Alex and Cindy have the boat and fishing gear. So we’re bringing the lunch and bait. My job was to bike to the grocery store and picked up lunch for the four of us. Then it was on to the bait store for a minnow bucket and bait.
Cindy captaining
the boat while
the guys trolled.
We went about 3 or 4 miles out and fished in around 40 feet of water. Ross and Alex caught all sorts of fish. Most of them we’d never seen so tried to identify from a book. The guys used all sorts of lures, gooey rubbery things, live shrimp, dead shrimp, you name it. And then, Alex brought out this bag he’d been keeping in the freezer. I can only describe it as a bag of stench. He cut it up and they used it for bait. At some point it had been squid. Well I tell you, they caught fish. We now refer to Alex as “the Grouper King”. Too bad we couldn’t keep any.
The Grouper King
at work.
Some of the fish that loved stinky squid.
Alex caught this Remora.
Notice it's flat head.
This type of fish
can attach itself to
a shark's body and
the shark carries
it along. When the
shark feeds,
the Remora can detach
and join in the bounty.
We never figured out
what this little blue guy
was. And he was vibrant
blue. It is difficult to see
his teeth but they look
made to chew coral.
A beauty of a
Queen Triggerfish
that Ross caught.
It lucked out
because we didn't
read in the fish
book that they
are excellent
eating until
after it was
released.
We had a blast. It was like Christmas morning waiting to see what they were reeling in each time. It was a great last day on this leg of our journey. Thanks Cindy and Alex!
We had a lot of fun too! Squid may now be a staple in my freezer. Oh Joy!!
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