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I've taken the Paqui one chip challenge :   https://shop.paqui.com/Carolina-Reaper-Madness-Chip/p/PAQ-002669&c=Paqui@TortillaChips     This had excellent heat, but wasn't deadly.   I now see that some Australian companies have a competing product:    ...

All caught up now:   I caught this footlong Yellow Perch and the slightly smaller one last weekend.  I landed one with a simple worm, bobber, and double split shot rig.  It was hard to bring in.  The fish wasn't aggressive—it just keep nibbling at the bottom of the worm, moving the bobber ever...

Almost caught up—here are some highlights from the last two weeks of August:   I didn't have a very good snapper (young Bluefish) season.  Normal patterns in my area have the snappers running an hour before high tide to an hour after high tide.  This season, they only followed the pattern if...

  They are considered trash fish (and generally tossed back) by most of the people in the area where I catch them, but they fry up just fine - good white meat.

Thanks - "Keepers" in New York State are 9 inches.  I caught some big ones this season.   I was targeting the Blowfish with a double Fluke rig - two hooks baited with Squid and a sinker in the middle, but a few porgy hit the rig.  The Porgies are very tasty, but the Blowfish are delicious!  

I'm a little behind in sharing this season's catch.  I should be caught up in a few days.  For starters, here is my catch from late June.   Sea Robin:     Porgy:       Blowfish - Technically a "Northern Puffer."        

A friend of mine brought me this from Portugal:   Piri-piri com Azeite Extra-Forte -  infused oil.   It was much hotter than I imagined it would be.  I tasted what appeared to be the distinct flavor of capsaicin extract and it is going through me like hot sauce with capsaicin extract.  The...

That comment cheered me up.  These are much tastier than Lake Bass.  I was just looking forward to some good top water fights and some lunkers, but I did get a bunch of much better meals.

  Outdoors in raised containers.

I don't have the energy to keep up with a non-Chile Pepper grow log, but wanted to share my success in growing Cucumbers and Tomatoes in 100% composted manure—no soil at all.     I don't remember the type of manure, but am reasonably sure it was Cow manure.  I don't remember the NPK, but it was...

Sous Vide Pumpkinseed Sunfish:   135 F – 30 minutes:   Delicious and cooked to the right consistency. A drop watery though. I think I may have sealed the fish without drying it enough.  

  Beef Fat! - I've gotta try that.  I bread them and fry in butter or ghee.  They are one of the most delicious fish I've eaten!   I agree about their lack of intelligence.  I like my double rig, as I caught two at once last summer and have seen others do the same.

OMFG - Those are expensive!   What features do they have that this $20.40 model lacks?   https://www.amazon.com/Oster-CKSTDF102-SS-Compact-Style-Stainless/dp/B0773V9QM1/   Ty

I need some recommendations here.  This will be used mostly for fish.  It would have to be big enough to handle any "lunkers" that I catch.  I generally don't fillet.  I just cut the heads off, gut and scale.  I'm guessing it's unlikely that I'll ever have anything more than 15 inches—most...

Some saltwater fishing:   I was targeting Blowfish (technically "Northern Puffers") with squid on a double fluke rig.  I need to work on my touch as I only caught one.  It's hard to set the hook on a Blowfish as they take a series of tiny bites.  I also caught a Porgy and a Sea Robin.  I could...

The Unpredictable life of a fisherman:   I waited until Bass season (3rd Saturday in NY) started before hitting the lakes again.  I eat the keepers that I land and Bass is the last to be legal to keep in N.Y.  Back in May, I had to toss one that would have been a keeper and saw many others do...

Ty - if I'm ever in your area, I'll look you up.  

Nice catch!   If I'm not shore-casting, I'm in rowboat style boat with an outboard or trolling motor.  I'm an awful kayaker.  I fell in the water two out of the last three times I was in one and think I'm done for good.  I had a hard enough time keeping my balance without fishing and think the...

From last Saturday.  I should get pods by the end of July as these grow fast:                

These are going in the ground tomorrow: