Easter afternoon we decided to take Old Moldy out, that's our boat for those not informed. OK, so it's not moldy anymore, but I think the name may have stuck. We took the boat out to the Gulf Breeze Bridge and stopped near the pilings. Within 15 minutes, using live shrimp as bait, Rick snagged this guy.
As soon as Rick's line went taunt and he yelled, Whoa, I knew we had a bigger fish. I could see the orangy red color of it, as it got near the surface, then I caught it in the net and we hauled it in. This is the biggest fish Rick has caught yet, about 1 1/2 feet long.
It had a black spot on it's tail which is to fool other predators that it has an eye there, so it appears to see where it just came from. We found out from a neighbor that it is a Red Fish and are good eats. BUT, we being the bleeding hearts( yes Rick is too apparently), pulled the hook free and told him to return to his homeland. Go back to your babies big fish and remember " giant shrimp dangling on the surface are NOT to be eaten". Maybe next time we'll catch one and actually take him home. Emma wanted to put it in our gerbil tank and name it Coral. I'm sure the gerbils would've loved that. Our neighbor says he has caught a few sharks out where we were. So maybe we'll need a bigger boat the next time we fish for JAWS.
It had a black spot on it's tail which is to fool other predators that it has an eye there, so it appears to see where it just came from. We found out from a neighbor that it is a Red Fish and are good eats. BUT, we being the bleeding hearts( yes Rick is too apparently), pulled the hook free and told him to return to his homeland. Go back to your babies big fish and remember " giant shrimp dangling on the surface are NOT to be eaten". Maybe next time we'll catch one and actually take him home. Emma wanted to put it in our gerbil tank and name it Coral. I'm sure the gerbils would've loved that. Our neighbor says he has caught a few sharks out where we were. So maybe we'll need a bigger boat the next time we fish for JAWS.
2 comments:
Nice size for sure. Those are supposed to be very good eating, next time kill and eat em. That's the way it is supposed to be. He must have been one of the dumb ones who went for the bait. It is a cleaning of the shallow end of the gene pool.
i think that is neat about the black spot. i didn't know that. and i like how you bleeding hearts let the fish go, yet you want home and cooked up a fat pig for easter dinner. guess you didn't care about babe.
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