Prawns! And Orcas, oh my....

[snake]

Awesome! Have the commercial/tribe guys been hitting the islands hard for crab recently? Last time I went to Lopez a few years ago the tribe had a grid of pots about every 50 feet for a mile long.

[lokidog]

Awesome! Have the commercial/tribe guys been hitting the islands hard for crab recently? Last time I went to Lopez a few years ago the tribe had a grid of pots about every 50 feet for a mile long.

Surprisingly, I have not seen pots in the water from the tribes, especially since our season opens today.  The white (non-tribal anyways) commercials don't start there season until September, I am pretty sure but then it sometimes goes into April.

[Oh Mah]

Thanks!  My son and my limits of tails ended up weighing 14 pounds, basically 22.8 tails per pound.  If we were sorting to an 80 shrimp limit, I have no doubt we would have been in the 19-20 tails per pound range, there were a lot of big ones in the mix.

Oh Man, the sailboat was just passing by but was a nice photo op.

I agree nice photo.

[2labs]

That's pretty awesome.Is that your sail boat?Where were the Orcas at San Juan Island area?

Orcas were heading from East to West on south end of Lopez.  They were probably heading over toward Lime Kiln and were spotted today by my friends near Eagle Point, I think.

nice pics !  and awesome prawns.

been thinking of a blue crab / shrimp boil.  the only ingredients i have is the old bay seasoning.   

I find boiled shrimp lose a lot of their flavor, I prefer them with a light breading and deep fried or simply sauteed in butter with a little garlic and onion powder.

I agree, there's better ways to cook shrimp. Smoked shrimp on the Bradley are hard to beat!

[Taco280AI]

That looks awesome! 



As far as cooking, had some (store bought) shrimp tonight. Butter, minced garlic, diced onion, pepper, seasoned salt and cook

[WAcoueshunter]

Looks good!

I prefer spot prawns on a quick boil in salt water (I take a bucket full home with me).  Maybe 2 minutes or so, need to pull them as soon as they float.  I've tried grilled, sauteed, old bay, etc.  Nothing better than the quick boil with salt from the sea.  Have a pot on the stove now, just about ready to drop in my last 40 from Sunday.  Done well, they are the best seafood anywhere!

Loki, I'm headed up on Sunday, maybe see you out on the west side?

[lokidog]

WACoues, I'll be hitting the south end Saturday evening for that long flat water.  I've got a bunch of stuff on Sunday that I have to do, though will be at Watmough Slough on SE Lopez for the evening pulling a beach seine for Kwiaht.

2Labs, my wife's favorite way is a teryaki lime marinade then grilled on skewers.  I still think my favorite is egg and cornflake crumb breading and deep fried.  This seems to bring out their natural sweetness.

Taco280, that's a nice looking chunk-o-meat. 

[WAcoueshunter]

I'm in the land of Loki this week, so thought I'd post a couple data points for this thread. 

On Sunday, I traveled from Deception Pass to San Juan Island around the low slack, right through these shrimp grounds that closed the day prior.  No less than 20 buoys/traps had popped up, I'm guessing a whole lot of folks were wondering who stole their pot?  Small buoy with good weight in the pot, and the buoy goes under but comes back up at slack tide.  Big buoy, and it floats off to never never land.   Talked to a guy at the dock on Monday who found one of his pots a couple miles away and he was convinced someone moved it.   

Someone else asked about the natives and crab.  They had an opener that may have been 24 hours, they were out yesterday afternoon and looked like it ended at noon today.   Thankfully it seems they fish deeper water and don't bug the shallower spots that get hit by the recreational crowd.  Might be there's a water depth restriction for them?