I get the ‘family discount’ at the marina now, so I’ve been taking home a few of Billy’s frozen crab cakes on the weekend for breakfast after our morning walk on the beach. Could there be a better way to start the day?
The marina at Fort Morgan (now called the Gulf Shores Yacht Club and Marina) http://www.gulfshoresyachtclubandmarina.com/index.htm has a freezer stocked with flash-frozen seafood from ‘Billy’s Seafood’ at Bon Secour just up the road (motto: “If it swims, we’ve got it”) http://www.billys-seafood.com/.
The boys and I have always gone out County Road 10 to the picturesque fish market for fresh shrimp and flounder when we vacationed here, but a bag of jumbo shrimp or scallops (the size of biscuits) conveniently available in a freezer 2 miles up the road is soooooooo tempting.
And fishing at the marina has certainly been exciting since the opening of Snapper season. Honestly, it’s like Disney World for adults – everyone is happy to be here and the entertainment is absolutely world-class. Even I have several bags of snapper frozen in ice for the next lucky visitors to Thérapie in Fort Morgan!
The new marina is a far cry from the old dock where we chartered with Captain Ron’s twin brother 15 years ago. When my Mother flew into Pensacola to vacation with us after my Daddy died, she decided to treat the boys with a ‘deep sea’ fishing trip. Our captain arrived 30 minutes late and obviously hung-over. The boys, having seen the movie, were delighted, but my poor mother was white-knuckled for the entire outing.
We never saw a fish, but my boys considered the trip a bigger success than the charter out of Orange Beach where they caught (and had to eat in omlets, casseroles, salads, etc.) a zillion mackerel.
The new marina is efficient, profe
ssional, organized, and friendly. I’m sure they have bad days, but I haven’t seen one in 4 weeks. Last night the waiting line at the cleaning table was 45 minutes…. and no one was complaining.
