It was a beautiful day to be on the water, cloudy at first, then sunny. The water was unusually calm for this time of year. No one got sick today! Unfortunately the big fish were not biting. But we did see dolphins and several whales!
We trolled for a couple hours without a nibble, then pulled into Captain Cook where the Kratz' did a bit of snorkeling. The rest of us stayed on the boat and ate our lunch.
Captain Bradley, a fisherman whom Don has known for years, wanted the children to have a good experience, and since we weren't having success trolling, when they were finished snorkeling he stayed offshore rather than trolling way out and did some bottom fishing. The lines had about five baited hooks on each of them and the kids were soon reeling them in by ones, twos, threes and even fives. They had a great time. They caught goat fish, a gray snapper, some yellow snapper, a trigger fish, and a couple other varieties.
We were back in the harbor around 2pm. We brought some of the fish along home. Don and Steve cleaned them and we had very fresh fish for supper!
It was a good day, but seven hours of sun and wind pretty much wore us old folks out!
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