Deep Sea fishing

Last Sunday we chartered a boat with two other couples for a day of fishing. I managed to screw up setting the alarm so Marianne and I had 5 minutes to wake up and get out of the house which must have been funny to see. We met the boat at 530 and motored towards the West coast. As we were trolling out to a deep buoy, one of the rigs hooked up and Steve landed a nice Mahimahi. The water was incredibly rough and just standing up was near impossible. It was like riding a bucking horse for 8 hours. Out on the buoy we jigged for shibi which are young yellowfin tuna. We caught 8 of these before leaving the spot for some more trolling. The bad news is the water was so choppy the other two couples were sick pretty much the whole trip. The good news is that Marianne and I didn't sucumb to it. I felt a little queasy once when I was in the cabin making a sandwich so I got back outside as fast as I could. Heading back in we hooked up again and I got to fight this 25 pound tuna. It's amazing how much bigger they seem when your trying to get them in. That night we met a Steve and Marie's place. We fried the mahi in panko bread crumbs, grilled a big piece of ahi and also had sashimi and poke which I love. All in all a great, exhausting day with good eats to finish it off.