HOW TO BE A SEA SCROUNGE
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When you latch onto an eel—and every sea scrounge
fisherman will once in a while—don't throw it away in
disgust. Eels are mean, ugly, slimy, hard to clean . . .
and some of the best eating you'll find anywhere. Once
you've landed an eel and removed the hook (for which a hook
disgorger can be a lifesaver), cut its skin all the way
around the body just behind the head and peel it off with a
pair of pliers. Then slit the snakelike fish all the way up
the bottom, take out the intestines and sever the head. The
cleaned eel can be cut into fillets after the meat has been
firmed by a short stay in the refrigerator. Boil, fry,
pickle or use the eel fillets in Bouillabaisse.
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SEINE FISHING
The easiest, quickest way to obtain bait for your pole
fishing, food for your cat, fertilizer for your garden and
sometimes a surprise or two for your supper is by making a
sweep with a seine net. The seine is a relatively
small-meshed oblong net with floats on the long top edge
and weights along the bottom. The short vertical sides of
the rectangle are tied to poles which are used as handles
when pulling the net through the water. Make sure your
seine is at least 3' x 6' . . . the smaller postage stamp
varieties are inefficient and utterly frustrating.
Seining is a two-man operation, one person on each pole.
Try to keep the weighted side dragging the bottom for
greatest efficiency. The net must billow out behind you as
you walk along, to form a pocket in which small fish and
other shallowwater denizens can be trapped. Quickly sweep
through an area near the shore, bring the poles together at
the end of the turn and dump your catch on the beach or
into tubs. Sort through the pile of sea life, taking what
you can use and returning the rest to the water.
Most of the rewards of seine fishing will be fish one to
five inches long—too small for the table but just
right for bait, cat food and fertilizer-but occasionally
you'll come up with something worth eating. Schools of
deeper-water fish are sometimes driven in close to shore by
storms or predators and we once captured a fine mess of
whiting in our seine.
You can purchase a net at fishing supply stores, or make
one from cotton or linen mesh. Use corked plastic bottles
for floats and big fishing sinkers for weights. The poles
can be bought at the lumber yard or found in the
woods.
ROUNDING OUT YOUR MEAL
EDIBLE SEAWEEDS: Few people consider seaweed when they're
planning dinner, but there are at least six common
varieties that are both nutritious and delicious. Seaweed
has long been appreciated in the Orient and on the islands
of the Pacific . . . and the North American sea scrounge
should also learn to eat the palatable varieties.
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