(gentle orchestral fanfare) - [man fishing]going horizontallyinstead of vertically most people, your instinctis to lift the rod up. - [man holding net] soif you're gonna lose him that's gonna be on thatjump like a lot of fish. - just watch whatyou're doing there, you might have to usea little more technique to get him up here. there you go.
now let's get, thedrag's a-slinging. - yeah, the drag'sset pretty light. i just got that bait in thewater when he hammered it. alright, now, get his head. let's get him in the boat. - man, that is a great fight. he is a slab and a half. - [voiceover] the productionof carolina outdoor journal is made possible, in part,by the 2017 gmc sierra.
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to lake james. joe, we're gonna be fishingfor smallmouth bass. - we are, john, this is a, turned out to be a reallygood day on the water. we had perfect weather, whichyou always need on a lake, and caught some reallypretty smallmouth bass. in the past, most ofour shows have been done on mountain rivers, driftingrivers for smallmouth, and we actually done one showon fontana lake years ago,
but this was afirst for lake james and we caught a lot of fish. - now, talk aboutcatching a lot of fish. we'll find out a lot aboutthat during geartime today. - that's right, we're fishingwith captain craig price who has really learnedhow to fish lake james. it's a noted smallmouth lake. it's not the easiestplace to catch them, but we used a live bait today,
and he's figured out a greattechnique to catch them, and a good class of fish. - and our recipetoday, oyster stew. - really good tasting oysterstew recipe from donna. again, she comes to the table always with a freshlook at different ways to prepare seafood. - alright, we gota lot going on, let's head out to lake james.
- well craig, looks likewe're up for another good day on the water. it's mid-november, it'schilly out this morning, but i mean, we've hada really warm fall. and it's been a couple days, we had a coldfront come through. really the firstone of the year, but water temperatureslook good. and we're out todaydoing something
a little unusualfor me at least, is fishing forsmallmouth on lake james. i've done plenty ofsmallmouth fishing on rivers, but this is reallyexciting for me. so what do you havein store for us? - well, lake james is reallya good smallmouth fishery. it's kind of a hidden jewel here in western north carolina. it has a lot of reallyquality fish in it.
we're gonna usesome minnows today, some small shad, herring,and even shiners. live bait them. and catching three, four,five, six, seven pound smallmouth is not out of the-- it's not unusual. so we're gonna getsome baits in the water and we also might catchthe occasional walleye or white bass, evensometimes large-mouth.
so hopefully we'llhave a mixed bag. i'm noticing the watertemperature has dropped several degrees just since iwas here a couple of days ago. so this cold snap,as you can see, is the first reallyfoggy morning we've had all fall,anywhere i've fished. so we're kinda slowlymoving out to our point, and we're gonna getsome baits in the water and hopefully we cancatch some fish today.
- yeah, with the backdropof the mountains like this, and carolina blue skies,it's gonna be great day. - it'll be beautifulwhen the fog burns off. you'll see this isa very scenic lake and it's really a treatto come up here and fish. - yeah, i'm excited, remindsme of being a kid again. let's do it. - sounds good - [paul] first,bait into the water.
i hope that's a good sign. his head's bouncing.- [craig] let me come right under you here and get this net. - well you noticeit'll drop that in and here he comes, come on up. oh, a smally!- oh, that's a nice smally! - you know it whenyou see that jump. - yep. just go where you gotta go.
got some stuff in the way here. - so you know, you were saying that a lot of times, youcould lose those fish when they jump, though. - that's right, yeah. i mean, for my purposes, wewanna keep them in the water, but you know, it'sfun to see them jump. - well, the majority of times, you will see that jump,
so you kinda sweep thatrod back as he's coming up. - well, that's right. i try to put a side pull on them to get them a littlemore going horizontally instead of vertically,most people, your instinct isto lift he rod up. - so if you're gonna lose him, - just watch whatyou're doing there. you might have to use
a little more techniqueto get him up here. - let's get, thedrag's a-slinging. - yeah, the drag'sset pretty light i just got thatbait in the water when he hammered it. he is a slab anda half, holy cow. that reminds me of lake eerie! - that's a good start. - alright, nice jobon the neck, wow.
