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Garlic & Beer Shrimp
Kabobs
Ingredients:
1 Pound large shrimp peeled & de-veined
¾ Cups of your favorite beer
1 tablespoon of vegetable oil
½ teaspoon of chives
¼ teaspoon Cayenne pepper
¼ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon minced garlic
Directions:
Mix ingredients in shallow glass or plastic
container. Stir in shrimp. Cover and refrigerate at
least 1 hour. Set oven control to broil. Remove
shrimp; reserve beer marinade. Thread shrimp about 1
inch apart on 15-inch metal skewers. Place on rack
in broiler pan. Broil kabobs about 4 inches from
heat about 5 minutes, turning and brushing with
marinade once, until shrimp are pink.
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1.10.2008 Volume
IX Issue #1 |
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This Week's Article |
Redfish
The cooling water temperatures are bringing redfish
schooling to the flats in large numbers. Over the last few weeks the
water temps have been hovering just below 60, and the water is
starting to clear up. The light winds and warm days last week helped
make for some successful fishing trips while targeting schools of
reds in shallow water.
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This Week's News
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DNR Investigates Georgetown Manatee
Death
An adult male manatee was found dead just north of
Georgetown on Monday, December 10th, 2007 by the S.C. Department of
Natural Resources who brought the animal to the South Carolina
Aquarium for a necropsy (animal form of autopsy). No absolute cause
of the mortality could be found and there was no evidence of a
recent traumatic event like a boat strike to explain the death.
Recent evidence suggests that some manatees use pockets
of warm water (refugia) created by various industries as resting
places during their migration. Some animals may linger too long in
these warm water pockets, and when they finally resume their
migration, they enter cold water (less than 60 F) and become
stunned. Their digestive and immune systems cannot handle the
extreme temperatures and the animals die from the shock to their
system. In South Carolina, manatees typically leave our coastline in
the late summer and early fall. Given the abnormal time of year and
the temperature of the water, this cold-stun scenario may explain
the passing of this gentle animal.
Find out more about manatees in South Carolina at the DNR
Website:
www.dnr.sc.gov/manatee/index.htm.
Fishing line was found within the intestines although
it appeared to have no immediate influence on the animal's mortality
as assessed by the necropsy team. The fishing line's presence does
highlight the need to be aware that wildlife often consumes plastics
and trash that can cause serious disease.
Manatees are the only marine mammal herbivore in North America.
They feed on sea grasses in warm waters along the Atlantic Coast.
They can migrate as far north as New England during the summers when
water temperatures range above 70 F. With the onset of fall, the
water temperatures drop, and manatees migrate back to the warmer
waters of Florida and the Caribbean.
A multi agency cooperative effort conducted the
examination with experts from the S.C. Department of Natural
Resources (DNR), National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), and the South Carolina
Aquarium each lending their unique expertise.
East Coast - Summer Flounder, Scup and Black Sea Bass
Limits Announced
NOAA Fisheries has issued rebuilding harvest limits for
the
2008 commercial and recreational summer flounder, scup, and black
sea bass fisheries.
These fisheries are currently overfished, and this final rule
imposes strict measures to ensure sustainable management.
Additionally, these measures will end overfishing in the
summer flounder
fishery. The total landings for summer flounder in 2008 will be 15.7
million pounds, 7.3 million pounds of scup, and 4.2 million pounds
of black sea bass. The rule provides state allocations, recreational
and commercial allocations, and details on measures to improve
conservation of these three species.
For more information, please contact
Michael.Ruccio@noaa.gov
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Tide Chart |
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10 Thursday |
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02:33AM LST -0.2 L |
09:00AM LST 5.7 H |
03:17PM LST -0.1 L |
09:04PM LST 4.8 H |
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11 Friday |
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03:15AM LST -0.2 L |
09:36AM LST 5.6 H |
03:57PM LST -0.2 L |
09:45PM LST 4.9 H |
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12 Saturday |
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04:00AM LST -0.1 L |
10:15AM LST 5.4 H |
04:38PM LST -0.2 L |
10:30PM LST 5.0 H |
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13 Sunday |
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04:49AM LST 0.0 L |
10:57AM LST 5.2 H |
05:23PM LST -0.3 L |
11:21PM LST 5.1 H |
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The Final Word |
Another
warm week here in the lowcountry with light winds, excellent
fishing weather! Too bad it was not cold enough to kill the
gnats last week, they are interfering with my fishing on
these 75-degree days! The local tackle shops are catching
the devil keeping up with the live shrimp demand. Live
shrimp under a float over structure has been producing some
great trout, mud minnows or DOA makes an okay substitute.
The Reds are schooling thick on the flats, cold mornings
they seem a little sluggish. Water is so clear, rigging
light for reds and trout is recommended. The Sheepshead are
at the rocks, some have tried for them at the reefs but the
black sea bass are so thick right now they are whipping out
their fiddlers. The reefs are still holding some Weakfish.
Offshore few folks are trolling right now; but bottom
fishing action remains strong from 60 feet and beyond..
Tight
lines…
Captain Tim Pickett
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