5:42 pm Daily Log
There are 2 times a year that you should buy shrimp for your freezer. Most people don’t realize this, but you can go to a local fish house or even to a shrimp boat captain and buy the freshest product available for about 1/2 the cost of getting it at a retail establishment. If you like to eat shrimp year round, but you don’t like messing with the small brown shrimp or the small white shrimp when you’re preparing a meal then I have a solution….buy them in the fall (large white shrimp) and buy them during the first 2 weeks of the shrimp season in June (large roe shrimp)…Plan ahead…make contact with the boat captain or the fish house early.
For example, I’ve been working on a shrimp boat out of Mcclellanville for the past couple of months and we’ve been catching big, pretty white shrimp that count 10-15 per pound and 16-20 per pound. We’ve been selling these for less than $4 per pound right off the boat. Most people we sell to are friends or friends of friends; it’s sort of an underground market, but if you’re in the know you can stock up your freezer for the year on some of the best shrimp around.
There are two ’seasons’ for the big white shrimp: during September through December we catch 10-15 count and 16-20 count white shrimp and during the first two weeks of the shrimping season, usually in June, we catch about the same size roe shrimp. If you are shrimp eater, then these are the times to buy about 50 to 100 pounds (depending on the size of your family) and put them in the freezer in portioned ziploc bags.
Leave a comment if you are interested in this and we can coordinate things; it’s a great thing to come up to McClellanville and have lunch or maybe do some shopping or touring in town while you wait for the shrimp boat to come in and sell you shrimp from the last drag of the day.
Local restaurants could benefit from this as well because they could keep their inventory of LOCAL shrimp available for the customer all year long…and at a price that more often than not beats the food distributor prices.
Hey Dutch,
You’re on the list! The large white shrimp which count 16-20 per pound are what most people like to buy in quantities and freeze for the winter… they will start showing up in October and last until early December-January. When you’re ready let me know and I’ll place the order with the shrimp boat captain before he leaves in the morning… can’t get much fresher than that.
Thanks, Jeff Spahr 843-568-6380
Hey Art, I think we’ve spoken on the phone, but feel free to call me at 843-568-6380 and we can work it out. Large white shrimp (16-20 per pound) will start showing up in October and that’s the time to buy ‘em. I do not have a storefront/retail store where you can come by and purchase small quantities of shrimp, but I do get the shrimp straight off the boats daily and make deliveries locally. Because I don’t have a storefront and the associated overhead, I am able to sell the shrimp for much less than what you’d pay at a retail seafood market or grocery store… not to mention that my shrimp don’t have a shelf to sit on so they are about as fresh as you can get. Let me know.
Would like to come down and buy shrimp on a regular basis. How do I find you? art williams 828-883-8187
Just give me a call at 843-568-6380 and we’ll make it happen. Remember, the best shrimp won’t be around again until mid June, but if you’re interested let me know as early as possible and we’ll put you on the list. Thanks – Jeff
im looking to come down and buy some shrimp how can i get into touch with you or your boat capt to i can get some really good shrimp like your talking about please.. or the docks name yall work out of ….. please let me know thanks gary wayne ( 864 ) 844-4195