- on the board there, we'llget a real quick measurement, that ought to be about15-16 inches i'm thinking. actually, that's pushing 18,that's probably three pounder. - wow. - which isn't big bylake james standards, but that's a pretty fish. - absolutely, i gotta takea picture of that one. man let's do it.- let's do it. alright, let's get some more.
- so craig, show me. i know there's a lot ofnuances with rigging live, but what is the techniquethat you're using here? - well, differentminnows, different bait, you rig differently, but these alewives havea real skinny snout and with these circle hooks,they have pretty good... piece of tough cartilageright there in their nostrils, so i'm just going in onenostril and out the other.
and you see that's apretty small minnow, but that's what these fishare keying on in the fall. - that's a fairlysmall hook, too. - yeah, they'revery small hooks. one thing about thislake in particular, and a lot of the catawba lakes, is that they can be really clear and so you wanna minimize yourtackle as much as possible. a lot of guys usenumber ten treble hooks-
very, very small hooks. but i'm kind of acircle hook guy, so they prove ineffective. they're not perfect, but... then when i set my baits, because we're fishingspinning tackle, it's not as easyto count line out as it is with a bait caster rig. but i just loosed my drag,i get my bait in the water.
i want 22 feet, so it'sjust two, four six... twenty-two, then itighten my drag back down. i still want pretty light drag. tighten it back down, andset it in the rod holder. and that's reallyall there is to it. - and ten secondslater, we hook one. (both laughing) there's some drag. - you're getting ready to leave.
- getting ready to leave,but you never know. - pulling that drag up. coming up, coming up! oh no, that looked likea big spot for a minute. you know how you mentionedabout the mixed bag in here. - well... - not sure what it is but, - that's a smally,he's a nice one. - oh, whoa whoa!
nice, saw those spotsgo by, i was thinking now i feel like i'mback on lake norma but that is absolutelya smallmouth. what a fish.- pretty pretty fish. - whew. - that clear water makes themlook a little bigger, and-- - it does, he shotunder that boat and it looked like he had spots. i thought i was back home.
- nice clean hook-up. - yeah. - about the sizeof that other one. - and getting off that point, all that wooded structure,just holding in there. - great fish, way to go, craig. - good deal. good job. try him again. - man, that's the secondtime we dropped it
and bang, here hecomes, here he comes! oh yeah! must've dropped thatright on his head. let me get--- lotta smallmouth jump. - putting on a show, isn't he? - yeah, he actually is. it's kinda neat how he canbounce around from spot to spot and you can get onto them. so there's a lot of movementwith these fish, it seems.
- yeah, i think they'restill really active. - oh yeah. - on up into the winter, i think they become alittle more sedentary. - still a solid fish. - here we go. - another nice one. - yep, pretty fish. - he almost looks like he'sgot some of the markings
of a spotted bass underhis lateral line there. - especially whenhe gets a backdrop of the table rockingand the gorge. - pretty fish. yeah, i'd get it downabout 25-30 feet. i just looked up, there'sa stack of fish under us. we're in 38 feet ofwater and they're from about 32 feet to 24 feet. this is as good a schoolas we've seen all day.
shoulda got--- right at the, right at the base of that-- - should have gotten a bite out. trying to get usturned around here. - so there'sdefinitely some urgency when you see these fishon the electronics. - yeah, you knowsometimes when it, you get up into themiddle of the day, you're really kind ofhunting and pecking them.
i mean, you're just pickingup a fish here or there, so-- - so you definitelygotta have it-- - when you look down andyou see a school of them under the boat, you definitely want--- there you go, there you go. - here, let me have that, yep. - fish on! - there you go. - oh, what a good pull!
- that's why we wantedto get the baits out. - absolutely right. you see them on the electronics, you gotta be ready. so there's not a whole lotof time to get them down. - sometimes it's,just try to keep-- - watch that right there.- just try to keep him out of this other line, upand over if you have to, or whatever.
- he's under it, oh,good pull, good pull. i don't think i'mon the other line. - yeah, i think maybe you are. - oh, i'm sorry. - that's alright,just fight the fish. - good organized chaos for us. that's what makesfishing fishing. - there goes our bait, man! come on!
