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Tim Baird
Carrboro, North Carolina
Born and raised in central Maine, my youth was spent mowing the lawn, kicking a soccer ball against the garage doors, and trying to sneak sugar cereal out of the kitchen cupboards after I was put to bed. More about Tim
Warren Johnston
South Royalton, Vermont
I am a baby boomer who grew up in a time when the trend in food was convenience and speed. It wasn't the fast-food era, but a post-World War II time when ... More about Warren
Barbara Kattman
Holliston, Massachusetts
We live in Holliston, Massachusetts. When we bought our house in Holliston about 27 years ago, Holliston was a rural/residential town of about 13,000 people. More about Barbara
Autumn Long
Wallace, West Virginia
My name is Autumn. I'm 24 years old, and I live in rural north-central West Virginia. I was born and raised in West Virginia, and in 2005 I graduated from ... More about Autumn
April Luginbuhl
Cleveland, Ohio
My personal interests revolve around the environment, both knowing more about it and getting outside and enjoying my surroundings. This led me down an educational path to ... More about April
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Pond Fishin'
Posted at 3:04 PM on September 23, 2008 by Autumn Long (2 Comments)
We have a small pond in our yard. It's just a little pond, about a quarter-to-half an acre wide and four feet deep. It's a very young pond, too, only five or six years old. It's a lovely water feature (except in the driest part of summer, i.e. now, when the water table dips to its lowest level and the pond begins to resemble a scummy mud puddle). My fabulous landscaper husband makes our little pond more beautiful with each passing year, and we enjoy an occasional dip in it during the early months of summer, before the water gets warm and muddy.
Oh, and did I mention that our pond is stocked with fish? Shortly after its creation, Dan stocked the pond with bass and catfish. A few years later, the catfish have grown to impressive sizes, and the bass have reproduced like crazy. (The catfish won't reproduce in such a small area.) Part of the whole "having a pond" concept was to catch fish out of it. We should be eating fish all the time, right? Well, it hasn't quite worked out that way, mainly because we're not so great at filleting fish. Okay, so we totally suck at filleting fish. It makes catching fish not so tempting. What's a gal to do?
Da-da-da-dummm! Dad to the rescue! That's right, my old man is an experienced fisherman (an ex-professional, in fact), and he can slice a mean fillet. He caught two bass and a catfish out of our pond last weekend, and being the exceptionally nice person that he is, he cleaned them, filleted them, and gave them back to Dan and me! We grilled them for dinner last night, and they were delicious. The catfish was tasty, not overly "fishy," and the bass melted in my mouth. I didn't even find a single bone in the bass, and bass is a darn bony fish. Wowsers, pops, yer the best! Come visit again soon. And, umm...bring your fishin' pole?
Comments (2)
I hope you kept the head and bones to make fish stock.
Posted by gloria mathews | October 1, 2008 1:20 PM
Gloria,
Errr...no...no, I didn't. I have very little experience with fish (catching, cleaning, cooking, or eating them), and the concept of fish stock definitely had not occurred to me. How might you use this fish stock?
Thanks for sparking my curiosity,
Autumn
Posted by Autumn Long | October 1, 2008 2:58 PM