Fw: Fishing
Raylah
Jeremy Elsom
Mon 7 Dec 2009 16:52
We have just eaten a fish we have caught. The
new fishing rod cost £220 , the reel £65, the holder £20. The special
line cost £22 and the lures £36. We had to kill the fish by putting 1/4 bottle
of Vodka down its gills ,cost £5. When we gutted it on deck the blood got
onto my new cockpit awning,damage of say £20. Thus the fish cost me £388
but I shared it with 5 people,so a fifth of a fish cost me £388 or £1940 for the
whole fish. The last time we did the ARC we bought a very specialist and
expensive fishing line called a YO-YO which we deployed on the first day but did
so without attaching either end to the boat,in other words we chucked the whole
lot over the side.
Fish are only caught at mealtimes. You cast
your line early in the morning stand by it for an hour or so staring into the
wake of the boat. Boredom then sets in until lunch or supper
time comes round by which time you have completely forgotten about
fishing. You then clear the cockpit, lay out the meal, and sit down to
enjoy the wine and food. At the exact moment your first forkful is
about to enter your gob there is screeching sound as the reel tears out at high
speed . You jump up in shock and excitement,the chicken curry flies
everywhere and somebody jumps into the 'baby' seat at the back of the
pushpit to hold the rod and try and reel it in.with plenty of encouragement from
the other diners.This takes allot of hard winding but excitement mounts as the
leaping fish bounces across the waves and finally arrives at the
rail.
The fish ,was caught by David, and pulled
in by Simon. It was a beautiful 3 feet Dorado ,with a forked tail,and an
amazing yellow coloured metallic skin. The bucket is
produced ,the fishes head is put in,and vodka poured down the Gills. Then
gutted and filleted and another meal is in the
fridge .
|