fishing on the weekend... what else??

I've come to realize that aside from fishing, there's little to look forward to in life. :) Hehehe. This weekend was my first time out on the Little Boat. He says that Little Boat, which they got 5 years ago, just never got named. terrible bad luck, i know. I think i'm just going to have to start calling Little Boat just that (i.e. Little Boat, with capital letters, like a name) or name her Emma or something. She looks like an Emma. Little Boat's 17-feet with this big Honda engine at the back, and being out on the waters in the Little Boat is really a different experience from being on the party boat we always take. You're so close to the water, literally inches, with rocking waves as we're over the rip, in the middle of the night, rocking, so gently, it's soothing. It's nice to spend time alone with him too, alone on the boat, it's quiet and peaceful and just.. well... nice. Nice to sit and smile at each other and talk. :) We got 4 flukes, all throwbacks; and 2 keeper striped bass. Made for yummy dinner the next day, huge beautiful striped bass. Nowadays when I pass fish markets and see signs saying "fresh fish" I feel like laughing aloud. Fish from the market *isn't* fresh. It's not just the beauty of catching your own fish that makes the meat taste sweeter, soft and tender, but really, fish that you pull out of the water, still gasping for air, and when you take that beautiful fish and have it for dinner later that day-- it just tastes that bit *fresher*. I can't look at "fresh fish" from the market the same way again..

I'll find something to write about other than fishing in a while. :)