Beautiful morel hunting and excellent instructions and commentary! You have a great eye for them. I hate to think of all the morels I missed my not hunting wind rows! Enjoyed this so much. Thanks for you great comments on my vids! Loved your crappie fishing video, wading in the icy water, but I almost froze. I subscribed.
Thank you! You didn't miss a thing. You enjoy nature you've shared it with your friends and are thankful with every step. You know when you come to that place in the woods where every thing seems more beautiful more peaceful and that sense that your in a special place like its hallowed ground or something has happened here in the past good or bad and its been allowed to become a beautiful sanctuary to capture your soul. Sometimes I just stand still overwhelmed with a sense of selfishness and thankfulness and wonder how I got so undeservingly lucky....the bounty is never the prize.
@@johnnyfish6051 You're very welcome, and thank you for as fine a piece of writing as I've ever been blessed to read! The voice of the poet! Yes, I've been in that hallowed place a few times and it's very special and humbling. It's a wonderful high, like you're communing with your Creator! You found a way to express it in words! 🙌
@@johnnyfish6051 sometimes I just stop and listen and look down wipe my eyes and then boom there they are all over it’s such an amazing feeling also I subbed to you and tattooed granny awesome vids
Transition zones are often then best. Not always but more often than not I will find the best and the most mushrooms in these transitions zones between wet and dryer areas. Good job Johnny
You might have picked a few shrooms Rando. I know that you know I don't learn transitions from the internet. Cause nobody's brought up this subject but me and....you.
@@johnnyfish6051 can't wait for mushroom season! Going through mushroom withdrawal! From what I've heard it's supposed to be a bit of an early spring with slightly higher precipitation than average. Fingers crossed! Good luck this year
@Johnnyfish when I was a kid we had lots of morels in the woods behind my house but I've not found a single one the last 2 years have we killed em off not redistributing their spores? :(
I only eat them fresh. No frozen or dehydrated. I do keep them in a fridge while fresh its a must. Over the years I have developed a way to keep small early morels in a fridge for two months and they still have the properties of being fresh.
@@dustinknox2784 alot of people freeze them. Bread them lay them out on cookie sheets . Lay them out real clean so not touching each other or clumped up on cookie sheet and freeze them. Pull them out the freeze and bag them. The key is do not let them thaw so they don't stick together during the freezing process. When you cook them flash fry them, real hot real fast, small batches. Key** DROP THEM IN HOT OIL WHILE FROZEN! small batches to keep the oil hot! Thawed morels will turn to guwee mess and nasty texture. Still...nothing like fresh.
Long term frige takes alot of experience. To keep morels in frige over a month they have to be they small, young, zero sings of age or mold.If they are not young their is zero chances of keeping them that long. Dont mix older ones and fresh ones. Mold and mildew will transfer from old ones to fresh ones. I always eat the oldest or discolored one's first, if I have a mix of old and fresh. Key is to not mix old and fresh together for long term storage in the fridge. You CAN NOT keep morels longterm in a fridge if you SOAK them in water first! Rinse them minutes before you cook but DO NOT SOAK THEM before long term storage. I let my young,clean,fresh morels set out and dry until the ridges are dry and just barely starting to dehydrate. Then they go in ziplock bags into the fridge WITH the bag OPEN. From their its a matter of keeping an eye on them. With the bag open they continue to slowly dehydrate which is what you want. When you see the entire morel start to dry, not just the ridges, then CLOSE the bag. The inside of the bag will humidify and the morels appear to rehydrate. Then repeat, close awhile open awhile. The whole point is to dry them slow but not totally dehydrate them. This process has to be done without adding water to them. Water is enemy to mushroom once they are harvested. Alot say"use paper bags" yes paper bags absorb and wick moisture to keep morels dry. But over long term they totaly dehydrate the morel instead of having a fresh dry morel. DO NOT SOAK A MOREL IN WATER IF YOU WANT LONG TERM STORAGE.
Temp?,,,,be more specific. On a normal year the it can be mid 30's in the morning up to 90 degreed in the afternoon. If your talking ground temps I have no idea I've never stuck a thermometer in the ground e..v....er. I know when Morels are up by looking at certain key vegetation growth not a thermometer.
Most of the time I use the bed of my truck. Other than that I use a bucket. Put 10 pounds of morels in a mesh bag and they get destroyed.I put more morel spores back in the woods on a level that most can't imagine. Keep watching my channel you and everyone else will see Johnny Fish is on a higher level of morel spore distribution.
@@johnnyfish6051 when I lived in Michigan we found plenty on our property but now live in west Tennessee and not sure if they are here? I remember my mother making venison and morels ! Delicious!
@@JujU957-1 Mothers and Morels what more can you ask for. South Tennessee should be getting Morels about now. Yeah plenty on morels around Tennessee for sure. Thanks for your support John!
@@JujU957-1 Oh there are definitely Morels In Tennessee. I live in NE Tennessee and usually find a few hundred every year. They are popping up a right now which is actually a little earlier than normal. A buddy of mine lives in middle TN and he found about 70 yesterday
Click the blue link to see 10 pounds of morels picked in one afternoon. HUGE PATCH!! THANKS ua-cam.com/video/1Q1an6oyv-4/v-deo.html
Beautiful morel hunting and excellent instructions and commentary! You have a great eye for them. I hate to think of all the morels I missed my not hunting wind rows! Enjoyed this so much. Thanks for you great comments on my vids! Loved your crappie fishing video, wading in the icy water, but I almost froze. I subscribed.
Thank you! You didn't miss a thing. You enjoy nature you've shared it with your friends and are thankful with every step. You know when you come to that place in the woods where every thing seems more beautiful more peaceful and that sense that your in a special place like its hallowed ground or something has happened here in the past good or bad and its been allowed to become a beautiful sanctuary to capture your soul. Sometimes I just stand still overwhelmed with a sense of selfishness and thankfulness and wonder how I got so undeservingly lucky....the bounty is never the prize.