- good fish though. - unbelievable. - as long as we landhim, it'll be worth it. - he's fighting good. - ooh, looks like a beast, jump! that might be thebiggest one of the day. - i am not believing that. - better than the net you'regonna use to wrap my fish. - yeah, wait 'til you try
to catch one of thoseshad with your hands (laughing) and the bait. - i figured you hada way of doing it. - oh, get it, get it. - head up. - sweet! - alright, there's another one. - we've worked for him. - yeah.- a little organized chaos.
- that caused a littleactivity and excitement. here you go, takehim, he's yours. let's get a quickmeasurement while we-- - man, look at that dorsal fins and the thickness on him. he is absolutely stunning. - yeah, they're healthy. - you aren't kidding. - see what yourlength is, there.
- eighteen. - probably three and a half,three and three quarter. - absolutely,what's the best way to distinguish thisfrom a large mouth? if an angler didn't know, what's the distinguishingcharacteristics? - well, the black bass have, these are kind ofmore consistently, they call them bronze backs, but
the black bass, spotted bass, all have those blackmarkings down the side. - right the hinge of the--- along the lateral line. - the hinge of the mouthstays in front of the eye versus going behind it. - well, now you're gettingkind of technical on me. - i've been waiting tothrow that in all day. - great job, man.let's get another. - good deal.
- oh, what a whack,did you see that? - that was the best strike.- behind the boat, there's a jump. - that was thebest strike today. - he hit it and he came back,and i thought i'd missed him. again, we see that oneblip and he's shooting up on the depthfinder, sure enough. he's pulling, he'sgonna give us a jump. - i didn't see him, buthe sure did hit like a--
- you aren't kidding that. - like he thoughthe was something. - you got the net? - yes sir. he hit like a bully, nice fish. - there's a good jump. - stir him up.- that a way. that a way. woo.
- easy there junior.- that's another solid 16-18. - i'm gonna takea picture of that. - they've all kind ofbeen book ends today. - yeah, those are pretty good-- - pretty good book ends for me. - i'm gonna takea snapshot of him. - very nice. - oh! it's simply amazing howmany times we have stopped
to put them out, and whack. i mean, within five minutes. - what's more amazing is thatyou're catching all the fish and i haven'tcaught any of them. (craig laughing) - ooh, man. - double!- double down, double down. - double, about time! pulling his weight back there.
- about time. oh yes, oh pretty fish,pretty pretty pretty. - mine might even be bigger,you got yours in the net? mine's still going. - not yet, but ifhe's bigger than-- - i don't know. - that's a nice fish. come on junior, there we go. that's the biggest one yet.
- i don't know,we've still got time. - let's see what you've got. - we've got time. - oh yeah, that's a pretty fish. - pulling this one out. - alright. dropped him in thelive well and see what, this one here is nottoo happy about it. - i'm trying to makehim look bigger.
- there's our automatic release. getting a bite onthe other side too. oh yes, very nice. - those are trophy smallmouthanywhere in the country. - that's what we're looking for. - you aren't kidding there, man. look at that, what a double. - i swear i thought that almost looks like it's gotsome black bass in him.
- well more importantly,mine's bigger. - certainly got abigger belly on him. - absolutely, let's let these babiesgo and go get some more. - hey, real quick, can we geta measurement on that one? - i mean that's probably over-- - twenty-one! - twenty-one inches,lake james smallmouth. - very nice, very nice.
- woo! - there they go. - woo, that was a nice-- that was phenomenal! - that's what we'vebeen looking for. - what a good day on the lake. - it really was, wehad a perfect day. the wind, it was not a factor. and on that lake, a lotof the lakes up there,
you really wannahave good conditions because we moved around a lot. that was one thing inoted during the day, that craig moved to anumber of different areas that he's caught fish in, and he knows the depth, he knowswhere to place the baits and using the depth finder,he put us on the fish, and i had a lot of fun. - well, talk aboutputting us on the fish,
let's go to geartime. - well craig, afterjust a phenomenal day of smallmouth fishinghere on lake james, i mean, i can'tthank you enough. as far as what wewere using today, i mean, it was apretty simple set-up and the key was we found spots that were very similarpoints, got on them, fished them for veryshort periods of time,
and kept moving and thatwas the key to success. - yep, you know,sometimes you'll find them where they're really on a spot and you can sit overthem and catch them. but today, it wasmore, pull up on them, catch one or two, and then move. - right, and we started outwith a little bit of fog and then the fog lifted butthe fishing really wasn't, it stayed consistent all day.
