Obviously folks are much busier now than through the rest of the year, so I
hope everyone is enjoying getting out and around. Not much going on here
except a bit of Red Tide which has shut the shellfish industry down
periodically. Lobster landings are down too - combination of lobster's
tricky migrations and $4.75 (was $5.00)/gal diesel prices hurting
everything. Tighten you belts and keep cash on hand, stay near home and
enjoy the little things (while they're still affordable.) ;-)
--
Wilson N45 W67
.... keep you powder dry

Wilson wrote:
Obviously folks are much busier now than through the rest of the year,
so I hope everyone is enjoying getting out and around. Not much going on
here except a bit of Red Tide which has shut the shellfish industry down
periodically. Lobster landings are down too - combination of lobster's
tricky migrations and $4.75 (was $5.00)/gal diesel prices hurting
everything. Tighten you belts and keep cash on hand, stay near home and
enjoy the little things (while they're still affordable.) ;-)

Yeah, its been real busy lately.. And the sad part is I haven't had much
sushi as of late. I did catch a nice fat 33" Striped Bass back on the 3rd.
My kids loved eating sashimi from it..

I also most never have clams nowadays, and Lobster only on special occasions.
Redtide has come thru Massaschusetts once again. Maybe the higher fuel prices
will keep some lobstermen off the ocean, and allow them to rebound. Just looking
for a silver lining.

--
Dan

sometime in the recent past Dan Logcher posted this:
Wilson wrote:
Obviously folks are much busier now than through the rest of the year,
so I hope everyone is enjoying getting out and around. Not much going
on here except a bit of Red Tide which has shut the shellfish industry
down periodically. Lobster landings are down too - combination of
lobster's tricky migrations and $4.75 (was $5.00)/gal diesel prices
hurting everything. Tighten you belts and keep cash on hand, stay near
home and enjoy the little things (while they're still affordable.) ;-)

Yeah, its been real busy lately.. And the sad part is I haven't had much
sushi as of late. I did catch a nice fat 33" Striped Bass back on the 3rd.
My kids loved eating sashimi from it..

I also most never have clams nowadays, and Lobster only on special
occasions.
Redtide has come thru Massaschusetts once again. Maybe the higher fuel
prices
will keep some lobstermen off the ocean, and allow them to rebound.
Just looking
for a silver lining.

You got it! I suspect some changes throughout and hoping that's a good
thing. Tough to stop paying bills in mid-stream, but if one has a choice,
I'd like a little more breathing room between me, the next paycheck and
bankruptcy. Budget for a long dry spell. small rant ends here

I'm getting too lazy to dig my own clams much, but I can scratch up a peck
when the Red Tide isn't in. We had some folks get ill 2 years ago when a
family ate mussels they gathered attached to a floating mooring. Put some
into the hospital w/paralytic shellfish poisoning in Bangor for weeks. No
thanks!

Lobster prices have been high, but word was this summer the fishermen would
be getting under $3/lb. Their word was 'We'll stay tied up for that.'

So 33" striper, I'd have to check our regs to see what the current size must
be. I haven't caught one since '69 - you got the nuts down there for
stripers & Blues. Too cold for good annual runs around here I guess. Striper
is the best salt water fish I've eaten next to flounder ;-)

Getting ready to thin the carrots. Transplanted some Red Shiso seedlings
yesterday - grew green last year.

--
Wilson N45 W67

Wilson wrote:
sometime in the recent past Dan Logcher posted this:

I'm getting too lazy to dig my own clams much, but I can scratch up a
peck when the Red Tide isn't in. We had some folks get ill 2 years ago
when a family ate mussels they gathered attached to a floating mooring.
Put some into the hospital w/paralytic shellfish poisoning in Bangor for
weeks. No thanks!

I know a guy who gets a license for clams in Scituate every year so he can
dig his own.. but I don't think he will this season if its poisoned.

Lobster prices have been high, but word was this summer the fishermen
would be getting under $3/lb. Their word was 'We'll stay tied up for that.'

Could give a much needed break to the industry. Imagine a population rebound
with a few years off.

So 33" striper, I'd have to check our regs to see what the current size
must be. I haven't caught one since '69 - you got the nuts down there
for stripers & Blues. Too cold for good annual runs around here I guess.
Striper is the best salt water fish I've eaten next to flounder ;-)

You guys have a slot limit!!! One fish per day per person from 20" - 26" or 40"+.
I kind of wish they'd do that here in MA. It makes better sense to take a smaller
one that hasn't started breeding, or a massive one that's done lots of breeding and
is going to feed an army.

Getting ready to thin the carrots. Transplanted some Red Shiso seedlings
yesterday - grew green last year.

I need to weed my green shiso patch. Its over grown with grass and clover.
Once the shiso really grows its will be easier to pull the weeds and not worry
about unrooting the good stuff. I'm looking forward to some fall striper
sashimi with green shiso and ponzu. Mmmmmm.

