Saturday March 5: Fish Galore!

The wind finally quit blowing long enough for us to head out for a couple of days. First time this season that we've been able to leave the dock for an overnight Thursday.

Of course since it was the first time it seemed that we needed to do EVERYTHING that we haven't had the weather to do.

First was a stop at Sombrero reef for a snorkel. The winds were calm but the visibility was still not the best. Water was too stirred up I guess.

Steve spent the better part of the day on the aft deck - either fishing at anchor or trolling.

He was not disappointed! First several porgies (small but good on the grill).

Then several hogfish that sadly were not large enough (weird looking but very good for eating).


Must be time to head toward our destination for the night - Newfound Harbor. Trolling all the way of course!


Several time we heard the 'zing' of line being pulled out.

Twice he had picked up very nice sized mackerel - one Spanish and one Cero.

I see fish for the freezer - way too much to eat in one night!!











We caught up with Jenna Star and Phinns (didn't get their picture :-(  ) at Newfound Harbor.

After a fish appetizer on the flybridge with Nancy, George, Gary and Karen, we called it a day. By now, when the sun goes down we're about done as well ;-)

But we were up early and headed now to Looe Key to see if the visibility had improved any. Jenna Star picked up the mooring ball next to us. It was very calm :-)

Steve and George actually dove instead of snorkeling. Sadly the visibility was still not great but they still saw the many small fish that hang out at the reef.

More fishing - but not much luck on Friday. Guess the fish were all hiding that day.



The waters were gorgeous with the many shades of blue that come out when the sun is out.

So it was a nice ride to Bahia Honda - our destination for the night. We spent the night at the marina while Jenna Star anchored out just off of the marina entrance.

Of course there was ice cream to be had so George and Nancy dropped their dingy and came into the harbor. This place has the best bargain for their cones - excellent!!

We needed to be up early to leave the marina (very shallow entrance and we needed the tide to be at least up 1/2 foot for us to leave) or we would have had to stay for another 5 hours!

Once outside it was easy to pass over a couple of blueberry muffins to Jenna Star - using a boathook so we didn't need to get too close :-)

Back to Banana Bay with a successful outing. One of the reasons we wanted to get out was to also check the engine systems since we had done quite a bit of work.

No oil or water leaks anywhere - success!!