http://www.localoysters.com Straight from the Creek to your Door. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:38:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I got out of bed this morning at 5:30, but didn't quite make the leap to the boat.  With lows in the 20's and low tide at 6:30am, I decided I would sleep in and then attend a seminar on oyster mariculture at Fort Johnson, home of DNR.  Mariculture is ... http://www.localoysters.com/14/11-18-mariculture-seminar-on-a-cold-day/   I went out with Stephen and we basically followed King Saul, Sarge and Mary.  I say ‘basically’ because we let them beat us to the bank and start working before we decided where to go.  When Stephen and I got to the bay we saw their two boats up on ... http://www.localoysters.com/12/9-23-first-day-clamming/ Today Stephen and I took Venning Creek out to the bay and instead of turning right and looking for King Saul, Sarge and Mary, we turned left and headed north.  I’m sure it was just a coincidence that Sarge and Mary happened to be up there already working; King Saul ... http://www.localoysters.com/13/9-26-second-day-clamming/ Well, I got the shifter cable re-installed and put the throttle assembly back together with all of the screws but one...I dropped one screw in the yard or in the boat and decided it wasn’t a ‘critical’ piece, one of three screws used to hold a plastic cap in place ... http://www.localoysters.com/11/9-17-08-repairing-the-boat/ It was hot today and a frontal passage was predicted for later in the afternoon.  I had the boat fueled up and loaded with all the necessary equipment for clamming.  Stephen was riding with me today because he was waiting on a fuel pump so that he could fix his ... http://www.localoysters.com/10/9-16-08-opening-day/ Below are some videos of the process of transplanting oysters from an area that cannot be harvested to an area where the public will have access to harvest their legal limit.  Captain Bob Baldwin and his crew used a dredge to bring up about 5000 bushels of oysters over a ... http://www.localoysters.com/7/planting-5000-bushels-of-oysters-this-year/ 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 ... http://www.localoysters.com/5/how-does-this-work-whats-the-process/ The best oysters in Charleston come from the Bulls Bay area North of Mount Pleasant.  Bulls Bay is a very large but shallow body of water that stretches from Awendaw, SC to McClellanville, SC.  The entire bay is open to the ocean; there is not a narrow inlet that limits ... http://www.localoysters.com/4/bulls-bay-oysters-charleston-sc/