--
Dan

"We had some folks get ill 2 years ago when a
family ate mussels they gathered attached to a floating mooring. Put
some
into the hospital w/paralytic shellfish poisoning in Bangor for weeks.
No
thanks!"


___________________


Yipes! I used to cook up mussels I found around NYC when I lived back
there. I wasn't aware of that danger.

Those raw oysters they sell in little jars - do they tend to be
dangerous? How well should I cook them - assuming it's within its
expiration date and looks and smells good, of course. Guy in the
Asian market told me you can eat them raw, but no thanks, not me. I
just bought a bottle in the local Walmart.

sometime in the recent past posted this:
"We had some folks get ill 2 years ago when a
family ate mussels they gathered attached to a floating mooring. Put
some
into the hospital w/paralytic shellfish poisoning in Bangor for weeks.
No
thanks!"


___________________


Yipes! I used to cook up mussels I found around NYC when I lived back
there. I wasn't aware of that danger.

Those raw oysters they sell in little jars - do they tend to be
dangerous? How well should I cook them - assuming it's within its
expiration date and looks and smells good, of course. Guy in the
Asian market told me you can eat them raw, but no thanks, not me. I
just bought a bottle in the local Walmart.



Couldn't tell ya. Actually, I've never seen oysters as you describe them.
I've seen raw oysters loose, in the shell, in plastic containers and, I
think, those round paper containers with a plastic viewing 'window' on top.
For raw oysters, I personally would only eat them from shells that I saw
opened and definitely give them the smell test before eating them. That
said, I've done all that and still had a bad one get into my mouth. I
suffered nothing, but it took several gulps of beer to clean my palate
before embarking on the next one ;-) It didn't stop me, but I did slow down.

Have a good 4th folks!

--
Wilson N45 W67

My mistake, plastic jar. Williamspoint Oysters "from state approved
waters" in Washington, it says. They were good, actually. Smelled
real fresh. I cooked 'em in soup.

I deleted that post, no big reason, but you responded to it anyway, so
somehow it wasn't deleted. As always the mechanics of this place
remain a beffudlement to me!

On Wed, 2 Jul 2008 07:32:22 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

My mistake, plastic jar. Williamspoint Oysters "from state approved
waters" in Washington, it says. They were good, actually. Smelled
real fresh. I cooked 'em in soup.

I deleted that post, no big reason, but you responded to it anyway, so
somehow it wasn't deleted. As always the mechanics of this place
remain a beffudlement to me!

Hey WW, it's good you cooked them. No one can guarantee that they're
good raw. 160 degrees kills most of the nasties in the world.

This day in age, I trust no one when it comes to my health. Even the
number of so-called professionals are making mistakes in increasing
numbers. I don't choose to be their next one.

BTW, for those such as me who download all posts regularly, it makes
no difference if you delete the one on your Usenet server. It's
already passed through about a million others and as in my case, been
downloaded onto my computer. Some servers honor deletes, some don't.

On Jun 28, 9:05 am, Dan Logcher wrote:
Wilson wrote:
Obviously folks are much busier now than through the rest of the year,
so I hope everyone is enjoying getting out and around. Not much going on
here except a bit of Red Tide which has shut the shellfish industry down
periodically. Lobster landings are down too - combination of lobster's
tricky migrations and $4.75 (was $5.00)/gal diesel prices hurting
everything. Tighten you belts and keep cash on hand, stay near home and
enjoy the little things (while they're still affordable.) ;-)

Yeah, its been real busy lately.. And the sad part is I haven't had much
sushi as of late. I did catch a nice fat 33" Striped Bass back on the 3rd.
My kids loved eating sashimi from it..

I also most never have clams nowadays, and Lobster only on special occasions.
Redtide has come thru Massaschusetts once again. Maybe the higher fuel prices
will keep some lobstermen off the ocean, and allow them to rebound. Just looking
for a silver lining.

--
Dan

Hey Dan, I spent the week up at Hampton and can give you some local
scoop about lobstering. Seems that trapping for lobsters is becoming
tougher all the time. Reason being, that lobsters are a bycatch of
commercial groundfish boats and scallop draggers. Although federal
regulations and licensing are enforced, the fishermen are now allowed
to keep the legal sized ones, while tossing the young'uns over the
side. I was informed that the feds raised the license prices again,
( what else is new?), and that drove many boats off the water too.
Still, I was able to get 3 pounders for 8 .00/ lb from a local source.
Supermarkets are somewhat cheaper depending on where you go, but they
sure as hell are not any fresher. Lots of the independent lobster
shacks are disappearing.

sometime in the recent past parrotheada1a posted this:
On Jun 28, 9:05 am, Dan Logcher wrote:
Wilson wrote:
Obviously folks are much busier now than through the rest of the year,
so I hope everyone is enjoying getting out and around. Not much going on
here except a bit of Red Tide which has shut the shellfish industry down
periodically. Lobster landings are down too - combination of lobster's
tricky migrations and $4.75 (was $5.00)/gal diesel prices hurting
everything. Tighten you belts and keep cash on hand, stay near home and
enjoy the little things (while they're still affordable.) ;-)
Yeah, its been real busy lately.. And the sad part is I haven't had much
sushi as of late. I did catch a nice fat 33" Striped Bass back on the 3rd.
My kids loved eating sashimi from it..

