January 16th 04, 02:14 PM
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Lancer wrote:
On 16 Jan 2004 13:26:15 GMT, Steveo
wrote:
Lancer wrote:
On Thu, 15 Jan 2004 15:30:19 -0500 (EST),
(Twistedhed) wrote:
Lancer@web said:
No really, you would think since we are so
close to the coast that seafood would be
cheap here. The only thing that is cheap is
catfish, or tilapia (grass carp). I prefer crappies
or sunfish, or even bass if its done right.
No doubt. The grouper are being caught daily, and plenty of
them,,,inshore and out, but the damn restaurants are raping the
tourists, now that the season is in full swing. Plenty of charters
selling out and new blood taking their place....oldtimers are going
out once a day instead of twice and making more than they ever did,
by.......selling to the restaurants. Even the restaurants with their
own boats can't keep up with the demand right now.
Yeah, same thing going on in the stores around here. Demand for fresh
seafood is high around this area, so the stores pretty much charge
what they want. The only real good deals you get are if you meet the
shrimp boats when they come in and buy right off the boat.
Well you wouldn't want to buy fresh Walleye here then. It goes
for about $10/pound, here on the south shore of Erie.
Commercial fishing for Walleye is illegal in the USA. The fish
you might find at the market come out of Canada. Those assholes
rape the lake with friggin 4 inch gill nets. If you take a boat
ride from the south side of the lake to the north (Ohio to Canada),
it's
-real- easy to tell when you've arrived in Canadian waters.
Nets are everywhere between thaw and ice up. That and the Zebra
Mussel have made more than a few charter captains go out of
business in the last 5 or so years.
$10.00 for any decent fish is pretty much the norm here. They
want to import all their fish from New Zealand and Australia rather
than sell gulf fish. You can't find amber jack, snapper, but all
kinds of imported white roughy.
I didn't think that the U.S. allowed game fish to be imported. I
thought the Walleye and others that were sold were farm raised?
That's catfish, retail Lake Erie Walleye come from Canada. It's
even illegal to sell Walleye that you catch on a line in the US.
I hope it stays that way too!
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