Summer Hours:
Sun - Thurs: 6:30 am - 8:00 pm
Fri and Sat: 6:30 am - 9:00 pm

For more info:
Holiday Landing and Resort
P.O. Box 1556
Tullahoma TN 37388
931.455.3151
800.856.4703
Fx: 931.455.3159

We use zero
trans-fat fring oil.

The Bluegill Grill’s shrimp and much of it’s seafood will be picked up for the 2007 Summer start on Monday May 7th.

The owners of the Bluegill go to Apalachicola Florida and buy direct from the seafood processors.

This is all gulf of mexico shrimp. NO imports ! The shrimp we buy to boil and eat is usually around a 30 count. This means it takes 30 shrimp to weigh a pound. 30 count shrimp do not have much of a mud vein, so they are the perfect size for peel & eat.

The type of shrimp is called “hoppers”, this name is derived from the harvest method. Shrimp boats go out at night and drag chains across the sandy bottom. Right behind the chain is a large trawl net. When the shrimp
(which are buried in the sand) feels the chain pass over them they hop up to avoid the chain and are caught in the net. Hence the term “hoppers”.

After they are caught the shrimp are IQF which stands for instantly quick frozen. They do this aboard the boats with salt water that is 10 degrees below 0. This assures the shrimper that absolutely no deterioration takes place in the shrimp. The shrimp are packed in 25 pound boxes and kept frozen until cooked. The University of Florida has done studies comparing frozen IQF shrimp when compared to fresh, and their experts could not tell the difference.

These IQF shrimp will maintain their freshness for about 90 days. So, when you peel a shrimp on our deck it will be the exact equivalent of going to the gulf of mexico and eating a freshly harvested one.