I also most never have clams nowadays, and Lobster only on special occasions.
Redtide has come thru Massaschusetts once again. Maybe the higher fuel prices
will keep some lobstermen off the ocean, and allow them to rebound. Just looking
for a silver lining.

--
Dan

Hey Dan, I spent the week up at Hampton and can give you some local
scoop about lobstering. Seems that trapping for lobsters is becoming
tougher all the time. Reason being, that lobsters are a bycatch of
commercial groundfish boats and scallop draggers. Although federal
regulations and licensing are enforced, the fishermen are now allowed
to keep the legal sized ones, while tossing the young'uns over the
side. I was informed that the feds raised the license prices again,
( what else is new?), and that drove many boats off the water too.
Still, I was able to get 3 pounders for 8 .00/ lb from a local source.
Supermarkets are somewhat cheaper depending on where you go, but they
sure as hell are not any fresher. Lots of the independent lobster
shacks are disappearing.
And much of that bycatch is dead when tossed back into the sea, which
doesn't help any either.

--
Wilson N45 W67

Wilson wrote:
sometime in the recent past parrotheada1a posted this:

On Jun 28, 9:05 am, Dan Logcher wrote:

Wilson wrote:

Obviously folks are much busier now than through the rest of the year,
so I hope everyone is enjoying getting out and around. Not much
going on
here except a bit of Red Tide which has shut the shellfish industry
down
periodically. Lobster landings are down too - combination of lobster's
tricky migrations and $4.75 (was $5.00)/gal diesel prices hurting
everything. Tighten you belts and keep cash on hand, stay near home and
enjoy the little things (while they're still affordable.) ;-)

Yeah, its been real busy lately.. And the sad part is I haven't had
much
sushi as of late. I did catch a nice fat 33" Striped Bass back on
the 3rd.
My kids loved eating sashimi from it..

I also most never have clams nowadays, and Lobster only on special
occasions.
Redtide has come thru Massaschusetts once again. Maybe the higher
fuel prices
will keep some lobstermen off the ocean, and allow them to rebound.
Just looking
for a silver lining.

--
Dan


Hey Dan, I spent the week up at Hampton and can give you some local
scoop about lobstering. Seems that trapping for lobsters is becoming
tougher all the time. Reason being, that lobsters are a bycatch of
commercial groundfish boats and scallop draggers. Although federal
regulations and licensing are enforced, the fishermen are now allowed
to keep the legal sized ones, while tossing the young'uns over the
side. I was informed that the feds raised the license prices again,
( what else is new?), and that drove many boats off the water too.
Still, I was able to get 3 pounders for 8 .00/ lb from a local source.
Supermarkets are somewhat cheaper depending on where you go, but they
sure as hell are not any fresher. Lots of the independent lobster
shacks are disappearing.

And much of that bycatch is dead when tossed back into the sea, which
doesn't help any either.

Yeah that always bothered me.. Let drag up everything from the bottom and
toss away the dead small stuff that would grow to the full size we want.

--
Dan

Now the whole ecology of the sea seems to be changing and jellyfish
are starting to proliferate. People need to start eating more
jellyfish. What's the nutritional value of jellyfish? None, it says
he

http://www.pznow.co.uk/marine/jellyfish.html

But other sources say it's good for you.

On Jul 3, 7:59*am, The Fisherman wrote:
On Wed, 2 Jul 2008 07:32:22 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
My mistake, plastic jar. *Williamspoint Oysters "from state approved
waters" in Washington, it says. *They were good, actually. *Smelled
real fresh. *I cooked 'em in soup.

I deleted that post, no big reason, but you responded to it anyway, so
somehow it wasn't deleted. *As always the mechanics of this place
remain a beffudlement to me!

Hey WW, it's good you cooked them. No one can guarantee that they're
good raw. 160 degrees kills most of the nasties in the world.

This day in age, I trust no one when it comes to my health. Even the
number of so-called professionals are making mistakes in increasing
numbers. I don't choose to be their next one.

BTW, for those such as me who download all posts regularly, it makes
no difference if you delete the one on your Usenet server. It's
already passed through about a million others and as in my case, been
downloaded onto my computer. Some servers honor deletes, some don't.


A guy gotta be careful what he writes here, huh?

In a way those bottled oysters are safer than live store-bought
oysters. At least you know from whence they came, assuming you can
believe what's on the bottle.

wrote:
Now the whole ecology of the sea seems to be changing and jellyfish
are starting to proliferate. People need to start eating more
jellyfish. What's the nutritional value of jellyfish? None, it says
he

http://www.pznow.co.uk/marine/jellyfish.html

But other sources say it's good for you.

Its still filling.. so it could be used for weightloss I suppose
I am more than happy to eat my fill of jellies.

--
Dan

....assuming you can
believe what's on the bottle.


I mean what's on the label.