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Publisher’s Page By: George Scocca


Editor’s Waypoint

First and foremost I want to wish everyone a healthy, happy and prosperous new year. Also, for anyone reading this column whom

has suff ered under the wrath of hurricane (or super storm) Sandy, our best wishes are extended to you for a full recovery. Many of Nor’east Saltwater readers have donated ti me and resources to help and we hope by the ti me you read this, that our government addresses the issues holding up the criti cal funds needed to rebuild your homes and lives.

For our fi rst issue of 2013, we think we have a litt le something for most of our readers. We know that there are many of you who fi sh throughout the winter and who are probably anxiously awaiti ng the arrival of codfi sh that hopefully will migrate to the Block Island area, within reach of many of our recreati on fi shing adverti sers. This criti cal fi shery has been a wonderful fi nancial shot in the arm, especially to the boats leaving from the Montauk Point area, and we hope that last year’s so-so cod run does not repeat itself this year. In anti cipati on of a great run of cod, all of you who plan to make the trip to Montauk or other fi shing port must read Tony Salerno’s feature enti tled “Winter Cod Miss Montauk Style”. I’m sure everyone will enjoy Tony’s informati ve, detailed and down to earth style of writi ng.

For those of you who are lucky enough to sneak off to Florida for some fi shing this winter, you just have to read Captain Zac Grossman’s feature enti tled “Local Weather Forecast: Hot Showers of Ballyhoo That Is”. Captain Zac, who is a year-round resident of Florida, is about one of the most avid anglers I know and a frequent contributor to our magazine. Each of his features is packed with exciti ng details and informati on to make your Florida fi shing trips go as smooth as a Tefl on drag. We are fortunate to know Captain Zac and view him as one of the best sources on Florida fi shing that there is.

Lastly but not least, for all of you “couch potatoes” out there looking for something to do this winter that will prepare you for this upcoming fi shing season, here is a reminder that now is the ti me to get your reels maintained, poles cleaned and repaired, rigs ti ed and tackle organized. For those of you who have dabbled in salt water fl y fi shing, the cold winter days are perfect for you to spend your ti me in the warmth of your house, tying some much needed new saltwater fl ies. To help you do this, you need to check out Bob Banfelder’s feature enti tled “Manti s Shrimp Recipe for 7-Inch Fly.” It gives you step by step instructi ons accompanied by images that will make tying this popular saltwater fl y nice and easy.

We hope you enjoy this issue which is published in digital format, accessible on our website at Noreast.com either via your computer or other smart electronic device. And while we are talking about digital format magazines, if you want to see what the fi shing and outdoors is like in a few other states that Allcoast Media produces outdoor magazines in digital format, check out Ifi sh.net based in Oregon and 2coolfi shing.com based in Texas. I’m positi ve you will love them too.

By Sal Amendolia


For Your Information By Robert Pavlick

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Offshore anglers, learn from the experts in offshore fishing. The Canyon Runner Offshore Seminar Series has two shows. The Atlantic City seminar is January 26th at the Atlantic City Convention Center. The Long Island seminar is February 23rd at the Huntington Hilton. Each show will feature main seminartopics like trolling, jigging, electronics, chunking, and tournament winning techniques. Breakout sessions will cover even more topics like daytime sword fishing, water temps, and more! For more info visit canyonrunner.com or call 732-842-6825

The East Meadow Fishing Flea Market is held at 123 Merrick Avenue in East Meadow, NY. Show hours are 9am-3pm. For more info contact Don at 718-998-8794

The RT 110 Fishing Flea Market will be held at Camelot Hall, 585 Broadhollow Rd(RT 110) in Melville, NY. The show hours are 9am-3pm on February 23rd. The show features new, used, and antique tackle as well as raffle prizes. For more info contact Don at 718-998-8794

The Castafari & The Hook Up Big Game bash will be held at the Marriot Hotel in Quincy, Massachusetts.This event is New England’s premier offshore fishing seminar. Presenters have a combined 13 state andworld record catches and 36 tournament wins, including 9 first place wins. For more information visithttp://www.castafari.com/big-game-bash .

