I’m no Phil but here’s how I do it and mine aren’t mushy. I’ve been doing it this way for lots of years for my wife and I and groups as large as 75.
1. cut the boneless fillets into at least 2 pieces
2. soak them in a mixture of milk, egg and mustard
3. put corn meal into a gallon zip lock bag and drop the pieces into it
4. zip the bag and gently move it around coating each piece
5. place each piece into my hot canola oil Fry Daddy or fish fryer depending on amount being cooked
6. cook until golden brown (don’t over cook)
I had business in Stockton yesterday so I drove by the ramps in that area. Hawker-courtesy dock is in and good water color. Stockton Park-courtesy dock is in and good water color. Crabtree Cove-courtesy dock is in and the water is super clear.
I went home on Hwy 245. The area around Cedar Ridge looks like coffee with cream added. I did not check the courtesy dock.
There was 1 rig at Hawker, 1 at Stockton and 2 at Crabtree.
My comes by motor tech and my small engine guy both recommend it so that is what I do. A few bucks here and there don’t amount to much in the grand scheme of things.
877.41 at 1:30 still rising. I talked with the State Park and COE. Both have pulled the courtesy docks.
If any of you are close by, how about some pics.
We’ve been getting about an inch a day but in the last 10 hours we have received 3.5” of rain. So I guessing that James will be flooding.
I checked USGS for Stockton. It has come up 2 feet since midnight.
Good day for sure. They were also biting in the James. My neighbor figured it up on the way home. We caught a fish very 7 minutes and 23 seconds but never had a double . My birds showed 64 and 65 every where we went.
My neighbor and I fished below Cape Fair today we couldn’t get bit except on plastic. We caught fish everywhere we stopped. We used shaky and Ned. We caught fish on every color that we threw except Meat Dog. We caught 49 greenies and spots with 7 nice keepers. We fished from 8:30-2:30. Only 1 other rig was in the lot when we arrived and only 2 others when we left.
What does it look like around the Marina, up in the river, below Buzzard? Anyone know? I’ll be down there in the morning with my neighbor. I’m wondering if I should plan for the river or bigger water. The last time I was there I clogged up my speedometer pickup and still don’t have all the wood out.
I need room in my Ned/Shaky box. I took out some of the jig heads that I haven’t used lately. There is an assortment of sizes and types, Ned, banana, ball, football, wobble head, etc. I will sell the lot for $15 shipping included.
I fished the dam area today. I tried spinnerbait, jig, ned and shaky. It was slow. I had 10 bites and caught 9 bass. 4 of them were nice keepers. All on shaky. The water clarity was good. I could see the bottom in 10’. The surface temperature was from 55° to 59°. There was no pattern. Some were near points and some were in coves. They were 4 to 15’ deep.