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Shrimp boats are comin'

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coflyboy

02-18-2007 12:25:51

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Attached is a shrimp boat leaving Port Isabel. They go out about a month at a time with a crew of three. Payday is when they come back and sell the shrimp (they are excellent shrimp).

Got to wonderin'. If farmers had to pack up their tractors and work in the fields for thirty days without comin home, how different things would be.

I know, this is a stretch, but I wanted to post that shrimp boat.

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MARK RED OR GREEN

02-18-2007 18:30:59

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Re: Shrimp boats are comin' in reply to coflyboy, 02-18-2007 12:25:51

YOU MUST HAVE NOT EATEN MANY SHRIMP BIG DIFRENCW IN FRESH SHRIMP NAD ONES FROM STORES SHRIMP FROM STORES AND ONES THAT MOST RESTRAUNTS SELLS ARE A YEAR TO YEAR AND A HALF OLD I KNOW WE ARE IN THE SHRIPING BZ ALSO BIG DIFFRENCE IN PRICE WE SELL OFF THE BOAT FOR LESS THAN WHAT WE GET WHOLE SALE WHY WOULD WE DO THAT BECAUSE A LOT OF OUR SHRIP WE SELL TO THE FISH HOUSE IS TRADE FOR FUEL AND IT GETS US CASH WHEN WE SELL TO PUBLIC

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02-18-2007 19:56:59

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Re: Shrimp boats are comin' in reply to MARK RED OR GREEN, 02-18-2007 18:30:59

Sorry about that but you're wrong...shrimp is flash frozen and in the stores withing weeks. No seafood will keep for the length of time you say. If the shrimp is peeled and deveined before freezing, it will lose a bit of flavor and texture, otherwise you can't tell it from fresh. I'll repeat, if the shrimp is in a scampi or any other sauce, you'd have to be a major palate to tell the difference and 99.9% of the people are not. Cheaper off the boat...if your boat is just working for fuel from the fish houses, then you have to get into a different business. As I said, I'm in a shrimping area and the shrimpers aren't stupid, they charge just about what the store charges...unless I catch them out in the Gulf, then I can get a bunch of pounds for a six pack.

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caleb

02-18-2007 16:06:25

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Sure miss that water there. in reply to coflyboy, 02-18-2007 12:25:51

Hey coflyboy where are you from? I grew up down there in the valley but now Im in College Station. Great fishing in the Laguna Madre. Thanks for the pic. Caleb

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coflyboy

02-18-2007 16:59:57

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Re: Sure miss that water there. in reply to caleb, 02-18-2007 16:06:25

I'm from west of Colorado Springs, CO in the mountains. I'm one of those pesky Winter Texans that stays on Long Island Village for four months in the winter.

I have friends here that go out often and seemingly always catch fish. I have not been out.

Are you familiar with the swing bridge to this island? It's the first one I've seen.

I'll try to post a picture of that bridge later.

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caleb

02-20-2007 21:06:52

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Re: Sure miss that water there. in reply to coflyboy, 02-18-2007 16:59:57

Yes that is a one of a kind bridge. I have stayed at that park several times as a "vacation" so to speak. I have always wondered how far down that cable goes so that boats can go over it without it catching the props. Is that bar (Margarita Mommas) still open just shore side of that bridge? I rebuilt all the refrigeration in that things a few years ago but I didnt think that rest would ever do well. Anyway take care and have fun. Valley people don t mind you winter texans, you bring what they dont have.....money. Caleb in TX(College Station that is)

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JOHN HARMON

02-18-2007 18:47:53

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Re: Sure miss that water there. in reply to coflyboy, 02-18-2007 16:59:57

Coflyboy ,are you near lake George or Florescent Co? My Son lives near the Fossil Beds north of Cripple Creek off Teller Cty. #1. Just wondering,John

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esd

02-18-2007 15:01:41

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Re: Shrimp boats are comin' in reply to coflyboy, 02-18-2007 12:25:51

hey BO, does everything else taste like chicken?

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02-18-2007 15:31:09

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Re: Shrimp boats are comin' in reply to esd, 02-18-2007 15:01:41

Nah....but bs is bs....I'm surrounded by shrimpers...it's good but no better than store bought. If there was a decent price differential, then it'd be worth it. You believe in tooth fairies?

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OK-AL

02-18-2007 14:12:13

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Re: Shrimp boats are comin' in reply to coflyboy, 02-18-2007 12:25:51

Great picture!

I wish that I could get fresh shrimp here. All we have in the grocery stores are frozen shrimp from Thailand or Vietnam.

Guess i'm going to have to make a trip south one of these days soon....

OK-AL

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02-18-2007 14:41:07

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Re: Shrimp boats are comin' in reply to OK-AL, 02-18-2007 14:12:13

Close your eyes and you can't tell the difference. I bought straight off the boat....with head on....no great bargain. When you take the weight of the head off then the price was equivalent to store bought. Tastes the same and really the same if you use shrimp sauce.

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