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This Suffern Show features saltwater and freshwater tackle manufacturers and vendors, fishing guides,and more. You will also find hunting vendors and guides at this show. The Suffern Show is held atRockland Community College in Suffern, NY. For more information visit sportshows.com/suffern

The Ward Melville High School Fishing Club is a group of 18 high school students and is lead by facultymember Bob Wilson. This is a legit board of education approved fishing club promoting fishing on Long Island! The club’s inaugural year was 2012. They meet weekly and Bob leads instruction on various fishing topics such as tying rigs and bucktails, an outing to learn to catch bait, some surf fishing trips, and club members and took local beach party boat fishing trips.


Salt on the Fly By Anthony Alessi

As winter sets in and the last of the good fishing of the fall becomes a memory, many of us turn

our attention to other things for a few months. For many this is the time of year to catch up on house projects and other chores that are pushed aside during the eight months of fishing season between April and November. This effort is noble and probably goes a long way towards keeping many homes, and marriages, intact. For others, the idea of not fishing for a few months is not an option, and so travel agents are called upon to arrange long journeys to tropical locations in pursuit of bonefish, tarpon and other exotics. This is great fun for sure, especially since it usually comes with a suntan and rum punch. For those of us that have to stick closer to home but feel they will simply cease to be if they couldn’t wet a line for a few months, there is another option besides ice fishing…power plants. The practice of fishing the warm water outflow from a power plant during the winter is known by many of us but practiced by few. I suppose that is a good thing as we are talking about small pockets of angling opportunity here. Crowds would be defined by anything more than four people in many of these “hot spots”.

One popular such place is the Keyspan power plants in Northport NY, formerly known as the Lilco power plant. The plant at Keyspan uses water from the Long Island Sound to cool its turbines and this water, upon being discharged back into the Sound, forms swirling plumes of warm water that attract and hold life from both the bottom and the top of the local food chain. Striped bass are the target here but over the years the outflow has been known to hold bluefish, fluke, porgies and even non-natives such as ladyfish and

jacks. Some say that this unnatural environment is actually a trap for fish and once they take up residence here they cannot leave because of the cold water surrounding them and are in danger of starving as they use up the limited food supply also imprisoned in the same confines. This may be true for some species like the non-natives that might not be able to tolerate the colder water, but I don’t think this applies to the striped bass.

Striped bass are native to the Long Island Sound and it is the cold water here that they call home during winter even though it renders them relatively inactive. The Hudson striped bass stocks, meaning the fish that migrate up the Hudson to

spawn, are known to stage in the deep water in the middle of the western Long Island Sound right up until very late winter just before spring when they then move up into the river to spawn. During winter they are hardly detectable

as they stay stacked up deep and basically don’t do anything. As the beginning of spring approaches, the fish move as they make their way closer to the river, and in doing so, it is thought that some are attracted to the warm water outflows and stop to feed. Fish that are not ready to breed may be more inclined to stick around the warm water as they succumb to their appetite for food rather than their impulse to propagate. I have noticed over the years that, while fish can show up at Keyspan anytime between December and April, they can be found more consistently in late February through March, which would coincide with their movement towards and up the river.

The quality of the fishing here is dependent on many variables, most of which are tied to how

“Fish that are not ready to breed may be more inclined to stick around the warm water...”