- yep, yep. - and then the rigs,what we were using here, i mean, pretty straightforward spinning rods with your one ounce weightattached to a swivel with a fluorocarbon leader. - yep, i like the fluorocarbon, i like to tie a littlebit longer leader than most peoplemight normally use. we've actually shortenedthis one a little bit.
but a good three orfour feet of 15 pound fluorcarbon leaderis all you need. and i like to use thesmallest hook possible. that's actually a sizeone demon circle hook, a light wire hook. a lot of people usesmall treble hooks, but you wanna justminimize your tackle, anything they can see. this water's generally clearer
than even the otherlakes on the chain, so the less visible, the better. and these are justseven and a half foot fast action spinning rods and i've got 20pound braid on them. - alright, so really keepsthe gear pretty simple. and obviously fishingthis type of fishing, you needed thatlong handled net, and the electronicscame into play.
- exactly, yep. there are some long points, we're actually sittingnear a couple of them. but most of the pointsare just small knobs, essentially right off the bank. that's where wefound them today. it'll stay good,this is mid-november. it'll stay good all the wayup until the dead of winter. they don't really slow downunless the water temperature
gets in the low 40s. - that was six, sevenhours of fishing. it was fantastic, ican't think you enough. - really enjoyed it.- biggest smallmouth i've ever caught, there you go. - good deal, good deal. - yes, i hope that you canuse that valuable information and if you want a trip, call our captain craig price, there.
he'll be more thanglad to take you out. now let's catch up with donna, she's in the kitchen witha recipe for oyster stew. - hi, today we'regonna be making an oyster stew in the kitchen. and this is a great recipe, it's one of my dad'sfavorite things to make. and i'm sure he'snot gonna really, this isn't his recipe,so he might be thinking
i'm putting too much into it. but i've got my stick ofbutter that i've melted. i'm gonna add in someonions, some chopped onion and then i'm going to add somecelery that's been chopped. we're just gonnagive that a stir, and then we're gonna makea roux to go with this, which is a thickening, so we're gonna add the flourto the butter and stir. and this is called a roux,
and it's gonna thickenour oyster stew. we're just gonnastir that together, and you can see it'salready starting to thicken a little bit. so we're gonna givethat a good stir, and let that cook for a few. then we're gonnaadd in some garlic, and it calls for minced garlic. and if you don't wanna sit there
and chop it with your knife, you can buy mincedgarlic in the store which is a greatconvenience item, or you can take your microplane and just grate your... garlic, just like this. and i find this is justa great way to do it. it's nice and fine, andit's pretty quick and easy. you really don'teven have to peel it,
you can just peeloff the very end and then just go aheadand you're good to go. so we're gonna give that a stir. it's looking good, you canadd some salt and pepper to this if youwant, at that time. then we're gonna add intwo cups of whole milk, or you can use creamor a combination if you want it to bea little bit richer. or if you're like me,
whatever kind of milkyou have in your fridge. if it's still good,you're good to go. you're just goingto give that a stir. and then you'rejust gonna stir this until it becomes thick. so, this is what it lookslike when it becomes thicker after it's sat and cooked. and then you're gonna addin your oysters to it. and you don't wannacook them for very long,
because they might get tough. so, what you'regoing to do is just add your oysterswith your juice. you're ready to go. cook those forabout five minutes until they're justbarely cooked. then we're gonna ladle this up and serve this in our crock, and sprinkle alittle parsley on it,
and you are good to go. and this is something that'squick and easy you can do after work for dinner that night or on a weekend whenyou just want something really warm and quick and easy. so i hope you enjoythe oyster stew, and i look forward toseeing you next time here on simple cooking. - thanks donna, for that recipe.
