Almost got my Whaler!

While we docked at The Bluff House Marina in Green Turtle Cay, I got up one morning and looked out to see if there was anything going on and noticed a small Boston Whaler floating beside our boat under the main walkway for the marina. It looked as though it might have been placed there intentionally as it had a line going into the water from the stern which looked as though it might have been an anchor. Well, ever since we took the Reef Dancer home, I have been saying to ACJM that I wanted to get a small Boston Whaler with a 30Hp motor or so for running around in the back country and "Booze Cruising". Something small enough that we could park it in our slip behind Feeding Frenzy and if we had motor trouble, I could pull it off and take it home to get worked on or just put another engine on. The main reason I have wanted a Boston Whaler specifically is obvious, so I could say "I may not have the biggest boat in the marina, but I have a whaler for a dinghy". Which of course would be true. As most of you know, I am stealing the line from a Pat Dailey song, but it fits. Unfortunately soon after I noticed the boat there, a lady was calling on the VHF radio saying has anyone seen her lost dinghy, a small BW. Well, being the honest guy I am, I called her and reported it found. She came shortly thereafter and retrieved her boat and when she returned to her other boat she announced to all those monitoring the radio what a great thing I had done. Another good deed, it is time for some good luck fishing now.



This brings me to part 2 of the story. Friday night was a big night here at Marsh Harbour Marina. A fund raiser for a local community thing while celebrating the big uneventful move here, then running into the ex Mizzou coach. So, we were a little overserved and did not do much on Saturday but when I heard ACJM say we might go fishing Sunday, I perked up. We decided to leave early as the winds were supposed to build in the afternoon. The winds were still blowing from the East so we made our way to the ocean through a cut by Man-o-war Cay then trolled North towards Logerhead Channel. We used the same technique as before, zig-zagging in and out from 300 to 1500 feet deep. When we had almost made it to the end of our loop, we crossed an area that was a deep canyon called "Tuna Row" which ran from about 1000 feet deep up to 300 feet and that's where we got the hit. Wrestling a nice fish in in those seas was quite a task for just the two of us. ACJM let me make one more pass by the same spot and we caught another fish. First fish about 11:00 and the second about 11:30. So much for that early morning fishing. I'm sure another pass would have produced another hit, but I had all the rough stuff I wanted also. I definitely will hit that spot one more time before we leave here though. Maybe that good deed did pay off.