Newsletter - December 2003 - Page 4
 
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Cook Mo' Fish
by Maureen (Mo) Appleby

Southwestern Rockfish
 
Salt
1 ½ lbs. rockfish fillets
2/3 c. Picante Sauce
½  c. chopped red onion
1 medium green pepper, chopped
1 medium tomato, seeded & chopped
1   garlic clove
       

Lightly sprinkle fish with salt. In skillet, combine picante sauce, onion & garlic. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly then reduce heat. Add fish & green pepper; cover & simmer gently 10 – 15 minutes or until the fish flakes easily. Remove fish to warmed serving plate to keep warm. Cook & stir pan juices until thickened, about 1-2 minutes. Stir in tomato & heat through. Spoon sauce over fish & serve with additional picante sauce.
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

The spring rock fishery was amazing but is in the past. We’re paying dearly for that fishery now. It’s not difficult to find schools of bait with nice rockfish around them, but getting them to bite is hard work. When the wind isn’t blowing 15-30 knots 2 or 3 days a week, one must be patient & use the best, most productive lures to get a few nice stripers on the line. A captain on the VHF radio summed it up well with two words “patience & perseverance.” A lot of luck goes a long way also.
On trips with Capt.Bruno on the Dottie V & my boat Sundancer, we’ve caught stripers in the mid-30” range & very nice slot fish. But again, it’s usually 1 to 2 hours between bites. There’s still hope for a final blitz of larger migrating stripers. Working the western edge between 55’ & 70’ of water has been most productive for me, but one must watch the meter to check where the most bait is. Very few of the fish that I’ve caught have had lice & are healthy with a large girth. There are schools of small rockfish providing fun for the light tackle anglers in the river & in the shallows of the Bay. There hasn’t been much news on the white perch fishery in the Patuxent River due to captains spending most of their day trying to catch rockfish.

For the latest fishing reports, you can reach me at the Fishin’ Shack, 410-326-1891.
 
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