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Boat sack of oysters

Posted on 12/28/23 at 4:52 pm
Posted by Trevaylin
south texas
Member since Feb 2019
5967 posts
Posted on 12/28/23 at 4:52 pm

80 bucks this afternoon for a boat sack of oysters, big burlap bag. It's somewhat tradition to get a sack during the holidays and this sack is really good. Large and south Texas salty. Back in the 1960 period my dad would take us to bayou Sally south of Houma to pick oysters. They taken from a shallow bayou that commercial boats could not pass, so they were very large, but not very salty. 4 oysters made good po-boy then.
the ones today were harvested in the Palascis area of Texas, maybe this morning. Last year Wildlife and fisheries closed most of the texas coast. So today is a real treat.
Posted by Basura Blanco
Member since Dec 2011
8384 posts
Posted on 12/28/23 at 5:21 pm to
Galveston Bay had some great, productive reefs pre-Ike. Smithpoint was destroyed in the storm and it drove all of the commercial activity to the beds adjacent to South and North Deer Island effectively over fishing them for a decade. It is finally coming back but slowly.

Posted by Tiger In the Swamp
Louisiana
Member since May 2014
841 posts
Posted on 12/28/23 at 6:36 pm to
Where’d you buy them at? Thanks
Posted by choupiquesushi
yaton rouge
Member since Jun 2006
30714 posts
Posted on 12/28/23 at 6:37 pm to
Mais I eat some crazy shiite as my user name suggests but... I dunno if I'd be eating ersters out of an area that was closed last year... but hey.. that's just me...
Posted by Cool Hand Luke
Member since Oct 2008
1806 posts
Posted on 12/29/23 at 7:00 am to
There were 50 - 60 boats in Lavaca Bay when we passed through Wednesday fishing oysters. Must be good hauls coming in.
Posted by KemoSabe65
70605
Member since Mar 2018
5205 posts
Posted on 12/29/23 at 8:37 am to
They’re Cooning them in big lake and west cove. I guess it’s easier than tonging but still has to be a beotch getting in and out of the water.
Posted by Motorboat
At the camp
Member since Oct 2007
22707 posts
Posted on 12/29/23 at 9:16 am to
The oyster boats were working Bayou Sale earlier this week. Last sack I had from that area was the saltiest I’ve ever had.
Posted by Trevaylin
south texas
Member since Feb 2019
5967 posts
Posted on 12/29/23 at 10:54 am to
Alby's fish market, Rockport tx
Posted by TopWaterTiger
Lake Charles, LA
Member since May 2006
10224 posts
Posted on 12/29/23 at 10:56 am to
quote:

Boat sack of oysters

80 bucks this afternoon for a boat sack of oysters, big burlap bag.


never heard "boat sack" always just a sack of oysters. You talking about it is making me want some though. Love raw oysters this time of year.
Posted by kook
Berrytown
Member since Sep 2013
1903 posts
Posted on 12/29/23 at 12:07 pm to
Back in the day I remember fishing with my Dad and uncle in Vermillion bay. There was a reef you could pick oysters, but couldn't leave with them. We would sit and eat till we were full and go back to fishing
Posted by Trevaylin
south texas
Member since Feb 2019
5967 posts
Posted on 12/29/23 at 1:16 pm to
Did you use a large screw driver from the boat tool kit to open them??
Posted by Trevaylin
south texas
Member since Feb 2019
5967 posts
Posted on 12/29/23 at 1:22 pm to
Boat sack is the ruff burlap bag that Parks and wildlife uses to standardize catch limits by commercial fishing. Back in the day, around south Louisiana, this used to be recycled coffee bean sacking.
Fish houses will also sell half sacks and onion sacks for smaller quantities
Posted by gumbo2176
Member since May 2018
15256 posts
Posted on 12/29/23 at 2:02 pm to
quote:

80 bucks this afternoon for a boat sack of oysters, big burlap bag.



Sounds like you're talking about a 100 lb. sack of oysters like you could get back in the day before those damn half-sacks became a thing.

I can remember my dad getting those for $10 and they would contain 20-22 dozen oysters.

The last real sack of oysters I got had to be about 25 years ago now that I got from an old guy in lower St. Bernard Parish that had 2 oyster boats and he sold sacks to me for $40.

The last time I checked, half-sacks with less than 100 oysters were going for $55 + tax at local seafood markets.
Posted by tke_swamprat
Houma, LA
Member since Aug 2004
9802 posts
Posted on 12/29/23 at 2:04 pm to
My cousin from Buras grabbed a sack from friend of his who fishes oysters. I actually ate 3-4 raw and they were super salty. I'm more of a chargrilled kind of person so I did about 3-4 dozen on the pit.
Posted by kook
Berrytown
Member since Sep 2013
1903 posts
Posted on 12/29/23 at 2:42 pm to
No doubt
Posted by Bigfishchoupique
Member since Jul 2017
8468 posts
Posted on 12/29/23 at 6:04 pm to
If I knew someone around Houma that could shuck me a sack of oysters I would buy them one. I can’t shuck because my left hand doesn’t work anymore.

I’m craving some good unwashed oysters.
Posted by Antib551
Houma, LA
Member since Dec 2018
948 posts
Posted on 12/29/23 at 7:14 pm to
I might could make that happen. I don't mind shucking but I don't know if I like it that much! Lol!
Posted by StrikeIndicator
inside the capital city loop.
Member since May 2019
449 posts
Posted on 12/29/23 at 8:36 pm to
Took the wife’s Yukon to the camp one weekend, picked up a sack under the bridge in empire and just threw it in the cargo area …. Shiet stunk for a few weeks. Fond memories.
Posted by Higgysmalls
Ft Lauderdale
Member since Jun 2016
6474 posts
Posted on 12/29/23 at 10:08 pm to
I have no want to eat more than 6. I'm good
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