The Original O'l Farts Club.

[Mr_Hash]

My understanding was that off of Thailand's coast there was one area for farmed shrimp where the tidal currents resulted in sufficient filtration of the farmed waters to produce relatively clean shrimp.

But the remainder of the China sea coastal area was/is, as Unca Walt stated, a slower moving, quasi-septic treatment area.

The North Pacific and Bering Sea have been used for decades by various militaries (including the US) to scuttle weapons, military waste, ships, etc.

Then there's Fukushima and an increase in measurable amounts of cesium-137 in the salt water along the Alaska Coast; the Japanese Currents still being a real thing, and debris and contamination from that quake and nuke catastrophe washing up in Prince William Sound, SE Alaska Panhandle, and elsewhere along Alaska's West Coast. Among other places.

But Alaska has many farmed oyster locations, and I eat them routinely.

We sampled some aqua-farmed fish from Australia this early Fall/winter, barramundi, and despite it having a notable fishy flavor, I dredged it in whole wheat pastry flour and an egg and almond milk wash, followed by a Keto bread crumb and ground pecan coating, then deep-fried it, and it made a very delicate, tasty, crispy fish sandwich, which was another luxury I hadn't been able to eat due to carb counts for years, with homemade tartar sauce, thinly sliced sweet onion and crisp romaine lettuce, on a toasted Keto bun. Mmmmm.

Barramundi also boasts some of the lowest (nearly non-existent) heavy metals of any eating and sport fish. And it's about half the price of our pre-proportioned, individually sealed servings in a 3-lb. bag of our wild-caught sockeye salmon.

Though when it comes to 'fishy tasting' fish, I admit being a bit fonder of our sockeye's flavor, especially sauteed in a bit of soy sauce, touch of maple syrup, freshly minced ginger and garlic.

**Sorry about the dark font. My keyboard somehow got into it when I copied and pasted the correct spelling of 'barramundi'. I guess the computer saw a need for emphasis that I'd missed somehow.

They also put up a hell of a fight. They farm them in Florida... But the big boys are in Australia. They call em 'Barra... They get massive... They are anadromous, and serious Aussies angling for them usually get the big ones in small rivers....also deltas going into the mainland.

YouTube has tons of videos of the folk down under catching bigguns.

 

[moose eater]

They also put up a hell of a fight. They farm them in Florida... But the big boys are in Australia. They call em 'Barra... They get massive... They are anadromous, and serious Aussies angling for them usually get the big ones in small rivers....also deltas going into the mainland.

YouTube has tons of videos of the folk down under catching bigguns.

Yep, my research listed them as a sport fish, but apparently, they're easily farmed and clean as the day is long.

 

[moose eater]

Yep, my research listed them as a sport fish, but apparently, they're easily farmed and clean as the day is long.

And one of my favorite parts, relatively inexpensive fish protein..

 

[dogzter]

They also put up a hell of a fight. They farm them in Florida... But the big boys are in Australia. They call em 'Barra... They get massive... They are anadromous, and serious Aussies angling for them usually get the big ones in small rivers....also deltas going into the mainland.

YouTube has tons of videos of the folk down under catching bigguns.

They remind me of snook.

 

[Mr_Hash]

They remind me of snook.

Yeah it's crazy. They look like a mix of largemouth bass and snook haha

 

[dogzter]

Yeah it's crazy. They look like a mix of largemouth bass and snook haha

Looks like something to become obsessed about.










I haven't wet a line in 14 years and still have the shakes.

 

[moose eater]

Looks like something to become obsessed about.










I haven't wet a line in 14 years and still have the shakes.

I'd go into spiritual withdrawals if I couldn't fish. That's my church, whether ice fishing the end of March in the Wrangell-St. Elias Range, or trolling Aishihik Lake in early to mid-July in the Yukon Territory of Canada.

Good eats, nice fires, meditation time, good beer and beverages, good cannabis and hashish, and sometimes good family time... in the virtual middle of nowhere

 

[BubbasPlace]

Here is our new addition. Trying to think up an appropriate name. Ideas?

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He is the spitting image of my 99 year old mother's cat! His name is Marley.

 

[moose eater]

 

[Putembk]

I am haunted by water. I am happiest when walking a river with a fly rod!

 

[bigsur51]

Neutered, all shots and has a chip... which needs to be changed. Gonna take him into our vet to be checked out.

do t forget to look into an all meat diet too

cats are carnivores and in my opinion they do not need grains or veggies , just meat and fish

 

[moose eater]

I am haunted by water. I am happiest when walking a river with a fly rod!

Standing at the edge of the salt water, or rocking in a boat out in the Gulf of Alaska with land barely visible can make a person feel smaller and more powerless than many other experiences, like atoms lost in the universe, bouncing off of whatever we encounter.

 

[Sun&Soil]

do t forget to look into an all meat diet too

cats are carnivores and in my opinion they do not need grains or veggies , just meat and fish

You should have a talk with my cat. She's all about the veggies and fruits. She'll choose banana over chicken any day of the week.

Weirdo kitty.

 

[bigsur51]

awesome tune thanks

the rhythm and beats reminded me of this tune

gawd I love that funky guitar

 

[moose eater]

You should have a talk with my cat. She's all about the veggies and fruits. She'll choose banana over chicken any day of the week.

Weirdo kitty.

Our shepherds have often eaten whatever was offered or happened to drop to the floor, though the puppy is more apt to eat baby spinach than the current older shepherd is.

 

[dogzter]

I have had dogs that would wreck a carrot patch.
We use the old Purina dog and cat chows.
Just fill the bowls and keep them like that or the complaints start rolling in.

 

[Putembk]

Ziggy just used his cat box..... relief for both him and me!

My house is happy again......

 

[moose eater]

awesome tune thanks

the rhythm and beats reminded me of this tune

gawd I love that funky guitar

That rhythmic, 'plunky' guitar is semi-regular in a lot of folk and Americana music. Blaze Foley would get into that zone and maintain the tempo it produced like a steamroller that had built up some sort of self-perpetuating motion.

I have had dogs that would wreck a carrot patch.
We use the old Purina dog and cat chows.
Just fill the bowls and keep them like that or the complaints start rolling in.

When we take in a pup that's either been under-fed, or on a questionable diet (and you know when you look at them and feel their ribs and hips), I've come to swear by an upscale large-breed puppy chow that notably helped our current older GSD to reach her potential, and left her with a really nice coat; Diamond Naturals Large Breed Puppy Chow with lamb and rice.

She'd been on a less-than-adequate diet of 'Ol' Roy' from Walmart throughout her puppy-hood, as a matter of that being what her former owner could afford. We took her in at between 8 and 9 months, giving her original owner her requested nominal fee, and the chow helped her make up lost ground and flat-out blossom.

I now swear by the stuff, until the age of 2-years, with a somewhat routinely added egg on top.

 

[Africanna]

I am haunted by water. I am happiest when walking a river with a fly rod!

Yep. Next to the sea or river for me

 

[moose eater]