Fish samiches

It was another nice, long weekend. The hilight was my ocean fishing trip today with my dad, brother and nephew. It was the first time I've been fishing on a boat in the ocean since I could remember. Besides having lots 'o fun, I learned one important lesson...take your seasick meds THE NIGHT BEFORE...and be sure to eat at least a little something before getting on the boat. I took a pill an hour before we left and ended up getting kinda seasick. The water was very choppy today and I was kinda squeamish the whole time. It wasn't enough to ruin the trip though and I didn't let it. After fiddling with live bait (shoving a hook through a live macrels nose) and squid bits and casting my line a few times, I wasn't doin' too well stomach wise. So I took a break and got some dry bread from the crew guy. I then stood there holding on to the side, thinking happy thoughts and looking at the horizon. That helped until the pill finally kicked in. There were about 15 people on the boat altogether and quite a few of them fed the fish over the side. I did not, thankfully! I even managed to sorta kinda catch a fish. What I mean by "sorta kinda" is that one of the crew guys just handed me a pole with a fish already hooked on it and had me reel it in! He was like, "You need to catch something." Uh...okay! I managed to pull it most of the way up and then he grabbed it and cut it off the line. It was a Bonita, a fish closely related to the tuna. Tastes pretty much like tuna also. Unfortunately, I didn't get a pic of it...but I DID get a few good ones of my lovely day...


We docked the boat and left by 6 a.m. Had to get up at 4. I was surprisingly chipper, despite this... My brother Steve was not. Heh...he's a real bear in duh moh-nin'.


There were so many cute lil' 'ol water fowl following us around all day. Lots and lotsa pelicans. I just loooooooove pelicans!


Ahhhh... Such a gorgeous day!


My 15 year old nephew, Andy, caught a whole lotta lil' throwbacks like this one.


But he kept going back for more and more! Inspired me to get back to it once I was feeling better...


Muh bro pulled in one of the larger catches of the day, a sheep head. He threw it back though. Said he didn't wanna keep anything unless it was ridiculously huge!


Yep, there's another throw back! Good job, Andy... This time, try not to gouge out an eyeball. Teenage boys...*sigh*

It was a great day and I'm so glad I went. So glad, in fact, that I'ma gon' do it again! I really do enjoy fishing, though it's not for those with a weak stomach...hell no! Rocking boats, fish guts, STINKING bait, people puking over the side... All in a successful day!

Oh yes, and I also managed to get a picture of myself wearing Zens beautiful creation!


LOOK! I'm wearing it and you can barely see it!


So I took a close up...

I've already gotten TONS of compliments on it, just like a thought I would! It's so beautiful and original! Not to mention very special 'cause it's modeled after my lovely lil' Toby birds colors.

And I forgot to mention the adorable little basket it came in...




Isn't that ADORABLE! I was thrilled to get this little addition! I love collecting little boxes and stuff so this'll fit right in! Rosie likes, it too...that's her cage behind it in case ya couldn't tell...hehe...

Okay, well it's time to relax. I took a nap earlier but I think I'm still gonna hit it early tonight. Gotta get to work on time tomorrow! Later!