that recipe and a whole lot more is in our cookbook,check it out. i bet you'll find somethingyou'll really like. joe, a good day at lake james. - we really did, john. it was, as you saw, itstarted off kind of foggy. we had a littledelay in the morning, but in the first couplespots that craig went to, the fish were not quiteawake yet i guess.
but once he found thefish that were active, we caught some pretty fish. anytime you can catcha four pound, i think, a four or five pound smallmouth in any of our waters,it's really a trophy fish. he was hoping for a littlelarger class that day, but i was reallyhappy with the day. the fact that we had areally pretty day to fish, it was in the fall,that time of the year.
but he knows thelake really well and knows the differentareas of the lake, where to go to find the fish, and that time of year especially is finding fish that areactive, that are hungry. he knows how to fish them. - if it's one thing about it, not only was it a good day, but it was a great day offishing in north carolina.
- always, yep. - well joe albea,i'm john moore. thanks for joining us today onthe carolina outdoor journal. - [voiceover] make sureto visit our website for more information and alink to our online store, angler's bay. the production ofcarolina outdoor journal is made possible, in part, by the 2017 gmc sierra,visit your gmc dealer today.
we are professional grade. - alright dean, ithink we got this one. - [dean] uh oh,let me get the net. - he ain't huge or nothing,let's see what we got. yeah he's pretty good. that's what we're looking... - [dean] i'm gonna getthat net right quick. - [rick] get him in there. - [dean] there you go.
is made possible in partby the 2017 gmc sierra. visit your gmc dealer today. and by grady-white boats. exceptional attention to detail. and a leader in marinefisheries conservation. (upbeat music) well, today's program,we're gonna be fishing for black drum. our captain todayis ricky kellum.
joe, it was a goodday of fishing. nothing really big,but still a good day. - right, it was not alarge class of drum. these fish do growover 100 pounds. i think the staterecord is over 100. and we've got black drumup and down the coast. they look a lot like sheepshead if people are notfamiliar with them. they have stripes and they have
a lot of similaritiesof a sheepshead as far as where theylike to hang out. today we're fishingat the base of a bridge on the new river. one of captain kellum's favoriteplaces to catch black drum. at the beginning of the summer. and using, one thinghe really stressed, was the freshestshrimp you can find. he thinks thatmakes the difference
between having a successfulmorning with them or not successful isusing really fresh bait. and have the right tackleto handle these fish. they're round structuresso you got to, once you set the hook,be able to control or they'll take youdown and cut you off. a lot of fun today. - yeah, gear time today, we're gonna talkmore about the tackle
and that fresh shrimp. - right, right,he'll emphasize that. again, a good stout tackle that'll hold a fishof this caliber. that day i think thebiggest thing we caught was probably pushing 4pounds, maybe 5 pounds. and you'll see, theydo give you a tug. - and our recipe today,a recipe with sea bass. - yeah, black sea bass,they're caught off our coast.
very tasty fish and she'sgot a special recipe for us. - well we got a lotgoing on so let's go and take of a littlefishing business today on the carolina outdoor journal. - [dean] ricky, thisis the first time i've ever fished forblack drum this way. i always fishedwith bottom rigs, with just cut bait. and i've been lookingforward to this.
- yeah, i tell you,it's the middle of june. black drum's beendoing real well. we've been catching trout fish. so we focused onem a little bit. but we're gonna focuson them a lot today. we're just gonna use some,basically, live shrimp. fresh as you canget, not frozen. - right. - never frozen ifyou can get fresh.
fresh is always gonna outfish. fish been ranging 3 to 5 poundand occasionally a big one. we got the gear and we're ready. - well, it's been awful hot. it was 99 degrees yesterday. - 102 today. - and we're early so maybewe can get us some fish before it gets too hot. - let's do it.
- uh oh, let me get the net. yeah, he's pretty good... that's what we're looking. - [dean] let me getthat net right quick. - [rick] dean, he bit funny. real light, the tide's changing. - [dean] okay, there you go. - [rick] good looking fish, that would be a smallone compared to whatwe been catching.
but that's good eating, somegood eating fish right there. hear him grunt? - yup. - he got his name honest. the drum, look at that dorsal. hard to believe theygrow 100 pound, isn't it? - i know it, good job. - let's see one today. - let's get us another one.