Surfside By John Skinner

I think the 2012 fall run will go down as “Sandy's Fall” for many surfcasters. With minimal

exceptions, the 2012 surf fishing season ended for most surfcasters on October 29, short-circuiting the season at a point where it should have been heading into an exciting time. I fished it hard as the storm approached, but Sandy was so massive that the beaches became inaccessible more than a day before the storm actually made landfall, thus limiting any kind of a weather-induced feeding frenzy that accompanies many storms.Even before Sandy, things weren't exactly hot and heavy. As I wrote on my noreast.com blog a few weeks ago, I saw very few bluefish last year, landing only 16 in all of 2012. Only two of those were from shore, the rest from my kayak. It's worth noting that I target bluefish only when they're big and on the beaches, but that means I almost never target them because, with the exception of October 2010, I don't recall seeing big bluefish on the beach in the last five or more years. Even though I don't fish for them, I'm fishing the ocean, bays, and Long Island Sound at least 120 times a year and I do enter the by-catch blues into my fishing log software. When I pushed the “Plot All Fish” button against the 2012 season, that's when I realized my bluefish catch was so low. Then I had to look further to realize that all but two of those blues were caught in May. Running the queries against 2011 and 2010 showed 53 and 115 bluefish respectively. Even if you are interested only in stripers, you should still be concerned about bluefish because they do a superb job of pushing bait within the reach of surfcasters. They also provide the competition that is sometimes necessary to get the stripers off their fat bellies to do some aggressive feeding. So are bluefish in steep decline? Not according to the stock assessments. I'm more willing than most to dismiss bad seasons as localized temporary anomalies. But over and over again I'm having the same conversations with very well respected anglers. When I commented to one of them this past fall that the inlets have “more guys and less bass”, he stopped me firmly

and said “No! There are more guys, but A LOT fewer bass.” He could have added that those fish are smaller on average, and have been correct on that too. His comment that he was thinking of “selling off plugs while they're still worth something”, may have been a joke, but I'm not so sure. I was in my basement looking for lures to take to the Florida Keys in mid-December and I came across about 30 brand new assorted bottles, darters, needles, and poppers still in their original packaging. They're unlikely to get wet anytime soon since the ones hanging from the ceiling have seen so little action the past couple of years.Now I'm not saying there are no opportunities for good fishing. I'm not even going to complain about my striper catches the past few seasons because they're fairly respectable and there's no question that 2012 was short-circuited by Sandy. But my catches are almost entirely on methodically worked structure, at night, on eels and bucktails. What I miss are the runs of fish all along the Long Island Sound and ocean beaches. I frequently look at the Sound off the top of the bluff in Wading River and can say honestly that I do not recall seeing a single school of feeding fish anytime this past year. Just ten years ago fish used to grind down those beaches every fall, and it was not uncommon to look at the water in May or June and have to run home to grab a rod. If you went to those beaches in the spring after dark you could find the fish with your ears. I still hit the beaches after dark because it's convenient, and it's been a long time since I've heard a “pop”. Many trips are just downright sterile.Something I found very depressing in 2012 was the Long Island Sound fluke run in the area that I fish between Shoreham and Mattituck. It started off just fine with quick limits of quality fish, but I was alarmed from the beginning that the boat was coming home clean instead of being caked with sandeels as is usually the case. By the second week of June the keepers were gone, despite the legal limit being dropped to 19.5 inches. In nine fluking trips with my boat I saw a grand total of 4 sandeels. What scares me is that these things

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typically run in patterns, and from my observations, sandeels are in decline. I salvaged the fluke season by fishing the South Shore bays, which were loaded with fluke.Another area of concern for 2013 is the state of our ocean beaches. Sandy washed away sand, destroyed dunes, and breached the barrier islands in several places. All of this left us in a very vulnerable situation, with no natural defenses along our shoreline. Beyond Sandy it seems we just can't catch a break from the weather. As I wrote this in the final days of 2012, we had just come off of back-to-back storms. In just glancing at online weather buoys I saw waves up to 19 feet on one storm and 23 feet the next. The storm surge on the second storm reached five feet in the Sound and almost four feet on the South Shore. All of this lead to even more wash-overs and flooding. Looking at late December aerials in the Smith's Point area made it hard to imagine how we'll ever see outer beach driving access in that area again.Enough pessimism. Let's look ahead to 2013 with an optimistic eye. As bad as the South Shore beaches look now, they can recover. Breaches have been filled mechanically, and there is an awful lot of sand sitting just offshore that will start washing in once we get out of this easterly wind pattern. By March, we should start seeing more frequent southwesterly winds, and they can do wonders for beach rebuilding. By May, I would be very surprised if it

