Scallop Night

0930, Saturday, May 16, 2014

 

Light E winds, seventy degrees, clear skies. Dolphins came by. Expect to see them less frequently as we move north. A pleasant night, however this morning the usual fleet of power boats coming by, a couple thoughtlessly throwing up big bow waves. One that almost knocked our coffee pot over, an offence punishable by death.

On the move at 10:30 hours from Adams Creek, and soon entered the Neuse River. Oriental lays to the west just across the river but we head north. Sailed for a while but winds light and variable so we motored down the Neuse past Gum Thicket Shoal and Maw Point where to take a left into the Bay River and reentered the ICW at Mile 160. Stopped at RE Mayo’s, where shrimp boats sell their daily catches. We tied up at the dock and bought ocean scallops. Paid eighteen dollars a pound which is exorbitant but these scallops could have not been fresher. Straight from the catch boat into our boat. Are we looking forward to tonight’s supper!

 

 

Check out this guy's weird "house", an RV topper on an old single car ferry.

Continued past Hobucken Bridge then to Campbell Creek, where we anchored at ICW mile 154 after a 33 mile run.

Dinner time!

Cocktailed up, enjoyed the evening, anticipating those super large sea scallops. Into the pan they go swimming in butter, pepper and garlic, simmered for no more than four minutes, served immediately. Lip smacking good! Carrots and rice side.

The wild scallop fishery is for the Atlantic sea scallop (Placopecten magellanicus) found off northeastern United States and eastern Canada. Unfortunately the harvest method is generally by dredging or bottom trawling both methods which cause significant damage to other bottom flora and fauna.

We eat the adductor muscle, the larger and ever so tasty muscle responsible for opening and closing the scallop shell.

I don’t know why I feel compelled to tell you these things, I just do.

Tomorrow, onward into Pamlico Sound and Ocracoke, NC.

 

Sunset on Adams Creek