12:07 pm The Scoop on Local Oysters
First, place an order. Fill out the order form online and we’ll recieve your order via email. We will call you to confirm your order when we read our email. If you don’t hear from us within 24 hours then please give us a call. Once we get your order we will schedule the harvesting to be as close to the date stored in the cooler until it’s time to make the deliveryand time of your party as the tides and daylight allow. Typically, your oysters will be picked the day before your oyster roast, but on days when low tide is early in the morning you will often get them delivered the same day they were harvested (or picked). Once we pick them, we take them to the fishhouse where we wash them as best we can and bag them in bushel bags; at that point each bushel receives a sales tag and is then either stored in the cooler until it’s time to make a delivery or loaded on a truck and delivered that day.
We harvest our oysters when they are exposed on the banks during low tide; therefore, our schedule depends on the tides. Some days we are on the water before sunrise, harvesting on the flood tide (from low tide approaching high tide), then processing and making deliveries throughout the day then back on the water harvesting on the ebb tide (from high tide approaching low tide), then processing the next days oysters until well into the evening. Depending on the times of the tides, this schedule can continue for several days before we can work a full low tide in the morning again. So we may not get to check email until late at night or early in the morning. Also, we are commercial fishermen, not computer programmers, and though we should be commended on our attempts to expand our customer base via the internet, sometimes emails get unexpectadly lost in the ether…long story short - if you don’t hear from us within 24 hours then just give us a call at 843-367-3177.
Hey Scott,
If you would like to pick oysters in the Bull’s Bay area (by far the best oysters in Charleston), first you must have a South Carolina saltwater fishing liscence which allows you to pick two bushels recreationaly. You can get one at most tackle shops or hardware stores. It costs ten dollars per year for a South Carolina resident. The next thing you need to do is figure out which areas around Bull’s Bay you are allowed to pick oysters without a commercial liscence. The best thing to do there is go to the Department of Natural Resources main office on Ft. Johnson Rd, James Island. They will be able to tell you where to go and even provide you with a map. The next thing is to get the boat in the water and go find some oysters! I’ll be writing some future blog posts on how it’s done, so check back. In the meantime, happy pickin’, and if you’re looking for more than two bushels (recreational limit) for your party or oyster roast, please let us know, we’d be happy to bring them to you.
-Will
What is the cost per bushel?
Posted by susan singleton, on March 26th, 2008, at 10:17 am. #.
When we started doing this 3 years ago we charged $25 per bushel of local clusters. We’ve since increased our prices to be in line with the market price…they are now $30 per bushel; this includes delivering them to your door…this is the same as you would pay at a local retailer but you would have to drive there and pick them up yourself. Call Jeff to have your oysters delivered - 843-568-6380.
-Will
WOULD LIKE TO PICK UP SOME OYSTERS FROM BULL BAY. HOW WOULD I DO THAT?
Posted by scott kelbaugh, on February 9th, 2008, at 6:12 pm. #.