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ltorna1 · Full Grown Flour Bluffian Joined: 17 Apr 2009 Posts: 3240

Launched at 6am. Played with some monster skipjack on topwaters for about an hour waiting for sun to come up. Lots of fun. Drifted the dropoff of the ICW for a while with lots more skippies and dink trout still on tops. Decided to head back to some deeper water, and found that 3 kayakers were already fishing my spot. Also found a wooden stake in the ground near my spot with a 13inch trout strung to it, still alive. Hmmm? May be an indication to give up that spot. Fished an adjacent area where I picked up a 16" flounder on a gulp, and a 16" speck, both kept for dinner. On the way back, saw lots of nervous mullet. Tossed a gold spoon and had 3 reds, 18, 19, and 19.999999" (20 but scared of shrinkage). So close to my first slam...just missed. Baked flounder with shrimp and crab stuffing tonight!

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landlocked beachbum · Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2010 9:34 am Post subject:

Dude, nice trip! Cool

Did you ever try my recipe?
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ltorna1 · Full Grown Flour Bluffian Joined: 17 Apr 2009 Posts: 3240

The beeliner recipes? I checked out ovaforty's thread on stuffing flounded, but if you got something yummy in mind, dont hesitate to share. I just scaled and gutted this guy, hes getting done up whole.
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landlocked beachbum · Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2010 9:58 am Post subject:

Yeah, the beeliner dish. It would be GREAT with some fresh speckled trout!!! Shocked

I usually use seasoned cornmeal when I fry fish but that beeliner is kinda mushy like crappy, and didn't really work well (for my taste) that way. I seasoned some flour with Konriko Jalapeno seasoning and rolled it in egg wash first before the flour, then fried at medium heat in extra virgin olive oil and butter. The butter made the stuff taste like a dish that should cost $25 per plate.......................... with nothing else!!! The maters and hot peppers really added to the fish, the fresh basil not so much, but it looked nice! Cool

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Blast-n-Cast · Full Grown Flour Bluffian Joined: 03 Dec 2007 Posts: 1142

Nice fish! That flounder would be great stuffed. I have not stuffed one in a while but the last time I did it was really good. Not trying to high-jack the thread but I posted pics and a report last year. Check out the stuffed flounder and maybe you will reconsider stuffing it instead of broiling. Wink

http://www.corpusfishing.com/messageboard/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=11187&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=stuffed+flounder&start=0

HighTide · Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2010 12:51 pm Post subject:

I think I might have caught that same Red on Saturday! It appeared as though it just might make 20" and then it wouldn't. I released it because I didn't want to have to deal with that. Wouldn't you know it, I caught a Trout that measured 14 15/16" on Sunday. That one was easy, just let it go. Anyway, there a lot of dinks that just don't measure up this week. Next week they'll be big enough.
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landlocked beachbum · Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2010 3:04 pm Post subject:

Man........................ I know ALL about those freaking 14&15/16" trout........................... when I'm down there I catch a buttload of them!!! Embarassed

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