Fishing Report 10/19/2014

I took the kids fishing at the beach right by the jetty yesterday afternoon. We dropped La off at the beach by the 'poles' so she could go shelling and get a good walk in as she made her way to where we were fishing. We all found scallop shells so she was really happy (which gave us plenty of time to go fishing). We weren't having luck in the surf trying to catch the really small whiting, so we shifted to the rocks to catch the usual suspects. Rock Blennies and Spot Tail Pinfish - skunk repellant. We went back to fishing from the beach and the kids stumbled on to another life lesson. They found a gull with a broken wing. Upon closer inspection, the gull was bleeding from a wound on it's wing. The blood was bright red so it was a deep cut. They asked what would happen to the gull - I told them when birds that rely on flight break a wing, they usually die of starvation. With this bird, it will probably die a quicker death because it will bleed out. I explained that this is part of life and that they should be happy that the bird got to grow to whatever age it was, fly through the skies and enjoy good weather. They should also apply that lesson to their own lives and truly appreciate the time we have in this existence.

Fishing Report 10/12/2014

We spent Sunday playing catch up on some projects we had laying around the trailer. I'll make another post on the gyotaku-ing in a little bit (as the pictures are on La's phone) - but for now, here are some of the fish we caught in the late afternoon draining tide. Marlon caught: a spot tail pinfish, a sergeant major, another spot tail pinfish, a blenny and a stone crab - yup, a stone crab!!! I got hooked up with a spot tail pinfish, a couple of blenny, a sergeant major and a mango snapper (mangrove snapper, at least that's what I think it is). I think if I get a job down here, we might setup a large saltwater tank to grow out some of these nice little fish from the jetties. Tons of fun fishing with ultralight gear!!!

Fish Printing

Marlon caught this Spottail Pinfish on Sunday afternoon. The kids asked if we could make some gyotaku out of it. We'll add color and details later today.Gyo

Fishing Report 9/10/2014

I took the kids fishing again this afternoon - why not, it's only a 2 minute bike ride away! We caught two new species again - a true blenny, bottom turned mouth and eyes high atop the head are the telltales, more so than the other fish we've been catching that we've called a blenny (mostly because of the appendages a top their heads - and a Spot Tail Pinfish. Today I also taught the kids how to turn over rocks and find some bait. The fish really turned on when we started using crab sections on the hooks. It really doesn't get much better than this!