- yeah, he, totallydifferent hit that what those pinfish do. you need a bait? - no, i'm good, puthim right back there. - alright, dean. - [dean] alright, good deal. - i was all up againstthe pilings that time. see what we got here. i don't think heknows he's hooked yet.
he's away from thatbridge, though. that's the main thing. - oh yeah, nice fish. - [rick] tell you what,your tfo's feeling good. the tide's running to you. - [rick] that fishtook it good, dean. - [dean] good one, ricky. - the tide's getting right and things are liable to bite.
you see them, you wonder whereall that power comes from? - yeah, yeah, he's got apretty broad tail on him. - oh yeah, yeah he'snothing but muscle. alright, buddy row. let's get it on. - you know thesefish we been catching have been about 3, 4 pounds. that last one youcaught was about 4. i know they get a lot bigger.
i've seen em biggerin the ocean. but your granddad was famousfor catching big black drum. - yeah, he's got oneon the wall there. my cousin's antiquebarn, 75 pound. - goodness gracious. - early 60's, he used touse all wire, all the way. leader line to the spool, yeah. - they even named a streetafter him in jacksonville. - yeah, drummer kellum road.
- he used to catch somany he'd haul em to the downtown seafood marketback in the 50's, 60's in the boot of that cadillac. no cooler, no nothing,just throw it in and ice the whole trunk down. - in the trunk? - big blocks of iceback then, you know? - that's crazy. - old big cubes...
lookie here. we're due another one now,it was two real quick. oh, there he is, what you got? let me guess. show me a black drum. oh, and it is, too. alright. i got one biting this. oh, there he is.
oh, son, come on. he ain't goin nowhere. i got you. good one, good one. - look here, dean. this one right here, when ijab him, he did not like it. and i'm gonna tell you that. go ahead and handle him,he ain't going nowhere. - that's a pretty fish too now.
this one right here don'tknow he's hooked yet. - good night, caughtmy grandaddy's fish. - you got yourgrandaddy's fish on there? - i don't know whose fish i got. - hold on a second, my hook. - you alright. - went all the waythrough the net. - he ain't going nowhere,he's, oh yes sir. that's a beaut.
beauty. - [dean] can you get him? - [rick] oh yeah. nice, nice. - [dean] nice. - [rick] these thing turnon, you can catch one right after another. that's just good quality fish. - yeah, nice, nice.
two at a time. - beauties, pull,man they pull good. alright let's let emback in the water. nice. - he went around the corner? - yeah, he tried tounder the bridge on me. tell you what, they'rebiting it good. - oh, son. - oh man, a little string music.
go on and get him on up here. - i'm doing all i can do. - that's a good one, that'sbigger than the last one. there we go. - [rick] tell youwhat, dean, i don't want one no bigger than that. - [dean] now, that's a nice one. - might have stayed,elementary school. it's hit him right there good.
is that not pretty? - [dean] pretty fish. - he's pure posing. he took me for a ride, now. there they are. i got enough in the freezer,1 pack's all i need. alright, tide's right. (laughter) - i like that, hook set.
whatcha got there dean? - it's a smallerone, it's black drum. see those little ones area little more striped up. he's got a shrimp in his throat. - he'll grow up. - that is not thefish i hooked, now. i don't know whatyou did to that fish. - this is some hotweather we've been having. and these fish arebiting awful good.
is this primarily awarm weather fishery for these black drum? - this year dean, it's beenabout the first of may, i started noticingwe got a lot of guys, all they fish for is black drum. you can tell when they show up. about the first of may. and they'll bite, we'll catch em through september probably
just depends on whatorder temperature. man that was one right there. and the weather, rain'llpush em off sometimes. but she's a reallygood summer bite. you know, catching trout early and then hitting the black drum. having a real good day. lookie there, good night. tell you what, that tide'srunning a little better now.
