Gone Fishing!

Our day started early with a 6:00a.m. show time at the beach to be picked up for our fishing trip.  It was cool and calm on the waters.  The small boat held Tom Sr, Pete’s Dad Terry, Tom and I, and our two fishing guides.  The guides didn’t speak a lot of English and the trip was pretty quiet and relaxing . . . almost too relaxing!!  We saw a sea turtle, dolphins, and some fish jumping in the water long before we saw a fish on the line!

It wasn’t until 9:40a.m. that the reel at the back of the boat that nobody was manning finally got a hit!!  Tom jumped up and had the task of reeling him in (although I guess technically that was my pole since I was the one that wasn’t currently holding a pole). 🙂  It only took a couple of minutes to reel in a 10-12lb Amberjack Tuna (at least that’s what we think it is).  The catch woke the boat up and we hoped we would see more action, but unfortunately that would be the only catch of the day.  At least we weren’t skunked!  Tom was talking to some other tourists at the beach who had gone fishing yesterday and they had come back empty.  The guides fileted the fish and told us the hotel would cook it for us. We came back to the hotel and talked to the chef at the snack bar and arranged that he would cook it for us for lunch.  It was very delicious!!  It wasn’t very fishy at all and was very meaty.  

The rest of the day was spent relaxing by the pool and watching the kids play in the waves at the beach. Tomorrow is the zip lining adventure!