On Wed, 21 Mar 2007 08:41:29 -0400, Dan Logcher
> wrote:

>The Fisherman wrote:
>> On Mon, 19 Mar 2007 08:59:23 -0400, Dan Logcher
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>Sounds good to me too. Ok, I will keep the next skate I catch.
>>
>> From reading your posts, I'm pretty sure you're going to like it. If
>> you use your favorite dipping sauce for scallops, it'll make it even
>> better.
>
>I don't usually use a dipping sauce for scallops. My recipes are usually
>pan fried or breaded and fried scallops. I would probably make a wasabi
>mayo or sriracha mayo sauce though.

I love em with just melted butter to dip them in. Yum!

>>>I've had rattlesnake before, it was good. Not sure I'd want to clean
>>>a snake though. Last time I caught a conger eel, I took it to the sushi
>>>bar and they took care of it.
>>
>>
>> Once the head and skin is off, they are much less intimidating.
>> Rattler isn't easy to clean. I've never cleaned an eel, (as much as I
>> love eating them). Having cleaned and prepared hogs before, I don't
>> think anything else will ever bother me. After cleaning a hog, it's
>> almost impossible not to look like a serial killer.
>
>Its not really a bother issue.. just not sure I'd want to clean a
>snake with poison sacks.

The head comes off out in the yard and gets burned, then crushed. Kids
have a bad habit of picking them up otherwise.

> I wouldn't want to prepare fugu either

What'd you call me? hehe

>Yeah, I can imagine the imagery of a hog slaughter. I let me son
>and the neighbor kids watch me clean the striper I caught last season.
>
>> The secret in Florida is early morning fishing. I get up before dawn
>> and have a pole in the water before first light. By 8am, I'm usually
>> home cleaning the fish. Nothing much moves fast here in the heat of
>> the day. The tourists look like their on "fast-forward".
>
>I fish nights for the most part, I try to get my hook in the water by
>sun down, based on the tides.

I've never been too wild about staying up late. I'd rather get up at
4am as usual. That way, my sleep hours don't get confused.

On Wed, 21 Mar 2007 15:03:03 GMT, "Musashi" >
wrote:

>I've cleaned eel more times than I can remember. If you're used to cleaning
>fish in general
>it's easy in principle. The only difference is the degree of slime which
>requires that the head be nailed
>to the cutting board. Also the fact that an eel caught 6 hours ago is likely
>to be
>still alive and is going to do everything it can to avoid getting nailed to
>that board.

I have an extra strong "clipboard" set up for catfish skinning. I
could use that. Are fresh water eels ok to cook and eat? I have lots
of fresh water lakes around me with eels in them. Big eels. About 4
feet long and 3 to 4 inches thick.

>I can imagine that cleaning a hog must be a mess. I've cleaned deer about
>10-15 times and I know what
>you mean by ending up looking like a serial killer.

My late wife wouldn't even let me do it when she was home. She said
she couldn't stand to see me covered in blood like that. There is no
way I know to stay clean when cleaning a hog. I buy my pork now. I'm
way too old for that stuff.

>> >> I go to the dock when the tourist fishing boats pull in and get all
>> >> the deep sea fish I want for a dollar a pound. Sometimes it's still
>> >> wiggling. Got a sweet little Blackfin Tuna a few days ago. Awesomely
>> >> good. Ate half of it raw and the other half seared and simmered in
>> >> butter.
>> >>
>> >> Did I say I love this place? It really is fisherman's heaven.
>> >
>> >Too hot for me.. I would love the fishing, but flat and hot doesn't
>> >work for me. I'd consider North Carolina first. Good fishing of
>> >Cape Hateras, its not as hot.. But I doubt I'll ever leave New England.
>>
>> The secret in Florida is early morning fishing. I get up before dawn
>> and have a pole in the water before first light. By 8am, I'm usually
>> home cleaning the fish. Nothing much moves fast here in the heat of
>> the day. The tourists look like their on "fast-forward".
>
>Yes, I would imagine that you'd have to do early morning fishing all year
>round.
>Up here in New York we have to do that May through November.
>In the colder months the fish are more active during the warmer hours.

Lots of people fish during daylight here. I do when I'm fresh water
fishing. Night=Gators.

Big Gators here. I was pushing my 15 ft alum boat thru a few weeds one
morning and surprised a 12 footer. It spun around and whacked my boat
with it's tail. Scared me so bad, I almost had an accident in my
pants. The thing looked like Godzilla. I ran, it ran, everyone was
happy.

"Terrorist Killer" > wrote in message
...
> On Wed, 21 Mar 2007 15:03:03 GMT, "Musashi" >
> wrote:
>
> >I've cleaned eel more times than I can remember. If you're used to
cleaning
> >fish in general
> >it's easy in principle. The only difference is the degree of slime which
> >requires that the head be nailed
> >to the cutting board. Also the fact that an eel caught 6 hours ago is
likely
> >to be
> >still alive and is going to do everything it can to avoid getting nailed
to
> >that board.
>
> I have an extra strong "clipboard" set up for catfish skinning. I
> could use that. Are fresh water eels ok to cook and eat? I have lots
> of fresh water lakes around me with eels in them. Big eels. About 4
> feet long and 3 to 4 inches thick.
>

Freshwater eels are good to eat but eat those from clean waters.
The best eels for eating are under 2ft in length.
Any eel you catch in freshwater is probably a female which why they
tend to be so big. The smaller males prefer to live closer to sal****er.
Big eels can be tough so I'd recommend steaming the filet prior to
cooking, broiling, grilling, frying etc.
M

Musashi wrote:

> Freshwater eels are good to eat but eat those from clean waters.
> The best eels for eating are under 2ft in length.


I think the best eels for eating are around an inch and a half long and
sitting on a nice oval lump of rice. ;-)

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Ken Blake
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Ken Blake wrote:
> Musashi wrote:
>
>
>>Freshwater eels are good to eat but eat those from clean waters.
>>The best eels for eating are under 2ft in length.
>
> I think the best eels for eating are around an inch and a half long and
> sitting on a nice oval lump of rice. ;-)

Heh heh.. the best eel is the one you catch yourself

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Dan