Eric Showing Off One of Erina's Black Snappers
Erina and I went to the back of the boat to fish first, while Patricia remained up front just wanting to make sure she wasn’t going to get woozy. Clifford gave us some quick instructions on the “techinique”, which was performed by pulling the tip of the rod up and then quickly reeling the slack line in. He then cut out some three inch bonefish cubes on a piece of plywood and baited our round hooks. We followed his instructions on sinking our bait, which took quite some time as we were in approximately 600 foot of water. Clifford said the bottom was sandy and he was looking for a specific type of fish found around that depth.
The fish would take the hook as soon as the bait was lowered. I caught a small vermillion snapper and Clifford deemed I was ready for the “big ones”. I eagerly agreed and had visions of landing a big grouper or shark. Erina on the other hand was content with the considerable effort it took to pull in the 5-10 pound snappers she was catching.
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