- he can turn the side toyou a little better can't he? - they know what,good, lookie there. check the warrantyout on this thing. - [dean] he's trying tohide under the boat now. that's a good fish. - yeah, he is. - [rick] alright, this isanother good quality fish dean. - [dean] yeah, pretty. - just right there.
yes, sir. pretty one. - nice. - made him happy. - yes, we did. - here's your baitback if you want. - yeah, i will, i'llcatch another one on that. they don't care aslong as it's fresh. that's the good thing about em.
clams, shrimp sandfillers they don't care. they're just lookingfor something to eat. - [dean] ricky, tide is comingin pretty strong right now. - do you have betterluck on these fish on particular tide, rising? - i tell you, we calledit right this morning. we called it stillit still falling. tide changed right at daylight. just can't get any better.
we have been doingbetter on falling tide. but these fish are usuallyaround this bridge somewhere. falling, incoming itreally doesn't matter. you know, just a matter offinding em in certain places. and this is a kind ofa ledge right here. falls off to 20 foot. goes from 6 to 20 foot. and they like bottomchanges like that. you know we had to changeto a 2 ounce sinker
to hold bottom now causeit's running a little harder. - which is fine,they don't care. just makes it morechallenging, that's all. we like that, don't we? - yeah, we like challenges. he hit it when it driftedback out here away from... - get out of your way right now. - it's anothersmaller one, but... - that's alright.
this is what we're looking. bring him right here. they gotta be 14 inches. ain't quite make the cut. he'll be prettynext year though. - [dean] he thumpedit good though. - get another one. - practice makes perfect. - joe, you're absolutely right.
stout tackle, you gotta have it. - well, in thatsituation especially. because at thebase of that bridge there's lots of structure. and that's wherethey like to live. that's where they hang outand a good place to catch em. but you better have a rodthat can handle the... especially the initial strike and the first part of the fight.
they'll pull a drag on you, but again, in that situation, he does emphasize, andhe'll do it in gear time, the freshest bait,the better the bite. - alright, gear time, let's go find out more aboutfresh bait and the tackle. - well ricky, thatwas a great morning. we had a great timecatching those black drum. - yeah, it was.
- we got started early. it's hot right now butwe got out about 6:30. tide was gettingready to change. tide's important when we go. - perfect, right at daylight. the end of the fall andthe beginning of the rise is always one of the besttimes to catch anything. especially the drum. - that's great, wegot on pretty quick.
and of course we werehaving a fish around those bridge pilings and there's a lot of debris andbarnacles and rocks in there. and you had us rigged up with... - yeah that 40 pound monoon that 20 pound braid. just a good combinationaround that structure. - and that's just somethingyou tied up yourself? - simple drop rig, 2ounce because of the tie. you know, whatever ittakes to hold bottom.
one awl hook, fresh shrimpand that's all you need. get you a good rod likethis tfo medium action. 2500 series pin. good combination, lightweight. you can have allthe fun you want and still handle a good size fish. - yeah about the biggestfish we caught today was probably pushing 5 pounds. - and that's been the average.
and you can stumbleupon a 15, 20 pounder but i feel like you couldhandle him with this. get him away from the bridgeand have a good time with him. - right, well thatwas a lot of fun. and i'm looking forwardto the next time we go. - oh yeah, lookingforward to it. - thanks a lot, i enjoyed it. - stout tackle and freshshrimp, that's the key. here's ricky kellum's numberon your screen for you.
give him a call,he will take you, and i can almost promiseyou'll have a great day. now speaking of a greatday, how do you like your black sea bass? well, donna's got a recipein our kitchen today. i think it's oneyou're gonna like. so let's catch upwith donna, she's in the kitchen with today's recipe. - hi, today in thekitchen we're making
a black sea bass witha summer succotash. this is a greatrecipe, quick and easy. that has lots ofbeautiful colors in it. and you can make itany time of the year. you can make it in thesummer when all your limas and your corn is fresh. or, if you got ahankering for it in the middle of the winter, frozen vegetableswork just as well
and are just as greatand a little bit easier. so what we're gonnado is, we're going to go ahead and get our pan here. you can either grillyour bass if you want, or you can pan-fry it, poachit whatever you like to do. whatever's easiest for you. so i'm gonna takemine and i've got some little oil in the pan. and i just cut mine intolittle fillets, little pieces.
