So for those who know me well, it will come as no surprise that I took a day off work this week to go fishing! It was a great experience, even given the fact that it was a stocked lake and a blazing hot day! The really cool part was that it was a salt water lake next to the ocean, so many interesting species of fish could be caught, including snapper, grouper, and sea bass.
It was a slow day of fishing due to a very sunny and cloudless day. However, I was well rewarded and quite happy with this 2.2 kilo bass (5 lb). I was fishing with very light tackle and 6 lb line, so it was quite a fight with lots of jumping! Even the local fisherman were impressed by the size of the bass, they told me I was quite lucky. Being humble, I chose not to correct them ;)
Here is my friend Stacy with a Mango Jack Snapper, a tasty bottom fish!
The Snapper an hour later, prepared Thai style. Excellent!!
We enjoyed our fresh fish, fresh prawns (also caught by Stacy in a prawn pool), and a nice red wine at a seaside diner, very nice!!
Paying the price - can you say sunscreen?
6 comments:
Definitely amazing to eat the catch that you singlehandedly reel in... yummy... =)
Stacey
Holy crap, that looks painful!
Croghan, are you talking about the fish, or the fisherman?
Nice bass.
~another stacy
Um, honney, it's "delicious" bass... And it did look quite delicious. Mmmmm.
We keep looking at this post because it has so may pictures of you. I think Kieran's favorite is the close up of your sunburned face. He smiles and points and talks to you. It's so cute!
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