Woods Hole, Mass. Nirit reels in a big one.

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Christopher & Nirit Slaney
Mon 13 Jun 2011 14:05
 
 
Our gracious hosts in Woods Hole Mass., Tom and Anne Beninghof, took us fishing in Buzzards Bay on board SKIBBEREEN, their lovely power boat which was built locally be a company called Fortier. As you can see in the video, SKIBBEREEN is extremely well set up for fishing and is a tough and powerful craft ideal for these waters. We jigged for Blue Fish and Striped Bass on light tackle in an area above an undersea ledge which Tom described as, 'Something of a secret place.' I hooked the first one but he managed to spit out the lure. Ten minutes later we had another bite and Nirit reeled in a good sized Blue Fish. Tom makes a point of kissing each fish he lands but I unfortunately missed this great shot. Nirit prepared the catch in olive oil, garlic, salt and pepper, had it in the oven for just fifteen minutes and it made excellent eating.
 
Wood's Hole is the home of the world famous Oceanographic Institute which will be familiar to anyone who's watched National Geographic TV or the History Channel. We spent two nights moored inside a body of water called Eel Pond which is accessed from the sea via a cut and a drawbridge. This is the place which appears at the end of the video.