Our 'go to' boat is Polly Anna out of Port Aransas. We really need a beach trip right now, but not when spring break is in season.

Thanks for the explanation. I think that we usually get the white shrimp and cook them on a campfire. So delicious!

"most of them are ....80%... imported. Pond raised from China. Even in dockside markets."

This is interesting. In my area, whether it's required or not, the origin of shrimp in a display is labeled - farmed or wild, and where from. The farmed shrimp I see in the stores (which I don't buy) is typically from Vietnam or Thailand.

Are the things raised in ponds around Eunice shrimp or cradads?

You're right, Elmer. They are from Vietnam usually. I don't know if any of the little markets label them as imported....I have never seen it. I know they are labeled when they are sold in bags in supermarkets but when they are thawed out and sold as fresh, I have never seen them labeled.

Greenshoekitty....those would be crawfish...crawdads...or more correctly, crayfish, except no one ever calls them that.

Thank you Marilyn, I could not think of the right name for them as in my area ( western Washington) I learned to call them crawdads when I was young. We don’t have a lot of them tho.

We had boiled crawfish last weekend. First of the season for us. Love those mudbugs!

Wow, marilyn_c, we'll definitely look for Capt Chris if we're ever in the Seabrook area! DH and I find Galveston too crowded/hectic (likely, we're just getting cranky in our old age), and our frequent weekend getaways are fishing in quiet Palacios (off the seawall...I get too motion sick to even sit in a kayak...on a still day!). We usually purchase bait from the locals (family run), and always bring table shrimp home in case the fish aren't biting.

PKponder, I asked Jody if he knew the Polly Anna, and he does. He said it is a catamaran. I have never seen a catamaran shrimp boat. He said he met the guy who owns it when he and his brother were in Port Aransas a few years ago looking at boats for sale.

It's a beautiful boat and we go straight to the boat for our shrimp when we can. Polly Anna ended up crashed into a house during Harvey but is back in business now. We are not yearly vacationers, we vacation on a budget. We'll look into Seabrook. We didn't love Galveston although it's closer that PortA. Maybe it's time for a change.

We like the off season, October or January (because we find sea dollars). If we come to the closer beach, we'll definitely look you up. Did you hear that Talley Calvert pressed today?

Explain that last sentence....Talley Calvert pressed today..............

Never mind, PK. I went over to Texas Gardening and read. I don't think I remember her. I went to a lot of swaps in Houston but that was before the feral hogs destroyed my yard and my horses wiped out my waterlilies. The name is kind of familiar. I am sorry to read of her passing. I have lost quite a few friends lately. I guess that is a sure sign of getting old. I remember my mother out lived all of her friends, and I have already lost so many of mine.

Sorry, I work long shifts on the weekend. She worked at MD Anderson, a nurse practitioner I believe. She was manning the Poison Control hotline last I heard. She and I butted heads just a little over mosquito trucks spraying with no notification. She was right, mosquitoes do cause more harm than Malathion Spray.

From the Houston area....I probably have met her. Did she live in Galveston by any chance?

I just looked for her on FB....and I did know her. She is from Galveston. She wasn't all that old either. I am really sorry to know that she has passed.

Again, I'm late to the conversation due to long work hours. Yes, she was from Galveston.

Marilyn, we just crossed Chocolate Bayou! We are camped at Safari mobile home and RV park in League City until Sunday. We had to have the hydraulic tank for the leveling jacks replaced yesterday at Holiday World RV. Do you have my cell number?