11th Jan - 24th Feb 2013 - Florida - Part 2
Nimue
Mon 25 Feb 2013 16:39
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Windward Passage had taken a ‘slip’ (in the UK, we call it a
‘mooring’ or ‘berth’!) in Soverel Harbour marina, a few miles up the ICW from
Lake Worth. The USA has strict rules about safety gear to be
carried in dinghies, so we always ensure we carry buoyance aids, a throwing
line, a whistle and most of important of all, an all round white light! So
with everything loaded up on Merlin, we often made the 20-30 minute
dinghy ride from Lake Worth to visit Kenny and Sarah and more importantly to eye
up all the wonderful delights found in Carmines, the exceptional on site
deli!
 Looking at the Lake Worth anchorage from
the ICW
On one occasion we were introduced to Joe Scott, who owned a
sports fishing boat which he kept at Soverel and he invited us all to join
him on one of his regular fishing trips into the Atlantic. We were
delighted to accept his invitation and arranged to go out on my Birthday.
Anthony, set up the 4 outriggers and prepared the Ballyhoo bait and I was
smiling like a ‘Cheshire Cat’ as the lines were lowered.................and we
waited and waited! Unfortunately, the water was above 70 degrees C, which
apparently isn’t good news for catching fish. There had to be something
out there and after a good morning trolling up and down, we eventually caught
one King Mackerel!
  All aboard Joe’s fishing
boat
  Leaving Soverel Harbour Marina and the
outriggers lowered as we go beneath the bridge
  It even has one of those fishing
seats.
Speeding away from Palm Beach inlet
  In the ‘hot’
seat
Joe Scott
  The ‘Ballyhoo’ bait fish and Anthony
setting up the rods
  Kenny at the helm and Anne ‘bottom’
fishing
 Michael has a go
too!
The King Mackerel; our only
catch after 2 days fishing!
Bill off ‘Windward Passage’ heard the news that it
was my Birthday and was keen that we all go out for a meal. We had been
recommended to go to The River House, which was a good choice. The food was
stunning and I just couldn’t resist the yellow fin tuna steak, which was cooked
to perfection – seared and pink in the middle ........thank you
Bill!
The following day, we all decided to go out fishing again ,
but unfortunately, this time we didn’t catch a single thing.........
Having witnessed the last 2 days and all the hard work that went into trying to
catch a fish, my own ability to catch fish from Nimue was revitalised (watch
this space!)
Anne’s Birthday meal at the
The River House
Whilst in Palm Beach, we were invited for a meal at some
friends’ of Emmett & Mecca (of Charleston) who we met in Charleston over
Christmas. As we arrived at Ben & Blanca’s we were greeted by 2
German Shepherd dogs and were told specifically not to even look at them, as
they were trained to attack unwanted guests!
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