wasn't possible to drive safely from Smith's Point to Moriches Inlet, and for other areas to see substantial sand buildup as well. As for the heavily fished Smith's Point area, assuming the sand is there, it will be up to Suffolk County to do everything possible to allow and provide driving access. Unfortunately, they do not have a good record of doing this. Blocking Burma Road with a campground is probably the most egregious example. Blocking access to the County beach parking lots for weeks after Sandy is another. I'm optimistic Mother Nature will do her part. Anglers as a group may have to deal with Suffolk County government to restore access to the greatest extent possible.As for the fishing, let's try this reasoning. 2010 was not that long ago, and we had very good fishing on the ocean beaches in October and November. Tropical Storm Irene dumped a huge amount of freshwater into the surrounding waters in 2011 and messed up that year's fall run for Long Island, although New Jersey anglers did fine. Sandy was a storm of historic proportions that caused everything to head for deep water and migrate out of the area, so that gives us an excuse for the fall of 2012. Hopefully we'll catch a well-deserved break from freak storms in 2013, and everything will be fine and I'll be reaching for those brand new plugs that have sat for years in the packaging. It never hurts to think optimistically.


Two white, elongated saddle hackles; approximately seven inches.

40-pound test monofi lament.

Two white biots [shaft s from feather] long and thin.

Orange and brown.

Toothpicks.

Flex-Seal.

Z-Poxy (fi ve-minute, two-part–hardener and resin).

FlexSeal Lighter Candle.

1. Tweak (bend) long shank hooks approximately ten

degrees downward toward their point.2. Trace and cut the outline of a tapered teaspoon handle upon the foam sheet as illustrated. This will be your template for future patt erns. Cut two additi onal forms. Peel the adhesive backing from one form; center and place the wider end atop the hook shank, extending the strip 1¼ inches beyond the bend. Don’t concern yourself with the narrower end extending beyond the eye of the hook. Take the second form and make a centered 1¼ inch slit into the back of the wider end. Peel off the adhesive backing and sandwich the two tacky surfaces together—except for the forward secti on extending beyond the eye of the hook. Push these two tabs slightly back so that they do not sti ck

together. You now have the foundati on upon which you will wrap the yarn to form the body.3. Approximately ¼ inch behind the eye of the hook, make a ti ny slit on each side of the foam in order to catch your thread and yarn. Be very careful not to ruin your scissors by cutti ng against the hook. Tie in and wind the yarn by hand, or simply rotate your vise to form fi rm conti guous wraps. Work from head to tail, locking in the yarn by making two additi onal slits on each side of the foam as you did for the head. Insert and trim the yarn. A dot of epoxy applied with a toothpick will secure the yarn quite nicely.4. To form the telson, sandwich the stem of the grouse feather between the yarn and foam. Positi on the badger feathers—their points extending slightly


orange and brown tab. Allow the area to dry. Do not color the eyes as they should already be of a blackish-brownish-greenish hue from the melting process.9. To form Squilla empusa’s slasher-type claws, take the elongated white hackle feathers, downy barbs and all (which will double as the mantis’ large leaf-like antennal scales), and tie them in beneath and behind that ¼-inch separation from the eye of the hook: one hackle angled to the right, the other to the left. Epoxy the wraps as well as the bottom orange/ brown tab. Allow this area to dry. Loosely tie each feather in half in a single loop. Secure the two overlapping points of each claw with a drop of Flex-Seal.10. Atop that same juncture, ¼ inch behind the eye of the hook, tie in the pair of biots to form the antennae, each antenna directed helter-skelter.11. To form the carapace, tie in and wrap a strip of ⅛-inch Skud Back material directly behind the antennae, extending the invertebrate’s protective shell approximately ¾ inch back. Lightly epoxy this section, turning the vise occasionally so that the resin does not run. Allow the fly to dry.12. With your dubbing needle, pull out three of the longer elastic legs from each side of the body. Don’t fret if you miss a couple. No one is counting—including the fish.Note: A word about Enrico Puglisi’s EP- Streamer Brushes. The wire/fiber combo is second to none. As mentioned a moment ago, those swimmers

are virtually indestructible. Whereas bluefish instantly destroyed any legs I had employed in the past, EP-Streamer Brushes took the abuse of several choppers, time after time. Not only are they part of the magic for my mantis, the fibers take the tedium out of constructing crab bodies, or whatever else you can dream up. I only recently saw the potential for my ‘new and improved’ Manny pattern I was perfecting for some time. And if you ever need to micromanage microscopic minutiae, you can save the legwork, for the man has solved the problem by introducing EP-Streamer Brush with Micro Legs for lethal action. Have a need for shorter fibers than those found on the Streamer Brush but longer than those with Micro Legs? EP-Streamer Brush Short Fibers are the key.For now, here is where we’ll draw the line in the sand.It is my intention to proceed to a

reasonable point and leave the monument building to the pros. While they’re inside laboring over minutiae tantamount to model building, we’ll be out fishing and doing quite well, unless we, too, get bitten by the bug of perfection. If that be the case, later, when it becomes truly too cold to fish, you can mess around with T-shaped eyes, flagellated antennae, mandibular palpi (mouth area minutiae), ad infinitum. In addition to photographs, sketches, and detailed drawings, Donna and I had visited Atlantis Marine World Aquarium in Riverhead, Long Island, and hooked up with Christopher Paparo, marine biologist and senior aquarist. Knowing my interest, Chris was kind enough to spend time with us. We watched with fascination as he fed two species of mantis shrimp, getting firsthand views of how those invertebrates move through the water column. A trip to the aquarium can trigger many an idea.


It was one of those January mornings where air temperatures were downright bone numbing

cold. It was difficult to determine that it was the dead of winter based upon the handful of open boats lined up along the icy rims of Montauk Harbor filled with eager anglers. Truth be told, it was just that, and soon the entire fleet will head out into the open ocean in search of cod. “It’s been a good season thus far,” stated an enthused Captain Jamie Quaresimo of the 78-foot open boat the Miss Montauk, berthed at the Sea Otter Dock located along the southwest side of the harbor. The 20 or so anglers and I were getting comfy and warm in the cabin of the Miss Montauk where Captain Jamie explained it would be a bit bumpy on the ride out, but by mid-morning, the ocean should calm quite a bit.At promptly 3 a.m., Captain Jamie steered the 78-foot fishing vessel into the darkness of the sea. By 6 a.m., we found ourselves anchored at our destination in 150 feet of water. The blast of the horn signaled lines down and it was only minutes before the first cod of the day came aboard. And on this day, most of the cod were of quality size ranging from 8 to 12 pounds. Despite how much

I hate the bitter cold, I stuck it out at the rail and in a short while, I had my legal limit of cod, as did everyone else on board. The smooth ride home gave me a chance to chat and pick Captain Jamie’s brain for some tips that would help anglers better their scores for the 2013 season.

