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Cook Mo' Fish
by Maureen (Mo) Appleby
Italian Seafood Soup
¾ cup butter
2 medium onion, chopped
3 garlic cloves, crushed
1 cup chopped parsley
2 large cans (1 lb 12 oz. each)
whole Italian plum tomatoes
2 cans (14oz ea) chicken broth
1 bay leaf
1 tbsp. basil
½ tsp. each thyme & oregano
1 cup water
1½ cups dry white wine
1½ lbs shrimp, peeled & deveined
1 lb boneless cod or
rock fish fillets
1 lb back fin crab meat
1½ lbs. scallops
Melt butter in large pot & add onions, garlic, & parsley. Cook, stirring
until onions are soft. Add tomatoes & liquid, broth, spices, water & wine. Break tomato into chunks with wooden spoon while
stirring. Cover & simmer for 30 minutes.
Add shrimp and fish fillets. Cover & simmer 10 minutes. Add scallops & crab meat. Cover & simmer 7 minutes.
Serve in large soup bowls with thick slices of crusty Italian bread. Soup tastes great with grated parmesean cheese on top. |
Membership News
By Ken Wheeler
Welcome new members to the Frederick Chapter.
Please welcome new members 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 the member roster each meeting. Check your renewal dates. Some MSSA tournaments require the Captain
to be a MSSA member. This attendance information is useful for planning future meetings and activities. Please update your demographic
information and email addresses.
The Official MSSA Frederick Chapter VHF Channel is 71 |
Report from Bill's Fishing
Shack By Bill Johnson
After hearing reports about slow fishing on the Bay, Ralph Cope & I decided to give it a try
early on the morning of Aug. 26. The weather & sunrise were beautiful. Drifting for flounder in the morning produced flounder
up to 16 ½" & a few spot. We heard a report of stripers being live-lined off the power plant, I decided to make
a run up to check things out. We picked up one small 14" striper on a large minnow. We saw breaking fish off Cove Point beach
the evening before,so we went back south to check the action there. We saw small rockfish & blues working the shallows off Cove
Point, we tryed the flounder one last time, producing fish up to 16 ½" on every drift. Some birds started working some
deeper water off of Cove Point.Ralph & I started jigging with Gotcha plugs, which produced stripers to 20" & a bluefish.
Even though the cooler wasn't full, we had a few meals of fresh fish & a lot of action on a beautiful day on the Bay.
There are reports of small trout being taken on the eastern edge. I have heard that late evening chumming around the 500-yard perimeter
at the gas dock has produced rockfish up to 22". I heard of nice white perch being caught on artificial jigs in the grass beds
in the creeks off the Patuxent River. It's a pleasure to see birds working over breaking fish with Spanish mackerel doing their
arching leap. I have trolled Gotcha plugs effectively in the past for Spanish mackerel. If you're a fly or light spin cast fisherman,
now might be a good time to take advantage of these breaking schools of fish. For the latest report, call the Fishin' Shack at 410-326-1891.
I have had thoughts of getting together a group for a head boat trip at night out of Solomon's. Anyone interested can call me at
the Fishing' Shack. |