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12-11-2008, 07:46 PM
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And the search goes on
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: cape cod
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Moby Oyster
Not Striper related but I thought I would share this with you guys went claming today and found some freaky %$%$%$%$ , the biggest Oyster Ive ever seen but I havnt seen to many so I dont know? seems big to me , Ill give a dollar to any one who will eat it....
Last edited by moosh; 01-18-2010 at 07:14 PM..
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12-11-2008, 09:42 PM
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Location: Chatham, MA
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that's a keeper. Gimme a cold gansett and I'll wolf that sob down. I love oysters with a crisp white wine, but a cold beer will also do well.
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12-11-2008, 11:46 PM
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Seal Control
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Caver, Ma.
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Wow thats a chocker!!!
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"All my friends are Flakes!!"
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12-11-2008, 11:48 PM
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Location: Southern RI
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I'll take one dozen raw.
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12-12-2008, 09:04 AM
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Location: Georgetown MA
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Bet that holds a lot of Tabasco...
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"If you're arguing with an idiot, make sure he isn't doing the same thing."
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12-12-2008, 10:44 AM
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Location: Stony Point So-Co RI
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That is definitely a monster ... well by today's standards anyway.
I have found a number places along the shore in South County where the Native Americans threw their trash . The proper name for these spots are Middens . Most are at least 350 years old. A number of these are in plain sight . Some of these middens stand 6' tall and are 20' long or more . They look like mounds of earth , or small hills . some have trees growing out of them. They are made up almost entirely of shells and bone . You dont have to dig to find them , just scuffing your foot a couple times will expose them . The size of the oyster shells in these middens is amazing . Moby would have been a little below the average size in those days. They look like a pile of old shoe soles when you see them . The average size then I would say was 10 - 12" . 
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12-12-2008, 12:55 PM
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Join Date: May 2007
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don't throw those slippershells away, popem off and saute in garlic butter, they're grrreeeeaaaatttt.
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"never met a bluefish i wouldn't sell"
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12-12-2008, 03:34 PM
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Jiggin' Leper Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2000
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 1dozenraw
I'll take one dozen raw.
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Rather have a dozen littlenecks than that thing  |
Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools, because they have to say something.
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12-12-2008, 07:49 PM
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: CT/RI
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Quote:
Originally Posted by maddmatt
don't throw those slippershells away, popem off and saute in garlic butter, they're grrreeeeaaaatttt.
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I'll have to try that with the slipper shells one if the places I clam is infested with them! I have to find a spot that has some oysters |
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12-12-2008, 08:15 PM
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Geezer Gone Wild
Join Date: Nov 2001
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That could definitely cause an ******** lasting more than four hours...
Although personally I think the old saw about oysters being an aphrodisiac is a myth - I had a dozen a while back and only 10 worked... 
Bada bing -
Last edited by Crafty Angler; 12-12-2008 at 10:52 PM..
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"There is no royal road to this heavy surf-fishing. With all the appliances for comfort experience can suggest, there is a certain amount of hard work to be done and exposure to be bourne as a part of the price of success." From "Striped Bass," Scribner's Magazine, 1881.
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12-12-2008, 08:29 PM
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Old Guy
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Mansfield, MA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by tangler
That is definitely a monster ... well by today's standards anyway.
I have found a number places along the shore in South County where the Native Americans threw their trash . The proper name for these spots are Middens . Most are at least 350 years old. A number of these are in plain sight . Some of these middens stand 6' tall and are 20' long or more . They look like mounds of earth , or small hills . some have trees growing out of them. They are made up almost entirely of shells and bone . You dont have to dig to find them , just scuffing your foot a couple times will expose them . The size of the oyster shells in these middens is amazing . Moby would have been a little below the average size in those days. They look like a pile of old shoe soles when you see them . The average size then I would say was 10 - 12" .
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In the 'Big Oyster' it was not uncommon to cut an oyster into 4 pieces to eat it. Size of dinner plates |
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12-12-2008, 08:50 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Sturbridge MA
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The Big oyster was a good book.
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Everything is better on the rocks.
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12-13-2008, 08:37 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: 4 hours from my favorite place
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike P
Rather have a dozen littlenecks than that thing |
I agree. Never aquired the taste for oysters.
Funny, seems like everyone I know either likes one or the other but rarely both? |
Simplify.......
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12-13-2008, 10:52 AM
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Geezer Gone Wild
Join Date: Nov 2001
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It's take 'em or leave 'em for me on Northern oysters -
But fresh shucked Appalachicolas - good God almighty, that's my idea of something... |
"There is no royal road to this heavy surf-fishing. With all the appliances for comfort experience can suggest, there is a certain amount of hard work to be done and exposure to be bourne as a part of the price of success." From "Striped Bass," Scribner's Magazine, 1881.
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12-14-2008, 10:17 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: warwick RI
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Ya know what I'm thinking ... "PEARL ?"
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still by the firelight
and purple moonlight
I hear the rusted river's call
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12-15-2008, 10:24 AM
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Location: North Cambridge, MA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Crafty Angler
It's take 'em or leave 'em for me on Northern oysters -
But fresh shucked Appalachicolas - good God almighty, that's my idea of something... |
I feel the same way about puget sound oysters. They are the best. |
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12-16-2008, 12:49 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: mashpee, mass
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They tend to have a better chance at growing that large when they are grown in cages with a little extra TLC as i suspect that one had.
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12-16-2008, 01:09 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2007
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I Like all oysters, but my favs are the Appalachacolas. We used to buy them by the burlap sack, get a pony keg and invite everyone over. I liked em best raw with a little hot sauce, but there was always a grill going with oyster cooking in their shells.
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12-16-2008, 07:59 PM
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And the search goes on
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: cape cod
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Quote:
Originally Posted by scmarques
They tend to have a better chance at growing that large when they are grown in cages with a little extra TLC as i suspect that one had.
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Hey mister know it all I found that under a dock , , dont question my integrity again!!! |
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