Fried Florida Oysters *Catch, Cook, Clean*
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ต.ค. 2024
- Harvesting our own oysters fresh from the ICW in St Augustine!
We fried them up this time… watch now for a few tips and tricks on how to shuck and the best strategies for frying!
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One of the last trips out to the channel and the surrounding marsh we got tide trapped in our little tri-hull. Water where we were was just enough to kiss the bottom of the center V. The outboard though we had to tilt so the water intake wouldn't jam with marsh mud.
Sat out there picking over all the oyster beds in the immediate area. Slogged through knee deep mud to get to a few others. Finished off with handlineing a basket of crabs. It was just about 9 at night when we got out and were able to double net throw for shrimp.
Spent the night cleaning the oysters, heading and veining the shrimp for the party the next day. All the oysters divided into batches and put in the chiller. Crash out for a few hours, go pull crab pots while someone stayed back for more party prep. Move cars, string up the lights. Set the tables, pick up a new 100lb propane for the fryer. Split wood for the fire and descaled the cook plate for the oysters. Burlap sacks in a bucket to soak, build a good fire and arrange cinder blocks around it the plate over the fire. First batch oysters on the plate with a dozen welks, two sacks over and hose to keep it damp. Shrimp in fryer, more head on shrimp in a boil pot with stone claws, sausage, potatoes, corn, onions and lemon halves.
Catfish, snapper filets, flounder, breaded, battered fried. Onion rings, fries from red potatoes. Also had hotdogs for some of the kids that thought seafood was gross. Food came in cycles, shrimp, crabs, claws, hit the table first, oysters next. Peel, shuck, crack and eat fresh off the cook. Eat till you couldn't anymore. Sit back swap stories for an hour or two, second round of cooking and eating. Repeat till midnight or later, leave everything till next day for cleaning up.
Shut down a whole section of a street for that, anyone that happened along was invited. Po-po, neighbors, random strangers trying to find the near by beach. Of course all the friends.
Now that is a party!!!!
Again for fried oysters. I love progresso Italian bread crumbs, fry them and olive oil same as collabs. Just yum
Grew up in Hastings, lived on Crescent Beach and used to fish out of Devil’s Elbow Fish Camp when it was only mobile homes. So cool to y’all filming in the area that holds a lot of memories for me. Cool vlogs!!
I would have loved to see it back then!
I fucking knew you couldn't let those store bought oysters be the video!!!!! Good man!
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Never tried the freezer method. Fried oysters and fried softshelled crabs are my favorite! Thanks for the video.
I need some soft shells!
Best TH-camr in FL. Mullet rocks too.
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i have shucked 1000's and 1000's of oysters and you did it like a pro brother ,, great job ... i see videos of people showing others how to open oysters and they dont have a clue what there talking about but you did it bang on ..
Thanks man
The oyster shell light fixture is phenomenal! Easily 5 bills for artistic value alone. Great video.
She knocked it out of the park!
I was raised in Virginia and the oysters were very good. Loved living there on the coast. Great video keep them coming.
Awesome! Thank you!
blair witch.......love it
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Love the food! The chandelier looks awesome!
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that is super cool what crystal made! Awesome! You have some serious talent.!
She is pretty cool 😎
G'day mate another fantastic video and I love the cook up that you do. Love everything about you and your family. So thank you so very much for making these videos for me and I will see you next time mate 🙏🐟🎣🇦🇺
Thanks 👍
That looked delicious. I haven't had any fried oysters in many, many moons. I live in Wisconsin now, so no chance for fresh ones. Love all of your videos. I really appreciate how you explain the importance of returning the shells to the beds. I would have never thought of that.
You need some fresh oysters in ya life! Thx
I sub to F/V Miss Paula too, love your content as always! Love when you team up with Blue Gabe too!
Yes sir both good friends
Looks delicious! Thanks for sharing the oil absorber.
Any time!
I really do not care for Oysters Ian but your catching process and other seafood is great, interesting content, keep up the great work! You will have a million subs in mo time at all! I remember when Gabe started out and look at him now! I love your honest and sincere discription's in your posts. Keep up the good work! Shared on FB!
Thank you for sharing!
Love the video, you guys seem like you have fun making them. Will most definitely be trying that mayo dip!!! Already looking forward to the next video!!
Thank you!!!
Awesome video as usual. We need to do our homework and find out where we can harvest some oysters down here in the new Smyrna Beach area.
Good luck!
Love the videos. Looking forward to the next one! It's people like you and Gabe I started this path!
Awesome! Thank you!
