Darren Smith, Executive Chef/Owner, Rivertown Bistro, rivertownbistro.net
Bradley Daniels, Executive Chef, Croissants Bistro & Bakery,www.croissants.net
Curry Marin, Executive Chef/Owner Aspen Grille, www.aspen-grille.com
Right: A hog snapper, also known as hogfish.
Snapping it Up: The commercial red snapper fishing season reopened for a week, September 17–24. During the commercial season, the daily trip limit is 50 pounds of gutted fish with no minimum size limit.
Fresh Off the Boat: Chris Conklin, owner of Seven Seas Seafood Market in Murrells Inlet, displays the red snapper catch.
Hauling in the Day’s Catches: Thirty miles south of Myrtle Beach in the port city of Georgetown, shrimp boats line the dock by the Independent Seafood Market.
Pretty Tasty: Hog snapper may be an ugly fish, but once it’s pan seared, placed on a grit cake and covered with succotash, it looks irresistible.
