Not only am I hungry, but I’m about to leave, and go find a restaurant to sit down in, so a post by Weer’d got me all watery-mouthed.
Seafood-
I’m not in flyover country… I live in an area with fish farms and the coast, so I can get fresh fish almost year round. There are very few fish that I won’t eat (I’ve eaten shad before), but I do have favorites. Catfish (oh, that’s a surprise, a Southerner liking catfish), including channel cats, bullhead, and flatheads. Warmouth and bream are good eating, and a good catch, too… a small sub-pound warmouth can put up quite a fight, and I’ve seen both fish thrive in very shallow water.
Mullet is excellent eating, but you have to hunt for them… literally. They’re herbivores, and are the whitetail deer of the fish world– ambush is the name of the game. One guy in the back of the boat, oars out and gently changing direction as you drift, and one guy in the bow with the net.
Red Snapper– great when you can get it, but amberjack or grouper will do in a pinch (in Florida, grouper and snapper are almost totally commercial fish, due to our wildlife service). Flounder are great, but tilapia are the best. I’m not really a fan of crab or oysters, so, no info here. (chuckle)
