Gone Fishin'....................by Chris

I quickly dressed and donned my lucky hat to ensure the fish would be biting. The fishing team consisted of me, dad and Mark (our northern pal) - I was very excited and so were the rest of the team..........

Don't look too interested boys !

The first thing we caught was a fantastic view of the sun rising over the coastline, then it went all quiet and the four trawling rods didn't even twitch.

Sunrise from the boat

Finally, one of the rods started to run and Mark took it, unfortunately not with fish still attached.

At about 0830 we decided to crack open a beer, we were at sea after all. However, Dad was slightly green and did not partake in any beverage consumption. I couldn't even tempt him with a hardboiled egg form our picnic, although I enjoyed trying!

Steve and Mark before Steve goes green!

A few hours in, and our only highlight was seeing a pair of randy sea horses having it off, the captain sent the "full stop" order, and we prepared ourselves for some hard-core reef fishing. With our sophisticated hand lines wrapped around old plastic bottles, we searched the deep for a monster catch. We hooked a few goldfish and one interesting looking creature - that I was advised was not good eating.

Steve's head replaced by a fish

After an hour or so of this riveting entertainment, and the gentle roll of the boat sending dad a further shade of green, we headed back.

Waiting for the fishies

Demoralised by our poor catch we still put the trawling rods out in hope of the monster. Then, when we had finally given up all hope a reel started screaming and I jumped to action, striking hard to make sure and taking up position in the fighting chair!

Chris reeling in his big catch!

The fight was not a long one, but was a tough one, as it appeared the fish was foul hooked and was trying its best to get free, so much so that close to the boat a rather larger Barracuda thought it could take my prize off me - a few seconds more the captain would have gaffed them both but the Barracuda departed leaving only teeth marks in my catch.

Gaffed by skip

Chris' massive catch !

Big fish!

Now I know it doesn't look much but it was a nice catch and went down very well with the folks after I filleted and beer battered it later that day. Keep watching, as I'm keen to get out on the sea again, as is Mark, dad however will be leaving the team and we are actively looking for a replacement.

Until next time, CJ.

written by  chrischarly on January 18, 2011 from Bentota, Sri Lanka
from the travel blog: Chris and Charly's Indian Odyssey
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