For many of the party and charter boat captains who make their livelihood in Montauk, the East Coast’s premier fishing harbor, the cod fishery has been a significant bright spot in recent years. Atlantic cod landings from charter and party boats along the Northeast coastline more than doubled from 2005 to 2011, to a record 6.8 million pounds in 2010. With the unusual warm weather, the start of 2012 was quite sporadic, with many days being on the slower side. Nonetheless, if you stayed with it, you brought home enough fillets for a few meals. The good news is judging by the amount of cod that were caught on the winter grounds this past summer, 2013 should see a rebound from the winter of 2012 once again making the docks bustling with cod hungry anglers.Captain Jamie was quick to state that the 1990s


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Local WeatherF o r e c a s t :

Hot Showers (of Ballyhoo, that is)


boat, while a hooked fish goes scooting by on the other side and a fish being led to the boat that has some aerobatics left for an awesome display at boat side makes for a very high level of excitement. You just don’t know which way to turn. When the fish are in this kind of feeding frenzy your chances of nailing them with an artificial go way up as well. They will attack all kinds of plugs from swimmers and divers to popping plugs. Many get away under these circumstances because the strike is often a glancing blow, with the fish getting hooked lightly in thin skin or in the bill. After the fish makes a couple of jumps, it’s over, but it sure is still pretty darn exciting. For a fly fisherman, this is also paradise. Bushy, colorful flies

work well here and short casts are often all you need. It’s also harder for the fish to throw a fly because they have no real mass and therefore resist that head-shaking trick that so easily dislodges plugs. One of the best things about sailfish is the way they look. When your fish is finally brought alongside for release or tagging, you are treated to a spectacularly colored fish. Several feet of blues, greens, browns, stripes, and neon blue markings jump out at you.After a while, the showers lessened and lessened until it was all over. There is conjecture about whether the sails get filled up, get more nervous about being in shallow water, or are bothered by the increase in boat traffic they cause. This exciting

day had come to an end and the tally was half a dozen nice kings, a medium wahoo, and twelve sailfish brought all the way to the boat. Chartering is great, but this kind of action doesn’t require one. If you trailer yours down to the Keys you can experience this craziness on your own boat.All you need is a block of chum and a live well to start. If you can throw a cast net, bring it. Spinning rods (for gamefish, for catching snappers, and for catching ballyhoo), circle hooks, and light wire and you’re covered. Plugs and flies add another dimension if you’d like. When you do get out here, I’m sure you will have a good time fishing. Don’t forget to keep an eye out for the blitz. There is nothing like a hot shower!


Treasure Trove By “The Straight Shooter” Chris Grech

These amazing White Water Pride Spreader Bars have been one of the most popular bars in the past three years. They are available in three styles that include 6-inch squid, 9-inch squid and Mini Green Machines. All are meticulously rigged with four birds in the front of the bar which help the bar track properly in all sea conditions while trolling at any speed. The birds also provide enough buoyancy to float the bar so it looks simply amazing in the spread. They are deadly on bluefin, yellowfin, bigeyes and albacore but will catch just about anything that swims. White Water Pride Spreader Bars are available in as many as ten possible color combinations and can be purchased right off the shelf or custom built with upgraded hook baits, fluorocarbon main chain, etc. The guys at White Water Outfitters will basically custom rig it anyway you like. I spoke with Captain Jamie Hummel of the charter boat "Sasquatch" and he said, "In 35 years of Canyon fishing, I have never seen a lure or bait that consistently catches fish day in and day out like my 6-inch rainbow colored Pride Bar by White Water Outfitters. This is what helps me be successful and why I always have a few in my spread." The increased popularity of these bars has resulted in new styles that will soon be available in winter 2012/2013. To place an order or for more information, please contact Bryce Poyer or the rest of the friendly staff at White Water Outfitters. You will not be disappointed.

