One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish!

 

boat in wharf at dawn
We took a half-day fishing charter to celebrate our anniversary! Kristy Madill found us a charter and joined us, as did Scott's brother, Justin.

Justin in boat next to fishing poles

We left early in the morning. I figured the picture above was nicer for the showcase pic than the one showing our "red fish"

red snappes and nannygai on fish cleaning station

or even the yummy snapper dinner we had that night!

fish and chips

Our freezer now contains fresh frozen snapper,  morwong, flathead and the little red nannygai. I can't quite convince myself that the flathead qualified as "blue fish". 

dr seuss book one fish two fish

[If you didn't get to read that book/have that book read to you in childhood, you might be lucky. We read it almost daily.]

We hired the whole boat so only hooked each others lines every 10 minutes or so! Everyone caught a few keepers and several that got thrown back. 

3 people sitting on a fishing boat
Our skipper did take us closer to the whales for a look, as well as finding as good fishing spots. The seals and the whales were having a relaxing day. While we saw a few breaches, the whales were mostly spinning around in the water (front-back-front)
whale relaxing in water
Much more seal like than whale like!
seal with fin up in water
seal with fin up in water, two on shelf relaxing
The dolphins that joined us for a bit were more active
two dolphins jumping in waves
It was a really fun day. Our skipper also cleaned the fish for us, much to the delight of the "locals" as well as us! The cormorants, pelicans, and seals all came over. I was surprised to see these two visitors!

The gulls were kept in line by this little one.

And, of course we can't have a post without a bird in it! We did see a few birds that I got to add to my life list. [It is really hard to capture a flying bird when on a moving boat.] This albatross finally stayed in focus!
albatross flying

We plan to head back out when company comes next month!

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