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Cook Mo' Fish
by Maureen (Mo) Appleby
Papaya Shrimp Tumble
1/3-cup lime juice
¼ cup chopped fresh cilantro
¼ cup thinly sliced scallions
2 fresh jalapeno chilies, stemmed, seeded, and chopped
1 tsp sugar
1 small ripe papaya, peeled, cut into ½ inch cubes
½ lb. cooked, shelled shrimp
24 butter lettuce leaves, rinsed
In bowl mix lime juice, cilantro onion, chilies, & sugar. Stir in papaya & shrimp. Pour into shallow dish & surround with lettuce leaves. Scoop papaya mixture into lettuce leaves and hold to eat. Makes 6-8 appetizer servings.
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Membership News
By Ken Wheeler
Welcome new members to the Frederick Chapter.
Please contact Ken Wheeler or any chapter officer if you would like to participate with the membership committee.
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.
Attendance at the October meeting was approximately 60 members.
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Report from Bill's Fishing
Shack By Bill Johnson
It was a beautiful October morning as the Dottie V slipped from her moorings. Captain Bruno Vasta and I discussed strategy as we cleared the Solomon's harbor. It was decided to head north where schools of breaking fish had been reported. As we approached
the schools of breaking fish, the rods rigged with heavy drop-off sinkers were lowered to the bottom in hopes of larger rockfish and, just possibly, a trout or two. Trolling through the breaking fish produced rockfish up to 20" and bluefish. Rockfish over 18" were slow,
but the action was constant. I received a call from the captain of the Flora V making an afternoon run in hopes of some trophy rockfish. He had decided to start at the HI and work his way south to Hooper Island light. Having put our quota of striped bass in the cooler, we stowed
the rods and headed for home. After securing the Dottie V in her slip, I picked up my cell phone and noticed 4missed calls. They were all from Brian Stuart, captain of the Flora V. He was elated to have put a 44", 35 lb. trophy in his box. A few of the big stripers have
arrived!
A week later I got to try my luck at some of the trophy fish in an afternoon trip. On my first pass to the east, I put a nice 26" striped bass in the box. I had planned to work my way south, but the wind was building with 3' seas. I decided to
troll back toward the Solomons and head in. Not far from the HI buoy the white umbrella took a hit. It was a 32"-34" rockfish.
At the time of this writing-late October-the water temperature is approximately 58o, prompting the bluefish to exit the Bay. By the time of our November meeting, hopefully there will be a strong run of trophy rockfish in the Solomons area. If you're
looking for light tackle or fly fishing action, schools of breaking fish have been off the power plant, producing small rockfish and blues. I have seen what appears to be trout under some of these schools, but have not been able to jig on them. Chumming around buoy 72 is still
producing rockfish, but it's getting harder to get the keepers. Fishing in the Patuxent is producing some nice white perch, but you must look hard to find them.
For the latest fishing reports, you can reach me at the Fishin’ Shack, 410-326-1891.
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