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End of an era: Old-fashioned mullet smoker to close after 43 years of business
A Sarasota fisherman is nearing the end of an era. For 43 years, George Nodaros has been a champion of old school cooking, spending countless Saturday morning smoking mullet for eager customers. His method is an old fashioned style that’s rarely seen around modern Sarasota. Using a massive smoker he bought more than 30 years ago, the fisherman smokes his freshly caught mullets for hours on Saturday mornings, starting at the crack of dawn. The recipe is a simple one comprised of salt, pepper, paprika and patience. Tough work, but for Nodaros, it’s rewarding enough to keep coming back year after year. >click to read< 14:29
The end of an era for Gloucester’s historic fleet of eastern-rigged trawlers, F/V Little Sandra
photo credit fisherynation.com
When the distinctive white-tipped orange mast of the fishing vessel Little Sandra slipped below the ocean’s surface 18 miles off the coast of Rockport beyond Thacher Island this past weekend, the intentional sinking marked more than just the end of the line for the 63-foot-long vessel. It was the end of an era for Gloucester’s historic fleet of eastern-rigged trawlers as well. photo credit fisherynation.com continued