That's a great idea about freezing them , I usually end up making oyster fritters .
Great idea!
Hey Tug, I’ve been busy lately so I missed your last couple videos., I really enjoy your content so I’ll go back and watch them all when I get a little free time. Tell Crystal that her chandelier is awesome. Keep great videos coming.
Awesome man we appreciate ya watching!
Y'all are great ! My favorite part of the videos is when you're interacting with each other! I'm glad to see your channel taking off !
Thank you so much!!
Great video Tug! Oysters are so delicious. I do prefer them raw, but deep fried or bbq are delicious too
Agreed!
You’re making me hungry, looks delicious !
Thanks!
As usual, great video! I live in St. Augustine, hopefully I’ll run into you guys out there on the water some day! Keep up the great content. Just as good as deer meat for dinner! Thanks again!
Say hello if ya do!
Doesn’t get much better than a tug video! You’re the man. Love the videos!
I appreciate that!
The draped Oyster shells over the light fixture looks awesome, actually really nice touch over the dining room table!
Been doing the freezer thing for along time and it works very well. 4 lb's in there right now. Throwing the shells back in the water is good for young spat to grow new colonies on the old shells. Spat are baby oysters for your info and Tug you made me hungry. Thanks for another great vid. Old Master Gunnery SGT USMC.
Yea sir!
Great family man! Thanks for all your hard work. Nice way to combine two of the most important things in life. North Florida cost to cost
Very cool video like the oil stuff at the end
Thanks 👍
Man I always look forward to your videos. 👍
Thank you!
Great oysters. That is how I do them.
Them mantanzas oysters are real good
Yea sir
Another awesome video. Ready to try the fry away on our next catfish/crappie weekend coming up. Keep up the good work.
It’s a great project. Easy clean up
That breader mix is made not to far from my house here in NC
Awesome I love it
The Toadfish oyster knife is what have. Works Great!
Yes sir
Yummy oysters!!! Nice tip on the freezer use, and the oil trashing product
Thank you!
Freezing? Great idea!!!
Right?!
Great video! Moved back to Florida last year. At Publix yesterday oysters are a $1.09 each. Looked up harvesting, and found your videos. Anything special about what oysters to harvest? Always heard you couldn’t eat the ones that were out of the water on low tide. That obviously doesn’t look like the case. I looked up our local map, regulation, and season. Think I found our spot.
We’re also going to do some blue crabbing because of your video.
We’re going to be eating GOOD!!!
Thanks for your time!
Love you hear it! Enjoy!
CJ ON THE FV MISS PAULA!!
CJ is the man!!
@@TugTrashOutdoors yes he is! Ask him on his next video, if he is from DUNDALK. LOL
Great video! Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching!
Thanks for the content 😁👍🇺🇸💪✌️
Thanks for watching!
Cool video guys!
Love the channel
Thanks!!
keep up the good work, a lot of us old timers live through you.....
I appreciate that
Awesome video bro! I live in NC and I have family on the coast here, go there 4 or 5 times a year to duck hunt and fish, and harvest some of those NC oysters! I carry a little hammer to nub them with, and I use a toadfish knife as well
Awesome! Pretty up there
Good vedio, I shall add freezing step to my fried oysters. I pour my used oil over burn pit logs.
That's a great idea!
We fried fish weekly as well. When we were done frying, my grandma would put 1/2 a potatoes in the oil, and fry till dk brown. She said the potato would absorb the fishy flavor from the oil, so that you could use the oil multiple times. Please let me know your opinion. Thanks
I’ll try it!
Hey buddy that was a great video. I love how it just flows. You have got me wanting some fry oysters. God Bless you and the family. Sam
Thanks 👍
Fried oysters are the best.👍🏻
Yes they are!
You and your wife: oh wow, a cute crab is inside the oyster 🥹
Your daughter: oh wow a little crab-aaaaaaaaand it’s gone 😈
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I will eating some oysters myself tomorrow.
Awesome video, where do you get the fry away? Hubby fills coffee cans lol . Tell your wife I love the oyster shell light!
There is a link to there website in the description
I have never given a comment in fact it took me awhile to figure out how to comment...that there oyster light chandelier...hey that ret there kool...
I appreciate it !!
Dahm son.....you sure know how to sell out a suppliers stock! Ended the video went for a knife....sold out....
Went for the sportsman knife....sold out......looking at the shrimp cleaner.....sold out.....sgit man.....all the products you push are sold out!
Oh no!