@@johnnyfish6051 You're very welcome, and thank you for as fine a piece of writing as I've ever been blessed to read! The voice of the poet! Yes, I've been in that hallowed place a few times and it's very special and humbling. It's a wonderful high, like you're communing with your Creator! You found a way to express it in words! 🙌
@@johnnyfish6051 sometimes I just stop and listen and look down wipe my eyes and then boom there they are all over it’s such an amazing feeling also I subbed to you and tattooed granny awesome vids
@@agonyacres yes it is. It never gets old. The last one you find has the same feeling as the first one you find. Thank you so much for your support.
Transition zones are often then best. Not always but more often than not I will find the best and the most mushrooms in these transitions zones between wet and dryer areas.
Good job Johnny
You might have picked a few shrooms Rando. I know that you know I don't learn transitions from the internet. Cause nobody's brought up this subject but me and....you.
Beavers, loggers, ice storm, flooding, tornadoes all create these sudden transitions. Boom! Mothaload! Oh fire,but not for me.
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Another lucky day....if they could all be that way? Thanks
Damn those are just about perfect!
They came up and at three days old got two straight days of mist, fog and cold. No sun no wind perfect shrooms.
@@johnnyfish6051 can't wait for mushroom season! Going through mushroom withdrawal! From what I've heard it's supposed to be a bit of an early spring with slightly higher precipitation than average. Fingers crossed! Good luck this year
@@joet81 Thank you! Wish you well.
@Johnnyfish when I was a kid we had lots of morels in the woods behind my house but I've not found a single one the last 2 years have we killed em off not redistributing their spores? :(
Lumpy & Lucious. Epic hunting.
Yes, might as well add "delicious" in their. Thanks Granny
Do u freeze them or just keep them in the fridge?
I only eat them fresh. No frozen or dehydrated. I do keep them in a fridge while fresh its a must. Over the years I have developed a way to keep small early morels in a fridge for two months and they still have the properties of being fresh.
Ok just figured I'd as cause we usually find around 10lbs a year bit can only seem to keep them good in fridge for bout 2 weeks
@@dustinknox2784 alot of people freeze them. Bread them lay them out on cookie sheets . Lay them out real clean so not touching each other or clumped up on cookie sheet and freeze them. Pull them out the freeze and bag them. The key is do not let them thaw so they don't stick together during the freezing process. When you cook them flash fry them, real hot real fast, small batches. Key** DROP THEM IN HOT OIL WHILE FROZEN! small batches to keep the oil hot! Thawed morels will turn to guwee mess and nasty texture. Still...nothing like fresh.
Long term frige takes alot of experience. To keep morels in frige over a month they have to be they small, young, zero sings of age or mold.If they are not young their is zero chances of keeping them that long. Dont mix older ones and fresh ones. Mold and mildew will transfer from old ones to fresh ones. I always eat the oldest or discolored one's first, if I have a mix of old and fresh. Key is to not mix old and fresh together for long term storage in the fridge.
You CAN NOT keep morels longterm in a fridge if you SOAK them in water first! Rinse them minutes before you cook but DO NOT SOAK THEM before long term storage.
I let my young,clean,fresh morels set out and dry until the ridges are dry and just barely starting to dehydrate. Then they go in ziplock bags into the fridge WITH the bag OPEN. From their its a matter of keeping an eye on them. With the bag open they continue to slowly dehydrate which is what you want. When you see the entire morel start to dry, not just the ridges, then CLOSE the bag. The inside of the bag will humidify and the morels appear to rehydrate. Then repeat, close awhile open awhile.
The whole point is to dry them slow but not totally dehydrate them. This process has to be done without adding water to them. Water is enemy to mushroom once they are harvested.
Alot say"use paper bags" yes paper bags absorb and wick moisture to keep morels dry. But over long term they totaly dehydrate the morel instead of having a fresh dry morel.
DO NOT SOAK A MOREL IN WATER IF YOU WANT LONG TERM STORAGE.
Thank alot I appritiate all you experience I dont like to soak mine anyway.
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Thanks!
Did you find these this year?
Nope last spring. Good luck Shirley.
hey Johnny was were the temps during this years hunt ?
I haven't hunted morels yet this year. All my morel videos posted so far this year were recorded in 2022.
Temp?,,,,be more specific. On a normal year the it can be mid 30's in the morning up to 90 degreed in the afternoon. If your talking ground temps I have no idea I've never stuck a thermometer in the ground e..v....er. I know when Morels are up by looking at certain key vegetation growth not a thermometer.
THANKS! feel free to respond.
I thought you were supposed to use an onion bag to put them in
Most of the time I use the bed of my truck. Other than that I use a bucket. Put 10 pounds of morels in a mesh bag and they get destroyed.I put more morel spores back in the woods on a level that most can't imagine. Keep watching my channel you and everyone else will see Johnny Fish is on a higher level of morel spore distribution.
Yes onion, laundry, potato, carrots, avocado, even honey ham mesh bags are great way to distribute spores.
@@johnnyfish6051 when I lived in Michigan we found plenty on our property but now live in west Tennessee and not sure if they are here? I remember my mother making venison and morels ! Delicious!
@@JujU957-1 Mothers and Morels what more can you ask for. South Tennessee should be getting Morels about now. Yeah plenty on morels around Tennessee for sure. Thanks for your support John!
@@JujU957-1 Oh there are definitely Morels In Tennessee. I live in NE Tennessee and usually find a few hundred every year. They are popping up a right now which is actually a little earlier than normal. A buddy of mine lives in middle TN and he found about 70 yesterday