Graptolite - Blood & Guts
Graptolite's Sailing Log
Martyn Pickup & Heike Richter
Wed 27 Feb 2008 16:34
Colin caught a biggie about an hour ago. A huge dorado weighing in at 24
pounds. Hauling the thing aboard and battering it with the winch handle got
blood splattered everywhere. Some of the blood will form a permanent
souvenir on the underside of the bimini cover. Some of the blood also turned
out to be mine as the monster broke off the head of the gaff and flailed it
around gouging my leg. Fair enough. It's not going to be me that gets eaten
later.
It was difficult to finish off. Shin finally dispatched it by stabbing it in
the head with a pair of pointy pliers. Ruthless, but it seemed to work.
Cheap alcohol in the gills is also supposed to quiet them down quickly but
we've tried it out on ourselves already and it doesn't work.
A dorado (a.k.a. mahi-mahi or dolphinfish) is a pretty thing. All yellow,
blue and silver. Shin had it filleted and skinned in no time and I'm going
to barbecue it on skewers with slices of lime. The crew teamwork is coming
together.
M