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Cook Mo' Fish
by Maureen (Mo) Appleby
Rockfish with Fennel
2 large fennel bulbs
½ cup olive oil
2 rockfish fillets
Cut off & discard tops of the fennel down to the bulbs. Cut bulbs into thin lengthwise
slices less than ½ inch thick. Use frying pan large enough to handle fennel & fish. Put in olive oil, sliced fennel,
and ½ cup of water. Cover & turn heat to medium. Cook 30 min.until the fennel is tender, turning several times. If it
is still tough, add ¼ cup water & cook a little longer. When fennel is tender, uncover pan & salt. Turn up heat.
Boil away any remaining liquid in pan & cook turning the fennel frequently until browned. Season with pepper. Push fennel to
sides of pan. Salt & pepper fish & place in the pan. Baste with some of the oil. Cover & cook for 8 minutes. Then gently
turn the fish over on the other side, baste, cover & cook another 6 minutes. Place fish on platter, cover with fennel &
oil from the pan.
Adapted from Seabass with Fresh Finocchio from More Classic Italian Cooking By Marcella Hazan 1979. This is my favorite and the
best Italian cookbook in the world. Reading her cookbook is like learning to cook from my grandma Carlino.
Frederick Chapter
2003 Yearbook
Wayne Smith is the newly designated chapter photographer and will maintain the 2003 Yearbook of very large fish pictures. One
must complete a Chapter Fishing Album Submittal Form, attach a picture
of the fish & submit it to Wayne. Submittal forms are available at the monthly meetings or download and print one from the website. |
Membership News
By Ken Wheeler
Welcome new members to the Frederick Chapter.
Please welcome new members Jason Collins, Todd Houser, Ray potter, Dennis Spencer, Tony
Tolbard and Jim Hensley to the Frederick Chapter. If you have a family membership, you can obtain membership cards for your included
family by listing their names in the space provided on the application/renewal form. Please note that the family membership only
covers children to the age of 16.
Please check beside your name on themember roster each meeting. Check your renewal dates. Some MSSA tournaments require the Captain
to be a MSSA member. The Tunament requires all participants to be MSSA members. We had approximately 80 members present at the May
meeting. This attendance information is useful for planning future meetings and activities. Please update your demographic information
and E-mail addresses.
MD - Rockfish Survey
Everyone make sure to record your data and submit it online the link is:
http://www.dnr.state.md.us/
fisheries
This data will help us keep our allocation and provide accurate data on our catch. Otherwise we Will be subject to what the scientist
indicate. Please take the time to fill this out as I'm sure many of you fished on opening day. We will also try to have the hard
copy survey at the meeting.
Chincoteague Island Tuna Tournament July
12-13 The Frederick Chapter will have it's own Tuna Tournament at Captain Bob's in Chincoteague. Donna at captain Bob's is providing
a free cookout as well on Saturday night. See Ken or Casey Phelps at the June meeting to sign up.
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Report from Bill's Fishing
Shack By Bill Johnson
Wow!! is about the best I can say about this spring's trophy striper season. If you haven't been out to do any of this fine catching,
then you've missed history in the making. The weather has been cold, breezy and rainy, but for the most part, fish-able and well
worth tackling the elements.
On the first day of the MSSA tournament, it took longer to get to my favorite fishing grounds than it did to set three rods and
put four nice stripers in the box. On the second and third days, I started catching a few of the hard-to-get slot fish-stripers
between 18" and 28".
On Tues., May 20, I had a chance to take Don Erb and a friend of mine out. Before I could get my first rod out to its usual 300'
mark, I hooked up with a 35" striper and handed it to Don. And that's a true fish story, not a fish tale. We had five fish,
the largest was 40", and were back to the cottage in time for lunch. And if you don't believe me, talk to Don.
On Sat., May 24, I fished with Bruno Vasta on the Dottie V, and the bite had slowed considerably. I can't help but think of what
the November fishery will be. There are a few small blue fish showing up, and there are a few hardhead being taken in and about
the Patuxent River. I have also caught some nice hardhead up to 19" in the surf at Cove Point, though recently they have been
much smaller. If the bottom fishing this summer turns out to be half as good as the trophy season has been this spring, then we're
in for a tremendous year of fishing. Hope to have some pictures of success from the Fishin' Shack at the June meeting |