by Capt. Scott Poche' | May 4, 2009 | Fishing Reports |
On Sat. April 18th I had the pleasure of fishing with Logan and his wife Katie. We left the Lafitte Harbor Marina at 6:30am and headed out to chase some shallow water Redfish. We made a stop in one of my favorite duck ponds, And with the wind blowing about 15 to 20 knots it was not a very productive area, only bringing a lonely Flounder to the boat. So I headed out to look for clean water which was hard to find with all the wind we been having these last few weeks. But with a little luck we found a few ponds that had decent water and a few nice Redfish that were willing to bite. We ended the day with catching and releasing atleast 12 Redfish, with only a few going home for dinner. New Orleans Fishing at its Best!
Thank you Logan and Katie for booking your fishing trip with me, and I look forward to fishing with you in the future.
Good Luck and Good Fishing!
Capt. Scott Poche`
Nice Redfish
by Capt. Scott Poche' | Apr 17, 2009 | Fishing Reports |
Chef John Currence won the 2008 Great American Seafood Cookoff with this recipe.
Mississippi Redfish
1 Lb. Redfish, cut into two inch cubes
Courtboullion
½ cup raw bacon, chopped
1 cup yellow onion, diced
1 tablespoon garlic, minced
¾ cup red bell pepper, diced
½ cup green bell pepper, diced
3 cups okra, chopped
6 cups fresh tomatoes, chopped
1 lemon, zest and juiced
¾ cup white wine
1 cup fish stock
1 cup Shock Top beer
½ pound crabmeat
½ pound fresh shrimp, chopped
1 cup peanuts
3 cups + 3 tablespoons flour
1 ½ tablespoons Creole seasoning
2 teaspoons Tabasco sauce
3 tablespoons unsalted butter
salt and black pepper, to taste
Seafood Dirty Rice (recipe below)
To make the courtboullion: render the bacon. Add butter and 3 tablespoons flour and make a light brown roux. Stir in and saute the onions and garlic until tender. Add and saute the bell peppers. Stir in the okra and season with salt and black pepper. Add tomatoes and Creole seasoning and bring to a simmer. Stir in wine, lemon, and fish stock, and then bring to a boil.
Chop peanuts in food processor and blend with flour. Dust shrimp with peanut flour. In a separate saute pan, saute redfish and shrimp in butter, in batches until lightly browned. Add seafood to the courtboullion and cover. Add the crab after the seafood has been sauteed and added to the courtboullion. Simmer for 20 minutes. Season with salt, pepper, Tabasco, and Creole seasoning to taste. Serve over Seafood Dirty Rice.
Seafood Dirty Rice
½ cup bacon, chopped
½ cup chicken livers
½ cup shrimp, chopped
3 ½ cups fish stock
1 cup Shock Top beer
¼ cup onions, minced
1 tablespoon garlic
3 cups rice
2 tablespoons butter
¼ cup parsley, chopped
salt and black pepper, to taste
Cook off bacon. Add chicken livers and cook through. Remove, chop, and return to pan. Add shrimp and season with salt and pepper. Add onions and garlic and saute. Stir in rice, butter, and fish stock. Then pour the beer into the fish stock. Bring to a simmer. Cover and finish in 400º oven for 20 minutes. Season with parsley, salt, and pepper.
by Capt. Scott Poche' | Apr 17, 2009 | Fishing Reports |
This weekend we headed to Lafitte, LA to fish with Capt Scott Poche for Brett’s Bachelor Party. The weather was a question mark all week but the cold front stayed away long enough for us to get out Saturday morning to go catch 9 limits of redfish. The biggest was 30 inches and 10lbs. We left the Marina at 6:45 a.m. and we were back at the dock by 11:30 a.m. We had a very good day! Capt Scott put us on the redfish and we caught all our fish in one spot. What a blast. New Orleans Fishing at its Best!
by Capt. Scott Poche' | Apr 17, 2009 | Fishing Reports, Report Archives |
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It was a beautiful day to be out on the water, with a nice cool breeze and no rain in sight.
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We started the day out from Lafitte in search of redfish. I went in the direction of Bay Round to find some nice reds that I spotted a couple of days before. The the water was very dirty from the windy days before, and the rain and high winds we had the night before. So we decided to go to a few of my favorite duck ponds, and see what the shallow water looked like. The duck ponds were also dirty from the bad weather the night before also.
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We threw baits at many redfish waking down the banks, but were not very successful at getting many to given the conitions. We set out to our second spot, with no luck, although we saw many redfish.
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One of my favorite ponds did produce some willing redfish. We landed 9 redfish and one 1 Speckled Trout. It finally came as a relief after casting at more than 50 stubborn redfish. It was frustrating watching them swim by the baits and turn their nose to the lure. After exhausting our efforts in finding clean water and with the winds picking up to 15-20 mph, we finally called it a day. We returned to the dock with 9 redfish and 1 trout.
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