We went deep sea fishing on Maggie Joe and were assisted by Captain Mike and First Mate Nate. I love rhymes.
Captain Mike took us fishing in about 140-180 feet of water because the Wahoos had been biting lately (it was too early in the season for Marlin). Wahoos go after their prey at 70mph and have razor sharp teeth. In fact, they don’t event need to bite. They just ram their prey at 70 mph and cut them in half, then go back and eat it with their friends. Here is First Mate Nate getting the rods set-up.
The rods were rigged with big rubber bands. When a fish was hooked, the bands would snap and make a popping sound which alerted us to start reeling. Here fishy fishy! About 30 minutes into the trip we had a triple-header. One of the fish got off though, so we ended up with 2. Adam and Jesse got to reel them in.
Once the fish were near the boat, Nate speared them and put them on ice under the deck. He then bashed their heads with a bat to kill them right away (hey, I guess it is more humane than letting them die slowly on ice). Blood was everywhere. Gross. I was trying to get a close-up photo of the fish’s face and at that exact moment Nate bashed his head. I decided not to post that picture.
Those 2 fish were the only ones we caught that day. The bigger fish was around 37lbs and the smaller fish was around 19 lbs (I can’t remember exactly.. but they were close to that size).
Nate filleted the smaller fish for the group and we took it home to be grilled for dinner. I didn’t eat it, but Bob tried a bite and said it was OK.
Here are some random pictures from throughout the day:
