A salmon fishing trip in Ludington brought us back here for a re-visit.  Before meeting our friends at the marina, our first stop was Jamesport for dinner and samples.  It was great to stop after our 2+ hour drive from Midland.

 They were packed and we were lucky to get a table right by the front window.  Wearing shorts and summer attire, we ended up shivering from the air conditioning – it felt much nicer outside, maybe we should have sat on the deck out back. 

Knowing how great the food and beer are we ordered up a sampler and tried:  English Mild, Kolsch, Dry Stout, Nitro Stout, and Smokey Porter.  The English Mild is the favorite and we fill our growler with this fine brew although it looks like a brown.

 To eat we had to have the crabby onion, this is a must have should you visit here.  This time we also tried the JBC Stout bacon cheeseburger - it had bacon, cheddar, and portabellas - again the food was awesome.

 Time to get to the boat and check in with Capt’n Bob. Fridays catch was good, in the box we had 6 nice kings (3 of which were hogs) and 2 Coho.  After a long day of fishing on Saturday (5 kings and 3 coho this time), Michelle (Capt’n Bob’s 1^st mate) begged us to take her to Jamesport to refill the growler – she said she was starving and wanted to go to the brewery.  Since the growler was now empty, we thought we might as well.  (See picture below of our catch).

 We were in need of food and decided on the combo platter and the spinach artichoke dip, it was great just as we expected.  This time we tasted the Black Cherry Porter and it was pretty good, even Michelle who ordered a Bud light thought this wasn’t too bad.  Todd saw the ‘04 Summer beer festival shirts, both of us bought one because we had been to almost every brewery shown on the back.

see also:  Jamesport,Lighthouse, Mackinaw

Back to the boat we go, time to get drinking and check on the rest of the crew.  There are several fisherman that are also Nascar fans and they had a TV hooked up outside.  We gladly joined the group and brought the growler.  Once the light rain started an umbrella was placed over the TV and we all moved under the motorhome awning.  As the rain kept up we soon lost the satellite.

I guess some of us partied too much the day before and didn’t get up to go out at 5:00 am.  Todd and Cheryl were ready to go though, but went back to sleep for a while.  When we did finally get out the fish were turned off, we got skunked.  At least we did good on Friday and Saturday. On the way home we stopped at the Hydro plant.  (click here to see the pics)

It sure was fun and the fishing was great.  The best, wet batter for frying salmon in is Drakes mixed with a Porter or Stout.  This will make the batter darker and the flavor is very good.  Cheryl also uses olive oil to cook it in.

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  2nd U.P. Trip - Part 1, Tahquamenon, Lake Superior, Vierling, Jasper (Aug 24,25, 2005)  

  2nd U.P. Trip - Part 2, Red Jacket, Keweenaw, Library, Hereford & Hops (Aug 26,27, 2005)  

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  Cork 'N' Ale 11th Annual Fall Beer Tasting (Nov. 3, 2005)  

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  Lumber Barons' Charcoal Grill & Brewpub (Dec. 9 & 10, 2005)