Patricia and Eric Admiring One of the Many Black Snappers She Caught
At around noon Clifford asked if we wanted to continue fishing or head in and cookout and then fish some more afterwards or just keep fishing. Patricia and Erina didn’t want to stop so we kept fishing for another couple hours at another pair of high quality stops. We finally headed inside the reef where Eric dropped anchor in around 15 – 20 foot of water so Clifford, Erina and I could go snorkeling.
We jumped right in and Clifford, who had taken his spearfishing gear, shot a fish through the midsection. The fish squirmed and Erina and I were startled to see a big nurse shark appear from nowhere and quickly take it right off the rod. Clifford showed me how to find the conch and told us to let him know if we saw any big fish. I dove for the conch while Erina swam them back to the boat two at a time.
Eric, meanwhile, remained on board and made the switch from captain to cook. Patricia watched him use the ocean to clean the plywood and knife we were using to cut up the bait, he flipped the wood over and began cutting up piles of our day’s fish catch, conch, tomatoes, onions, peppers, limes and potatoes. He trimmed and then washed a ripe pineapple off in the ocean again, then sliced it and offered it to Patricia as an appetizer. Patricia thought it was so ripe, fresh, and oh-so-mouth-watering good.
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