The continuing adventures of Kimberly and Willy

Gone fishin'

With our vacation coming a little earlier than expected, thanks to the H1N1 deal, our friends Rusty and Dennis invited me and my friend Mike to do some fishing. We left Barra de Navidad early and headed out 4 or 5 miles before putting the poles out.

My first fish of the day....a 5 or 6 pound chula...gave a pretty good fight

Mike getting a toro or something like that....nice fish

Our take for the day....2 chulas, the toro and some kind of jack (amberjack, skipjack, etc)

Good fun day. Really nice to be out on the water. First time this year.

On the way back, we saw a couple of really nice yachts....This is the Ostar...she clocks in at 170 feet.

 This one is called Mr Terrible....she goes 154 feet.

 We went out for Tuna a couple days later. Headed out from Barra and went about 15 miles south looking for a submerged mountain that is supposed to be pretty popular with the bigger fish. It turned out to be all about the dolphins. I don't think that I've ever seen as many.

They all seemed to be in a really good mood and put on quite the show.

 There were Flippers jumping every direction...I figured that if we had boat trouble, we could just ride them in....Isn't that the way it was on the TV show....

 During the trip, we encountered several pods, the largest being somewhere around 1000....dolphins of all sizes playing with the boat, surfing the wake.

 They really seemed to enjoy getting out in front of the bow and leaping in front of us...

 Never saw a fish...never had anything remotely resembling a bite....but it was among the best trips ever....

On the way back we did a little surf trolling on the ocean side of the Grand Bay Hotel....really nice shoreline....

 I think that we're going for Tuna one more time while we're still on vacation. Back to work on the 12th...

By the way, still no sign of the flu in La Manzanilla....I guess better safe than sorry....

Posted at 08:07PM May 04, 2009 by Willy in General  |  Comments[20]