"Sea Bass Fishing & Recipe"
Ocean Eagle - Sheepshead Bay
June 5, 2000
Captain Greg is not a bull artist. He will spell out how the fishing is period. If it is tough he'll say it right to you on the dock. And when it's hot he'll just smile and tell you it's "stupid fishing".
The definition of "stupid fishing": drop line, hit bottom, pull. Fish commits suicide, double hook-ups, no brainer. Limit out, go home early. Say thank you.
Last week he just smoked the fish away. Greg told me he hasn't seen it like this in many years...and it won't last forever at this pace. Go on this hot ticket now. Northwest winds on Wednesday should flatten the sea right out.
Dave's Secret Recipe
Eating sea bass is superb. Clean and gut them, scale the skin smooth. Take 5 limes and squeeze the juice into a bowl. Then soak the fish in the lime juice for 5 minutes. Fill another bowl with bread crumbs and season the bread crumbs with the basics...salt, pepper, dried lemon peel or orange shavings and a little basil if you have it. Take an old fashioned cast iron frying pan or a teflon one will be sufficient. Using peanut oil (or vegetable oil will due) coat the frying pan.
Flour your fish first, dip into a whipped egg batter then bread crumb. Press your sea bass hard into the bread crumbs don't forget the chest cavities. Cover well. Put a lid over your fish to cook them through turn once...only once. Think crispy alittle burned is very good. The meat should flake right off the bones. Three minutes on both sides and remove immediately. Cut a mango and a papaya into very small cubes. Then throw in the same pan as the fish was in and flash cook...translation, turn only twice.
Now put your sea bass right on top of the fruit and turn down the heat. Let simmer for three minutes and serve. Use the same recipe for fillets. This dish speaks for itself. I can cook up a storm in my sleep. This sounds hard but it's a breeze, trust me. Good food...Good times.
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June 5, 2000
Captain Greg is not a bull artist. He will spell out how the fishing is period. If it is tough he'll say it right to you on the dock. And when it's hot he'll just smile and tell you it's "stupid fishing".
The definition of "stupid fishing": drop line, hit bottom, pull. Fish commits suicide, double hook-ups, no brainer. Limit out, go home early. Say thank you.
Last week he just smoked the fish away. Greg told me he hasn't seen it like this in many years...and it won't last forever at this pace. Go on this hot ticket now. Northwest winds on Wednesday should flatten the sea right out.
Dave's Secret Recipe
Eating sea bass is superb. Clean and gut them, scale the skin smooth. Take 5 limes and squeeze the juice into a bowl. Then soak the fish in the lime juice for 5 minutes. Fill another bowl with bread crumbs and season the bread crumbs with the basics...salt, pepper, dried lemon peel or orange shavings and a little basil if you have it. Take an old fashioned cast iron frying pan or a teflon one will be sufficient. Using peanut oil (or vegetable oil will due) coat the frying pan.
Flour your fish first, dip into a whipped egg batter then bread crumb. Press your sea bass hard into the bread crumbs don't forget the chest cavities. Cover well. Put a lid over your fish to cook them through turn once...only once. Think crispy alittle burned is very good. The meat should flake right off the bones. Three minutes on both sides and remove immediately. Cut a mango and a papaya into very small cubes. Then throw in the same pan as the fish was in and flash cook...translation, turn only twice.
Now put your sea bass right on top of the fruit and turn down the heat. Let simmer for three minutes and serve. Use the same recipe for fillets. This dish speaks for itself. I can cook up a storm in my sleep. This sounds hard but it's a breeze, trust me. Good food...Good times.