The Outdoorsman is a double weave bracelet with a stainless steel buckle. The outer weave is placed over a standard bracelet and is much thicker than the standard bracelets offered with twice as much 550 paracord. You can remove the outer layer and still have a bracelet. Paracord has long been known to anglers, hunters, campers, etc. as a very useful item to have in your possession because it has so many uses only limited by your imagination. They range from having a rope to tie down a trunk lid, to tying tent flaps, to providing emergency shoelaces. Use for tying sticks together for making a shelter or securing an emergency splint. Another use is a makeshift clothesline to dry wet clothes by a fire in a survival situation. The possibilities are endless. Simply find the ends of the paracord and unwind the bracelet to access this useful cordage. Once unwound, carefully check to see that the paracord is in good condition and straighten the strong yet thin rope. It has seven inner threads that can each be pulled out of the cord and be used as finer thread. The Outdoorsman is available in nineteen colors and six wrist sizes.


fiLowrance has recently announced an exciting addition to its Elite fishfinder/chartplotter family, the Elite-7 Hybrid Dual Imaging (HDI) series. The Elite-7 models feature a 7-inch, widescreen color display that is 70-percent larger than comparably priced 5-inch products, allowing anglers to see more sonar history and more detail in split-screen mode. Its fishfinder capability also feature Hybrid Dual Imaging (HDI), which combines two award-winning technologies, Broadband Sounder and Downscan Imaging, to provide the best possible view of the water column. To maximize fishing time on the water, signature Lowrance Advanced Signal Processing (ASP) reduces the need to manually adjust settings to see fish, structure and bottom detail more clearly. In addition, TrackBack allows anglers to scroll back in recorded sonar history to review structure or fish targets. When used on an Elite-7 model with chartplotter capabilities, users can also TrackBack and pinpoint locations with a waypoint, eliminating the need to circle back and retrace the path.


Galley By Nor’East Member: Sal Amendolia

As you all know by now I love eating pasta with lots of different things. Pasta with meat, pasta with beans, pasta with vegetables, they are all good to me. One of my favorite pasta dishes is pasta with

almost any kind of seafood, shelled or unshelled. To be honest with you, I haven’t had the opportunity to make this dish in a long time but that is not to say that I haven’t been thinking about it. The last time I made it, I was going to visit some of my wife’s cousins in New Jersey and I promised them I would cook and bring dinner. I brought this wonderful sauce and if I tell you that it was the highlight of our visit, I would not be lying. It was a pleasure watching everyone savor every bite of their pasta and trust me, the recipe made plenty for all to eat. It takes some time to make, is not cheap to buy the ingredients especially because of the price of fish, but the end result is well worth it. I am going to make it in a few days and I’ve already taken out the seafood from my freezer to slowly defrost. I hope that when you do get the chance to make this great dish that you and your family enjoy it as much as we do.

2 tbls. olive oil salt & pepper to taste Angel hair pasta 2 large cans crushed tomatoes 1 pound bay scallops 2 large cans tomato puree 1 pound peeled shrimp 2 small cans tomato paste1 lb. squid sliced into rings 1 Vidalia onion (chopped)1 small jar/can clear clam juice 1/3 cup fresh basil3 cloves chopped garlic 1.5 cups white wine¼ cup fresh parsley 2 tbls. lemon juice2 bay leaves Loccatelli grating cheese

-Heat the olive oil in a large pot, add the onion and garlic and sauté until slightly brown and soft.-Add the paste and stir with the onions and garlic.-Add the tomatoes, stir and cook on medium until sauce bubbles.-When the sauce comes to a slight boil, stir and add wine, lemon and clam juice, remaining seasonings, and salt & pepper to taste.-Cook over medium/medium low flame, stirring as needed for 90 minutes.-Now add all the seafood and cook over medium/medium low for another 30 minutes maximum.-Let the pot sit in the refrigerator overnight!-When you are ready to eat, boil a pot of water and add a little salt and oil. -When the pot comes to a boil, add the pasta (1/4 lb. per person) and cook till desired.-Drain the pasta and put in the pot with some of the sauce and stir all together coating the pasta well with the sauce. Put some more sauce on the pasta and stir again.-Put the extra sauce into a small pouring cup for topping the pasta.-Use Locatelli Romano grated cheese and some pepper for a delicious finish.-You can put any of the extra sauce and seafood in some Chinese quart containers and freeze them for a future dinner.

Enjoy and good appetite!

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