Drinking one of those right now, in fact.
entropy
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I believe Gaiudo likes trout fishing.
If I still was first mate on my Dad's Great Lakes boat, I'd be able to provide Steelhead; they are delicious smoked. He sold it some years ago, unfortunately.
Trey Veston
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Summer Shandy is lemonade for adults. If I go dark, I either drink Irish Death or a local stout called Postal Porter. I do enjoy a good dark beer, but mostly in the Fall or Winter.
WestKentucky
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Where I’m moving to there are a couple trout streams. Nothing big, but they are big enough to eat if you catch em by the dozen. Fly rod is ready and I have the fly tying kit where it’s easy to get to. Too bad I’m buying into a subdivision, but the subdivision has a 10 acre (I’m guessing at size there) park in a flood prone area where the creek flows through. The creek circles around about 100 yards off the corner of my property and the owners of that property have responded to my email about accessing the creek by essentially saying that they aren’t giving permission because that implies liability, but have fun and don’t sue them if I get hurt.
CapnMac
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Brownies and Brookies can be elusive, and not very big for the work required. Which may be why I have a pocket full of of recipes for smoking them (more wet/hot than dry/cold cures) which is a handy way of getting them to meal-sized proportions.
Or for cranking out a bunch of appetizers, for that matter.
Working bank edges and streams in waders also suggests chest rig holsters with shiny shooters in stainless or nickle finish, too.
Howland937
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I don't really see a difference. I take the same size bites whether it's a big fish or a little one.Crappie??? Man I feel sorry for those that don't live by the ocean
My carry gun spent about 3 hours submerged a few weeks ago while I was wading (chest deep is probably beyond wading though) for smallmouth bass. It wasn't my favorite option, but didn't hurt anything. Dried, cleaned, lubed, fired...all is well.
I'd never consider doing that in salty water, so I'll stick to fishing for bait.
Skylerbone
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If it needs catchin, I can bring it. Give me an hour and the crew nearly always limits out. Ok, we don’t keep bass but trout and crappie are fair game.
CapnMac
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Having reeled in dorado & yellowfin, there are advantages to fish that fit in ordinary frying pans [Crappie??? Man I feel sorry for those that don't live by the ocean
](and do not need a .22 to the noggin [
] or a deckhand with a gaff)Mind, a pitmaster who'd turn away fresh kingfish would need some reassessment [
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My buddy and I try to get out to a farm pond one evening/ week when we're not too busy.
who's this young stud holding a Canadian lake trout?
Circa 2000.
I thought I was fat then! Lol
who's this young stud holding a Canadian lake trout?
Circa 2000.I thought I was fat then! Lol
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Cemetery21
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I'll see your lake trout and raise you an Ozark minnow: (about 1990 ish) Is this thread drift, or what?
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CapnMac
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Only if nobody tosses out an anchor [
]We probably ought include some guns, though [
]SO--things probably inapt for fishing:
Howland937
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Thought I'd heard somewhere that 1911's make good anchors. Or was it hammers? Flyswatters?
This one didn't mind the bath I gave it. I doubt I could count on it for extra flotation if I stepped off over my head, but at least it's not so heavy it would make me sink faster.
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I'll see your lake trout and raise you an Ozark minnow: (about 1990 ish) Is this thread drift, or what?
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I'll toss out my python to keep it gun related.
I dont see why we can't have a fishing forum. Just kidding! (Not really)
entropy
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Having reeled in dorado & yellowfin, there are advantages to fish that fit in ordinary frying pans [
(and do not need a .22 to the noggin [
Oh, we have those too; They're called muskies.
This is one my uncle caught in 1964, in Bone Lake, WI.
I don't know if this is the one he shot while it was flopping around in the boat, necessitating a trip to shore, but he kept a .22 Kit Gun in his tackle box for such occasions.
I swam in that lake as a kid!
Since some personal bragging has occurred, I'll toss this in the ring:
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14# Steelhead I caught halfway to Ludington from Keewaunee. This would be 1989, about 6 months after I got out of the Army. That's my Dad's salmon boat back then.
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entropy
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Pic of a pic on the computer screen, I hope this works. If so, this is the Steelhead mentioned above.
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So now its the THR BBQ/FISH FRY/GUN SHOW/TOURNAMENT.
I suspect a few of us might also tell a few tall tales, especially once the shooting is over and the whiskey's been poured.
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WestKentucky
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Maybe this can replace the fall Knob Creek shoot in the future…meant as a joke, but I got sad just typing that.
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