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After breakfast, Granny and I joined our South African family (the father, Peter, his wife Renee, and their two daughters Ané and Monique) for a tour of
Florio and Herman (the guys I fished with yesterday) poled us all across the channel to Isle Saint Marie. Me and Peter started by enjoying a few early beers during the short pirogue ride. What the heck, its vacation right?
The way this tour worked, La Petite Traversée helped us hire a four wheel drive vehicle with a driver and guide. The truck was supposed to have room for all six of us. It didn’t. Granny and I huddled in the back as if we were on an
Anyhow, we saw the village. That was nothing to write home about. The
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Tonight I ran straight to the channel near our room to try and get that one fish for the day. First cast I had a small barracuda chase but he never returned. Twenty minutes later I was about to give up when as I was
stripping as fast as I can while backing up the beach to add more speed and I nailed another baby
bluefin trevally. Yes! The perfect record keeps going!Other than having a blast with our new found family, the tour was a bore. However, it was a heck of an eating day. We had those delicious prawns for lunch and tonight La Petite fed us whole crabs. I like this anniversary!
The Pirate Cemetery looks almost like it is out of a movie… kind of cool. Congratulations on your tarantula, and Granny looks as if she has found a warm friend in a glass.
Another cold day in ID, and they are expecting more snow in the mountains… fishing is very limited here in the south west side of the state.
You know Jeff, as you contemplate your ‘Cioppino,’ you look a little like a young Ansel Adams. He would probably want more of your photos in B&W though. 🙂
On crutches, so fishing for me these days. Besides all Sierra Nevada creeks to rivers are running high. Snowpack is about 160% of average.
Pat