Zsszsss, the line started zinging off the reel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOh shit,\u201d Doc exclaimed, \u201canother damn ray\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But the shaking of the rod tip told a different story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019ll be damned, I think it\u2019s a halibut!\u201d Doc said aloud although there was no one else aboard his skiff East of Reason. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Although it was a late night scientific collecting trip for bioluminescent squid, Doc always had a line in the water hoping to bring home some dinner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As he painstakingly reeled in, Doc realized that he might have bitten off more than he could chew, cause this was a biggun. After 10 minutes of reeling he saw that he had what looked like a manhole cover on his line. He was barely able to hold the rod with his left hand as he struggled to get the gaff hook into its gill, but was finally able to bodily throw the 35 pound flat fish into the boat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was dawn as Doc pulled up to his Cannery Row lab, and he was more than a little annoyed to see the two hobos that had befriended him, Luke and Smiley, asleep in his doorway with newspaper blankets covering their ragged clothes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWhy Doc, that\u2019s a nice looking fish you got there,\u201d said Luke as he yawned, \u201clet me filet it for ya.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cLuke, in your state, I wouldn\u2019t trust you with a filet knife.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHell Doc, I used to work the boats before I took up the \u201clife\u201d. I\u2019ve fileted bigger fish than that a lot drunker than I am now and Smiley\u2019ll cook it for you. He was a chef on the pier before he took up the hooch.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWell I\u2019ll be,\u201d said Doc sarcastically, \u201cwill wonders never cease.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Before he could object though Luke had grabbed the fish out of his grasp and pulled a razor sharp knife off the dissecting bench and made one long cut along the fishes spine. Then laying the blade along the ribs and using a slight sawing motion he cut off the cleanest filet that Doc had ever seen, leaving not a scrap of meat on the ribcage. He then repeated the same act three more times, deftly cut the tender cheeks out and, to Doc\u2019s amazement cut the skin off the filets like an artist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cVoila\u201d crooned Luke, \u201cHey chef, sober up, it\u2019s time to cook this beauty!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n An hour later Doc, Luke and Smiley sat down to the damnedest breakfast he had ever seen: Pan seared halibut in a red wine reduction sauce with herbes de provence and rosemary. <\/p>\n\n\n\n To top it off, Smiley, playing the sommelier had added a white napkin over the left arm of his ragged hobo garments and a monocle in his right eye that he had \u201cborrowed\u201d from Doc\u2019s dresser.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMesdames et messieurs, the perfect match for this delectable meal is the 2019 Complant Santa Lucia Highlands Pinot Noir. As you can see it has a sapphire color and an expressive nose of pomegranate, cranberry and hints of tarragon and pine resin. It is fruit-sweet and lively on the palate with notes of red fruit, savory spice, and dried rose petals. It has an extremely long finish with a lovely acid balance and a slight grip. And Luke and I helped pick the grapes!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWell you know somethin\u2019 boys,\u201d said Doc as he raised his glass, \u201cit doesn\u2019t get much better than this.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Zsszsss, the line started zinging off the reel. \u201cOh shit,\u201d Doc exclaimed, \u201canother damn ray\u201d But the shaking of the rod tip told a different story. \u201cI\u2019ll be damned, I think it\u2019s a halibut!\u201d Doc said aloud although there was no one else aboard his skiff East of Reason. 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