Fishy

Cale, Stu (a friend of theirs), Rhiannon and I set out today around noon to the bay. We bought tickets to board the dolphin, a boat and we rented rods. We were going fishing! It was my first time ever, not theirs though. I was so glad I dressed warmly. It can get very cold out on the boat, out on open water.

After sailing out for a bit, the captain stopped the boat and we could start putting our lines in the water. What you did was go to this sort of tank in the middle of the back deck to get yourself a bate fish. This were sardines and anchovies. The key was to get a real feisty one that would attract bigger fish. One of those little buggers caught me a mackerel. I got to rockfish as well, but they were even smaller then the bate fish. These were attracted to the squid that was on the second hook on my line. Half the time I didn't know if I caught a fish or not. But it was way fun. The boat sailed out around 12 o'clock and didn't return till 5 pm. It was messy though. The stupid bate fish would jump out of the tank and onto the deck and just flop around there. Some of them we tried to save by trowing them into the water of the wide open sea, only to be eaten by the seagulls and pelicans. The other fish that once flopped on the deck were tread upon by the other fishermen and lay scattered about. I did my best not to step on them. the biggest reason being that it is extremely grouse to have fish guts stuck under your shoes. Other bate fish that did go onto the lines were more likely to be eaten by a sea lion than by a bigger fish. (There was a beautiful dolphin out there as well). The rule was, change your bate fish every few minutes. They don't move around as much after a while. So many were thrown into the sea.
And even though the fishing was great fun. I did feel a bit sorry for the poor things. But they didn't die without a porpoise. I never had better fish. The deckhand there cleaned the fish we caught for us and send it out with us once we got back. Cale dipped them in breadcrumbs and deep fried them. We had the best fish taco's. Lovely.

Once we got home, everyone was beat though. It's more exhausting than one would think to be fishing all day. We just had the dinner and then sat in front of the tv for the rest of the night. Cale and Rhiannon were cuddled up together and I just cuddled with Niko (Rhi's dog).

I just now got off of the phone with my mom and dad. I had called my dad for his birthday, which is on the 4th of April. When calling him around 10.30 pm here, I get him on the phone right before he goes to work around 8 am in Holland. It was so good talking to them again. And even though I write a lot of things on my blog, it's different just telling them all that I've been doing. So my dad turned 52 and I'm not there. That sucks. It's my grandfathers (from my dad's side) dying day on the 4th as well, and I wont be there. It was my cousins birthday on the 2de and I wasn't there. It's going to be my sisters birthday soon and I won't be there. It's weird. But I'll have to get used to it. For when I move out here in a couple of years, you know. I figure I'd mention that fact a lot, my plan to move out here, so people can get used to the idea. Because I'm sure as hell used to it already.

I'd better go to bed. It's getting late and it have been a lot of late nights and early mornings. Hellish combination if it happens more than a week in a row. I've only been sleeping like 5 or 6 hours a night, when my body really needs 7 or 8. Ooops... what can I say. Gotta live life to the fullest right.