For those of you who have never filet a fish it is somewhat of a soothing, albeit disgusting experience. There is something soothing about watching the clean cut along the spine and then along the tail in one swift movement. (In a ‘It’s a fish and we’re gonna eat it’ kind of way, not in Continue reading →
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Day 7: Contemplating Cod
When the fish aren’t biting, it gives you lots of time to think. My mind goes to strange places when it’s idle. Like what it’s like to be a fish for instance. When you catch fish, you don’t always hook it in the mouth. Sometimes you hook its tail or its head or its belly. Continue reading →
Day 6: Dolphin Day
This morning the sun was still sleeping behind the clouds but I was still excited for what the day would bring. Yesterday we saw a Mink whale (a cute little mini whale) and caught mackerels and a giant cod. I wondered what else The Rock was hiding. At the dock we greeted some of the Continue reading →
Day 5: The Legend of COD-zilla
Not to give the ending away but today’s fishing adventure was EPIC. They day started off slowly as we came up empty at the first five or six spots that we hit. Crazy Ivan was mumbling not so under his breath, “Where the hell are these sons of beeches”. I had pulled up 4-5 fishes Continue reading →
Day 4: There are plenty of fish in the sea…
After yesterday’s epic catch, we came in for lunch and a nap. We didn’t recover from the nap. We all nodded off at one point and when I woke up Ivan was already into the wine. So instead we spent the late afternoon talking about “The one that got away”. For dinner we feasted on Continue reading →