FISHING

Then there is the FISHING

Perhaps the biggest and most passionate activity, which was not mentioned in the previous blog, is FISHING!  The omission may have had more to do with our recent lack of success than the amount of time, energy and resources devoted to this activity.  However, the tide has now turned.  (We think it was Alizann gifting us some of their Mahi Magic, but that is only an educated guess.) 

Steve did bag a Wahoo on the way into George Town which we shared to keep room in our freezer.    The trip down to Cat was especially exciting – a sailfish took the bait and fought valiantly only to be photographed and released. No room for trophy fish on our walls.  He was beautiful.

Then after almost 10 hours underway we approached the turn into the bight on Cat Island and three lines sang.  Fortunately, only two were landed since we barely have room for the 20+ pounds of Mahi that were caught.  The big boy was huge and managed to destroy most of my planters on the back deck as he thrashed about – we feared he was going back overboard.  Such fun in rolling seas – is priceless.

Oh then the dolphins joined us to leap for joy – celebrating with Steve his big catch! Sorry I was not fast enough to catch the whole pod in the air at the same time…..