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<\/a><\/p>\nThe one below is somewhat of a celebrity, he has his own radio show and has taken very famous people fishing.<\/p>\n
After lunch we went through a series of \u201cstations\u201d where we got to experience a variety of fishing related activities. There was casting, fly fishing, net throwing, landing and releasing (gaffing the grapefruit), docking a motor boat, backing up a boat trailer.<\/p>\n There even was a \u201cfighting the fish\u201d experience where a man in a wet suit tied to a fishing rod tried to swim away from the fisherwoman\u2026in a pool. Next we moved indoors for knot tying (and there are a LOT of different knots),\u00a0 Ballyhoo rigging, live shrimp baiting, matching the hook with the fish\u2026 some of these activities were a bit more gruesome than others but all were interesting.<\/p>\n But the highlight of the weekend was a real fishing trip. I had signed up without knowing what I was choosing. All I knew was that the boat had a roof and a toilet. As it turned out it was a spectacular boat equipped for offshore fishing.<\/p>\n When I found out we would be going out in the open sea as opposed to the flats fishing I went to the drugstore to inquire about seasickness remedies. The pharmacist suggested a pill to take at bedtime the night before and then again the next morning before setting out. Baaad idea! It knocked me out cold. I could barely keep my eyes open.\u00a0 Not that it made much of a difference as between the 9 people on board (the captain, two mates and us 6 ladies) only one fish was caught! But I am jumping ahead here. First I should explain how things are done on these boats. Once they have reached the area they want to fish, they spread out two\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cwings\u201d to\u00a0 which lines are tied, three on each side. Then they raised 2 kites behind the boat to which more lines are tied. The principle being that fish are so smart that they will not be fooled by bait lying close to a boat but might be lured it is dragging several feet behind or to the sides\u2026the idea sounds good but it did not do us much good.<\/p>\n The Kingfish that one of the ladies did catch was caught at the very beginning of the day\u2026giving us the illusion that this was going to be the miraculous but no such luck.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n