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Seafood find
ltcdoty
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I shop at a small seafood shop up her in Vermont...very fresh, and the usual stuff from the New England coast. I have discovered shrimp that they call white shrimp from the Gulf off the Texas coast.
This is some great shrimp...much, much better then that Thailand fish farm trash. I'm curious what you folks on the Gulf coast pay for shrimp...I'm paying twenty dollars a pound up here in Vermont.
This is some great shrimp...much, much better then that Thailand fish farm trash. I'm curious what you folks on the Gulf coast pay for shrimp...I'm paying twenty dollars a pound up here in Vermont.
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I love Gulf shrimp also though. I go cast netting each year and load up on shrimp.I use the little ones to go after fresh Flounder yummy.
Last bag of frozen 16/20 count "Texas" Shrimps I got tasted funny. And that was the last time I bought those. I wonder if they cae off those shrimp boat show that was on back then?
I think I paid 9 or so a lb yesterday at one of those tourist seafood vans.
Seafood Van? Is that like buying meat off the Mystery Meat Wagon?
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There's a Rouses in Gulf Shores? It's a really great grocery store, there's a location just down the road from here.
Rouses's bought out 5 stores ere in "Bama...I use the one in Spanish Fort....Best store in the state,and customer is king! They sell local seafood as well as flown in Salmon..
quote:Originally posted by Beeramid
There's a Rouses in Gulf Shores? It's a really great grocery store, there's a location just down the road from here.
Rouses's bought out 5 stores ere in "Bama...I use the one in Spanish Fort....Best store in the state,and customer is king! They sell local seafood as well as flown in Salmon..
Yep, I know at the one here, they put as many local products on the shelves as possible.
I'm in the business,but my favorite is Gulf Browns...16/20 ct. whites are oing for 9.20 a lb wholesale...I sell in the San Francisco area and their going for 9.90 lb...Capt. Go to Rouses in Gulf Shores..thay have crayfish.
I usually buy at this place
Or Nix Brothers over near sunset pass.
Last two times at Billy's my shrimp had clorox on them. They were totally not edible.
I will never go there again.... They were always my Mom and Grandfathers favorite place.
I will try Rouses, we will stop on the way in tomorrow....
quote:Originally posted by Beeramid
There's a Rouses in Gulf Shores? It's a really great grocery store, there's a location just down the road from here.
Rouses's bought out 5 stores ere in "Bama...I use the one in Spanish Fort....Best store in the state,and customer is king! They sell local seafood as well as flown in Salmon..
Excellent call, we went to the one in Gulf Shores today, scored a large thing of crawfish right out of the steamer and 7 pounds of some really awesome wild caught head on shrimp. Working on supper now! Thanks for the tip!
Neal
I recreational shrimp, usually Mobile Bay, Al. I probably could buy them cheaper off the boats in Bayou LaBatre than it costs me to catch them, but I enjoy the hunt.
Can you buy them right off the Jenny ?
I recreational shrimp, usually Mobile Bay, Al. I probably could buy them cheaper off the boats in Bayou LaBatre than it costs me to catch them, but I enjoy the hunt.
As a kid, my grandfather and I would put in at the ramp in Fairhope and pull a trawl from the pier to Point Clear. Later on he bought a house 3 doors up from the ramp and we would spend all summer pulling shrimp and crabs out of the bay. (At the time Weeks Bay was still open and we would throw cast nets in there.) I really miss not being on the water.
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I recreational shrimp, usually Mobile Bay, Al. I probably could buy them cheaper off the boats in Bayou LaBatre than it costs me to catch them, but I enjoy the hunt.
As a kid, my grandfather and I would put in at the ramp in Fairhope and pull a trawl from the pier to Point Clear. Later on he bought a house 3 doors up from the ramp and we would spend all summer pulling shrimp and crabs out of the bay. (At the time Weeks Bay was still open and we would throw cast nets in there.) I really miss not being on the water.
Good memories of the salt water( some bad ones too!) I started fishing over in Pensacola in the early 1970's and learned to shrimp in the waters of Perdido Bay. Moved over to Mobile County and still fish and shrimp some. My children and grandkids have a love for the water.
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quote:Originally posted by williwm
I recreational shrimp, usually Mobile Bay, Al. I probably could buy them cheaper off the boats in Bayou LaBatre than it costs me to catch them, but I enjoy the hunt.
As a kid, my grandfather and I would put in at the ramp in Fairhope and pull a trawl from the pier to Point Clear. Later on he bought a house 3 doors up from the ramp and we would spend all summer pulling shrimp and crabs out of the bay. (At the time Weeks Bay was still open and we would throw cast nets in there.) I really miss not being on the water.
One time out alone, (I think I was 16 or 17) I caught a concrete piling in my net down near the little catholic church. I tied it up to the side of the boat, as best I could 3 miles or so from home. I ran out of gas a good 1/2 mile or so from the house. (way before cell phones and I did not have a radio on that boat) Luckily it was 4 ft deep or less and I just got out and walked pulling the boat back to the house. Mom and dad were out on the dock waiting for me...
I had many opportunities to move to another state to increase my fortunes,but chose to stay with family in south Alabama ,Mobile, Bay...I was raised on that bay, and shrimped with my dad and brother when I was kid...We did it for recreation ...Clorox Capt'n? Billy is selling Cloroxed Shrimp? They must have been sour,and he tried to revive them...My plant( packs my labels) in Texas has come under grade A inspection...They sell Rouses Food stores...Those head on shrimp you bought,are frozen head-on at sea....you can't get them any fresher,even if you caught them your self...[;)]
Last two times, I've gotten cloroxed shrimps from Billy. I wont ever go there again. My BIL told me there is another place near Billy called Aquila that has good stuff. (Might go there for Oysters later this week) I really liked shopping at the Rouses (It is in the old Bruno's on 59). The staff there were super nice. They had the shrimp out in a large self serve ice bin where I can smell and feel them for freshness and select the ones I want. The crawfish were not big, but were well seasoned and properly prepared. I shelled/cleaned the ones that did not get eaten tonight so we will have some great breakfast/lunch options tomorrow!
Captn, how much are oysters running over there ? Oysters here are up to 65.00 bushel and clams are running $15.00 for a 160 count bag.
I don't recognize the name, who's the owner? The last shrimp I bought was 3 or 4 years ago from a bay shrimper that was tied up in Coden Bayou, Don;t remember the name.
Forrest Gump
quote:Originally posted by williwm
I don't recognize the name, who's the owner? The last shrimp I bought was 3 or 4 years ago from a bay shrimper that was tied up in Coden Bayou, Don;t remember the name.
Forrest Gump
Your right Middle....we're still selling you "Union" boys water...
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quote:Originally posted by williwm
I don't recognize the name, who's the owner? The last shrimp I bought was 3 or 4 years ago from a bay shrimper that was tied up in Coden Bayou, Don;t remember the name.
Forrest Gump
Your right Middle....we're still selling you "Union" boys water...
Get some new material already....that act is stale.