and i'm just goingto put it in my pan. since i don't have a grill. and then we're just gonna putsome salt and pepper on it. and just kinda pan-fry this. at home i wouldnormally probably just throw this on my grill. so we're just gonnalet that cook. so, while that's cooking,we're gonna go ahead and start our succotash.
so i've already cooked the bacon and pulled it out of my pan. so i still have somedrippings in there. we're gonna saute some onion. and you can use, ifyou don't wanna dice all these onions yourself. they do make some in the store that are already diced for you. trust me, i'm all abouta convenience item.
then we're goingto add some corn. and i just use frozencorn like i said. it's quick and it's easy. and i just usually keepthose in my freezer. and some beautiful limas. and you can use these, you don'teven have to let them thaw. you can just them infrozen and they'll steam up and cook all by themselves. you can see this issuch a beautiful dish.
smells really great too. we're gonna give that a stir. and then we're going to addsome cherry tomatoes to this that we just cut in half. and a little bitmore salt and pepper. and just give that a stir. and we're gonna afew herbs to this. we're gonna add some freshdill that we're gonna chop. and some chives.
so i've alreadychopped my chives. and we're just gonnaadd those in there. these will addsome great flavor. and then our dill. and i'm just gonna chop my dill. just a little rough chop. and it'll be justsome great flavors and great smells. cause it's all about looks,
if it looks beautifuland smells beautiful it's gotta taste beautiful. you can see itlooks great already. and then what we're gonna do is we're gonna add a littlebit of vegetable stock to this. so we're going to add 2/3 cup of vegetable stock thatwe made in here. just pour that over. and then we're justgonna let this cook.
and it'll start to bubbleand thicken up a little bit. so while that is kindacooking here and bubbling. we're going to turn our fishand sear the other side. and then we're prettymuch ready to go. we'll get that to searon the other side. you don't want tocook it too much. but you can see it's gota beautiful skin on it. so it's gonna have somegreat flavor to it as well. we're gonna let this bubbleand simmer a little bit.
then we're gonna addback our bacon to it. so you're gonna get that too. and then we're ready to go. so it's a quick and easy meal that you can put together. on the weekends orduring the week even. and you're family's gonnaget some great veggies and it's gonna bequick and easy for you. so this is what it looks like.
this is how i served mine,in a cast iron skillet. which is so you can go straight from the stove to the table. which is great. i just put my fish on the top. topped it with alittle more bacon. and you are ready to go. so i hope you enjoythis black sea bass. and succotash, andi look forward to
seeing you next timehere on simple cooking. - thanks donna foranother great recipe. now that recipe anda whole lot more. they are available inour favorite cookbook. in fact it's some of mineand joe's favorite recipes. it's available online at carolinaoutdoorjournal.com now joe, let's goback to the new river. fresh shrimp, stout tackle,you can get it done.
- you can get it done. and captain kellum showedhow to do it today. again we've got black drumup and down the coast. they prefer to hangaround structure. bridge pilings areprobably the number one spot to find em. but piers, rock jetties... but the pilings of piers seemto be a good place to find em. as you find sheepshead.
they hang aroundin the same area. and just like sheepshead,they've got teeth. so you have to havethe right tackle. good stout tackle,good line, but like the captain emphasized,the freshest bait is gonna be the best becausethe bite's going to be better. if you go in with frozen bait,and he's tried it before. the bite doesn'tseem to be as good. so good fresh bait, find youa good bridge with pilings.
the pilings have structure on em and these fish will godown in the structure and cut you off. so get good strong tackleand you can get it done. - now, and you can catch oneof these up to 100 pounds. - yeah, the record here innorth carolina is over 100. i'm not sure exactly what itis, but well over 100 pounds. and unlike the red drum, worldrecord on red drum is 90. 94, i think.
yeah, great fish, goodto eat on the table. if you never caughtem before, go try em. - i wish all our viewers today the best of luck catchingthat 100 pound fish. for joe albea, i'm john moore. thanks for joiningus today on the carolina outdoor journal. for more information and a link to our onlinestore, angler's bay.
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