Janice and Joe, invited us to go the Hogfish Bar & Grill. It is a local Stock Island waterfront restaurant and off the beaten path. It’s very popular and we had to wait for a table.
Since we had to wait, Joe took us for a tour along the dock. There are many floating houses moored to the dock. Some looked pretty tough, and others looked great. Joe pointed out Mel Fishers work boat. Mel Fisher is a
treasure hunter who finds sunken wrecks and salvages the treasures and anything of worth on the ship. Mel has a museum in Key West that is very interesting and full of treasures he’s recovered. Between storms, hurricanes and the many reefs along the keys, there have been hundreds of ships that have sunk. Anyway, this boat has large pipes on the stern that are hooked up to hoses that dredge the bottom sucking up stuff and bringing to the surface where they can look through it on the boat.
For lunch we ordered what the Hogfish Grill is named after, a Hogfish Sandwich and fries (of course). It was great! A Hogfish is kind of a bizarre looking fish and they are harvested by spearing, rather than netted or caught on a hook.
Janice and Joe from The 5th Quarter
Janice and Joe’s dock neighbors, Gina and Ed, joined us.
After lunch we all headed to our boat to watch the Vikings/Cowboys game. Much to Gina’s disappointment, the Cowboys lost. And she even wore her Cowboy’s shirt. We had a fun time watching the game with new friends.
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