Over the years my hubby and I have been fortunate enough to take many holidays. Some of our trips have involved journeying to other states and others have involved packing up the camping gear and boat and heading for the lakes area. No matter what our destination our trips usually involve some outside activities, as we both enjoy passing time outside.
A few years back we took a visit to Mexico. Our priest gave us the name and number of a couple that he knows that own a condominium and a deep sea fishing ship in the area we were staying in. He told us that he would call them ahead and let them know that we would contact them when we arrived.
We arrived in Mexico to wonderfully warm temperatures. After we checked into our hotel and spent a few hours on the beach we called the couple and made arrangements to go out deep sea fishing. The morning of the fishing trip we found the jetty where they have their boat docked. They have got a big vessel with a raised captain platform and a pleasant cabin area. They hire a captain that knows the area for deep sea fishing. There was also a young man to help us with the baiting of the large tackle that is used to catch the fish. We started out from the quay at roughly 6 o’clock in the morning. We traveled twenty six miles out to be in the best area for striped marlin.
After we had been traveling for roughly forty mins I noticed that my hubby’s color was a bit off. I was going to ask him if he was alright when he leaned over the edge to the ship to puke. He has usually been sensitive to motion and the movement of the ship with the hint of the bait and diesel fuel was getting to him. He had taken medicine before getting on the boat ; however it was not helping him. Just as our host was asking if we needed to return to shore the bait boy indicated that there had been a fish on one of the lines. My man sat in the chair and was given the rod. It took him over thirty minutes to land the a hundred and forty pound marlin. between reeling in the fish and giving it more line he was throwing up into a pail.
Right after his fish was released I hooked a 40 5 Mahi Mahi they were really excited about this because it’s so good to eat. By this time my man had the dry heaves so bad we wanted to go back to shore. When we turned up at the dock my man ordered me to take heaps of pictures as we would never be going deep sea fishing together again. It took him the stayed of the day to recuperate.
If you prefer to stay on the mainland then have a peek at the offshore fishing around Key West. With a profusion of species swimming in the waters around the Keys, there is never a dull moment for the sport fisherman.