@Tug Trash Outdoors yea man....def not a bad thing....but now I gotta stalk toadfish website.....dahm......I'm hurt.....there are definitely worse things to do.....hahahaha keep the content rolling! Maybe a few collaboration soon? Would love to see a mix of people
And you going in the right spots for them bull oyster
Dude! I’m so gonna get some of that Fry Away! I hate poor in out old fish grease and definitely NEVER poor in down the drain! PS oysters looked amazing 🤜🏼
Thanks !
Awesome video, Ian! Fried oysters are delicious 🦪
Thank you! 🙌🏽
I swear y’all make me want to eat oysters but I know I won’t like em. I just can’t do it. I’ve tried so many times.
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Since you ground your boat on some rough bottom you might consider one of those stick on keel guard products. Loved the fried oyster tip, never heard that and it makes sense. Crystal’s oyster chandelier was very cool. Thanks for taking me along on another fun outing.
Great idea
love your video. Hi Crystal
Loving your channel! Learning a ton! Keep building up ur library. The revenue reward will come. Glad Blue Gabe had u on his channel.
Thank you
Oh my gosh I could be Krystal’s best friend! She totally rocks!!! Anyways, once again a great video Ian. We haven’t lived in St Augustine for very long and would love to get my own oysters but I’m so new to this fishing thing that I’m afraid of getting bad ones. Are there bad ones?
We always check for off smells, cloudy or off putting colors when we open them, and if they have no juice inside, that’s not a good oyster.
Thanks for the support !!
Sweet videos ❤
Thank you 😁
Great video Tug.....
Look forward to every new video.....✌
Thanks 👍
Great video as usual,',,,👍👍
Thanks 👍
Those oysters looked great and I'm going to give that fry away product a try.
Thank you!
The Oyster shell Chandelier is Awesome! And you are so rite, House Autry is the best Breader!
Yep!
Bro, 8.5k views?? Ya famous homeboy
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That's just like the stuff that I use to gel the water in toilets when I'm moving them.
Anotherr great video and I'm trying the FryAWay product. I wonder if you could make a camping candle out of the FryAway oil? Thanks for the tip!
Yes you can!
Subscribed. Glad to find a good TH-camr relatively close to where I live 🎉
Thank you 🙏🏼
Just watched you for the first liked the video just subscribed will definitely watch more
Thank you!!
Another great video!!! Good job guys. Y'all are so cute and funny keep up the fantastic work ☺️
Thank you so much 😁
Great video! Love the chandelier your wife made.
Thank you!
Great content 👍
Thank you 🙌
Very nice!!
Thanks!
Thanks buddy for sharing your videos 👍
Glad you like them!
Thanks for making these video's.
No worries! Thank you
Saint Augustine oysters are the best hands down
Yes sir!
Definitely gonna have to try Fry-Away
Yeah! Check it out! Link in the bio…
Thank You for the info on the Oyster Bar. If and when I get the opportunity, I’ll return the shells to the bar.
Those little crabs are good
Y’all have great videos! Thank you for emphasizing taking care of the great outdoors God has blessed us with! My wife spent 34 years inspecting corporations making sure they did not destroy this great environment through her career in the EPA! All outdoors people need to do the same thing! God bless you!
Wow, thank you!
Cool video thanks for the tip on the Oster
No problem 👍
kool light
That was another good one Cappie!!!
Thanks again!
At 3:05 I saw the duck too, all good
love the videos man!! keep it up !!
Thanks! Will do!
I love oysters on the half shell or fried!
Yes sir
I have got to try the freezer method. I always have a hard time frying oysters. Side note.... I couldn't help but notice, the gator hide on the wall and the skull. Did you use a outfitter to take them? If so, what outfitter do you recommend? As alaways, great video @tugtrashoutdoors
I did for both. Skull local in st Augustine and hide a place in Cocoa, Fl.
@@TugTrashOutdoors any recommendations on a good gator outfitter?
Is it environmentally safe?
Yes
That product is awesome!!! I’ll have to look at getting some of that for my used oil! Thank you for the tip
Great idea on making the oil solid
Yes, thank you
Where do you get the oil packet to do what you done to get rid of the old oil I love watching your vids up the great work myself and my husband love to fish and camp we live in northern Calif out by Sacramento
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@@TugTrashOutdoors thank you very much
Do it again and make sandwiches
Nice one!
We call those quahogs or cherry stones here in Maine. Interesting way to cook them. I'll have to try it
You know a thing or 2 about them oysters!😉
Learned from a great guy! Little odd but great
Love them fried, steamed or raw
Yes sir