07-03-2010, 01:25 PM
The word was out...the Stripers were thick. I made arrangements with Charlie Horse and we planned on meeting under the Sagamore Bridge @ 4 AM an hour before low slack tide. Being so happy I danced naked in my salad garden under the full moon and then loaded my fishing gear onto my trusty magic carpet. In wild delight I rode the wind guided by an orb through the Hockomock swamp where patterns emerge with great centrifugal force pressing lines of diamond shapes marooned in a sea of spirals and dead ends in the current reality of natures truth. Meeting up with Charlie we climbed down the rip rap slick with sea weed and hitch hiking snails while watching the rats play hide and seek as they danced in and out of their niches among the boulders. The fog was so thick it clung to my eye lashes, the kind of fog that keeps everything wet. Just as the sun began to rise up out of the tearing fog my reel begun to sing that sweet love song I craved so much to hear and the battle was on! FISH ON...FISH ON and after a fierce battle, I landed a beautiful Striper. The action was thick and Charlie and I were catching fish after fish in the tentacles of monofilament and the montage of seas killing fields from crying glaciers and crying sea horses to oil slicks beyond imagine. On the back stretch of time Charlie Horse and I called it a day and parted ways. Once again I loaded my gear and made my way home past crew cut lawns where people worship cell phone towers and watch the loony-tune nightly news. After making one quick stop at Kelly's Bait and Sea Food to trade a Striper for some fresh cleaned crab and scallops, I glided back past the Hockomock Swamp to home and dinner. I prepared my fish by making two nice big fat fillets, putting one in the freezer for a future meal. I got out my large cookie sheet covered with aluminum foil for ease of cleaning, sprayed with oil and set aside. Then In a bag I crumbled Ritz crackers with a bit of salt and pepper and put aside while I mixed a couple of eggs in a bowl. I then sliced the filet in half length wise but not all the way through to make a nice large pocket. I rinsed the fillet under cold water, as cold as I could get it, shook the excess off and dipped it in my egg mixture then put the fillet in the bag and shook to cover the fillet in the Ritz. I then lay the fish on the cookie sheet and opened up the cavity and stuffed with the fresh crab topping off with the scallops putting it in a pre heated oven @ 350 for no more than 15 min along with a side of freshly picked green, white and yellow zucchini sliced thinly adding sliced onions and diced tomatoes cooked slowly in a bit of olive oil as the sweat from the fresh veggies will make a nice sauce along with some wild rice and glass of white wine for a toast to the day's adventure with a good friend.
(The above recipe is orginal with the exception of the wild rice and wine of your choice)
Happy Independence Day
(The above recipe is orginal with the exception of the wild rice and wine of your choice)
Happy Independence Day