Noe caught a few hermit crabs for the tank. It was pretty windy and the tide was coming up fast, so we had our fun and left. My phone battery died, but La and I did finally take a short ride on the Ducati and got a Chai Tea Latte (just like the old days when we were dating ;)
What a great weekend!!!
Strong winds and a big swell made for a nice day. The guys riding Himalayas were getting double over head rides and no one was out at Lani's.
I did bring a rod, but all my casting was in vain. I've never caught a fish up at this spot... still was a good time and wonderful surroundings.
I'm pretty sure I went surfing with Marlon at White Plains (either Saturday or Sunday... no pictures unfortunately), but before that I installed a new sink in the kitchen and I finished one of La's presents - this planter box.
It felt good to go surfing again. I need to do it more!
And on the way back in, we stumbled on a couple of mantis shrimp - these had eggs otherwise we probably would have taken them home to live in the tank for a bit.
Fun day!
We saw fish - some big bonefish, a bunch of mullet, a decent sized snowflake moray eel, some lizard fish - but no takers on the hook.
Darn skunks!!!
We bought these at the "Seafood City" store near our house. And they were imported - we've caught these on the East Coast.
Noe said "I like the way Lola cooks it better". She still ate it up ;)
Here's some other pictures from the store.
We'll definitely be adding this place to our list of places to get groceries (La liked the cleanliness especially - but ensemadas didn't hurt either).
Yummy with mashed potatos!!!!
After a few casts, this papio hit and the curse that has been around my neck for the past several months has finally been broken!!!! Marlon followed this up with bringing in a roi.
He got a big strike on the line - a good sized papio, but he had asked me to crimp the barb on his hook and the fish managed to get off just as Marlon got it to his feet. And then he landed a hinalea.
I picked up this kona moano pretty close to where I was standing - I drug my line three times through the spot and each time I saw a different fish go for the ika on the hook - a big humu was first, followed by a papio - then this guy was the unlucky one.
And then the fish that really made the statement my curse was gone and replaced with lots of fishing mojo - this guy was pulling against the drag for quite awhile and gave a great fight!!!
So much fun today and so glad to have the curse lifted!!!! All fish were released (we were going to eat the roi and the big papio, but the make shift stringer I made broke - better for all I guess).
After a week or so, we'll send these guys back out to the ocean. Their observations will involve keeping a log and noting daily changes and behavior.
I'll post more as this develops. We've seen several species worthy of studying over the past year - for starters check out this tiny crab. We're excited to be able to sit down and finally do it!
And we left without spending a cent!!!
