A Great Day!

It finally happened. Lester set up Bron’s rod for trolling and as soon as we set off for Eclipse Island the spoon was in the water. Later in the day, ‘zing’ went the rod. Bron took control of the rod and started the lengthy process of hauling in a catch. Dave slowed the boat to about 3-4 knots and grabbed the fish net. Soon afterwards we hauled in a 55cm spotted mackerel. I was excited and couldn’t wait to tell Trish and Lester. I later discovered that apparently 55 cm is quite a small mackerel for this area. That’s cool it means we are more motivated to try again and go for something bigger. Thanks to Trish for cooking the mackerel and making it into an awesome dinner for us.

Today we sailed to Eclipse Island. We celebrated the first catch with a formal dinner. Here are the guys all dressed up!