Here is one of my favorite times on the trip. In fact, I told Josh that it was one of the coolest things I have done in awhile. We went charter fishing. I have always loved to fish, and to fish with a guide on the ocean? Even better. It was a gift from the brothers for Josh's dad's 81st birthday, but I felt like it was an exciting gift for all of us too! When we headed out, it was a tad rainy and chilly- but nonetheless a memory I will always keep.
We headed out into the ocean which felt like it took forever, but it was only 4 or 5 miles in. Very very cool going so fast over waves and being so far into the ocean. We were holding on for dear life! It was a bit much for Josh. We all took Dramamine (and he even took double) but it didn't kick in for him too well. He was sea-sick. Poor guy.
We eventually headed into the smaller, much much calmer coastal area (poor Josh!) and did some more fishing there.
(Good thing Hannah didn't come, oh how she would have been soooo sickie!)
Between the six of us, we caught around 50 fish. Some of the one's we kept were sea trout, pompano, mackerel, jimmy's, and this striped one was a sheep head.
Lauren was this adorable little fisher girl. Her pole would cast out and she would bring one in! I know her arms and hands were getting sore, because mine sure were! She totally won the prize for the nicest and biggest fish.
Here is the 29 inch bluefish she got! She totally rocked it.
Our Captain Austin said..."she is quiet but fierce!"
Yes, she is!
Captain Austin was so great. He took about 30+ of our fish and cut them/filet so we could have them for dinner. Let me tell you, the freshest fish I have ever had.
The pretty bird below (you can see him to the right on this picture above) sat there and waited for Captain to feed him. Once he had his fill, he flew off. Neat!
Here are our some of our fishies the boys sauteed up.
Yummy to our tummies.
