The full day trip departed at 6 am, which meant you had to get there at 5am, which meant we had to leave at 4:15 am - I had some tired folks in the car.
That is our boat - The Fiesta!!! It was going to be a fishing party!
I found some seats ( ish) for the drive out to the deep ocean
( Just a funny - I was also the only Female on board - apparently this is a strong male bonding thing)
And they all try to prove how tough they are by standing... I was the smart one - I got my sea-legs while sitting and enjoying the ride 😂
From the back of the boat we watched the shore disappear.
K had already taken his Dramamine
Middle bit... was next
They gave us a crash course on using the fishing poles and we got stopped - and they say Drop your lines!! We Dropped... and you felt the weight hit the bottom of the ocean. Each time they told you the depth. The first time I said *ok* as in does it matter? and the I learned that yes it does matter
Probably you know this - but the deeper the water... the longer it takes for your weight to hit the bottom, and the more strong ( I am sure that is grammatically correct) you need to be to bring it back up.
All the kids and the hubby caught fish - I had fun casting, reeling, taking photos and!! WHALE WATCHING
Oh! My! Gosh!! this is a cell phone photo edited and holding on to the phone for dear life - but heck fire!! we saw 10 different whales.
Funny - I SAW the whales!. with this kind of fishing you don't have to be quiet like you do with stream or lake fishing - so it was kind of perfect for me.
I saw the first whale spout, shouted and pointed and the captain repeated it and told everyone.
About every time I pointed the whole fishing crew would look at what I saw.
I was told I could come back and be a spotter.
The guys caught 15 fish
We took them back to the VRBO and my brother and sis in law came over and we ate them!
we were also glad to have a VRBO - we did our laundry, packed and got ready for the next adventure before hitting the airport... see you tomorrow for our last Vacation day
What a fun day! How was the fish dinner - who cleaned and who cooked?
ReplyDeletenot my idea of fun I'm not a water person but spotting the whale sounds neat - I would need the Dramamine.
ReplyDeleteHow awesome that you saw so many whales on a fishing trip. I know quite a few folks who went on whale watching voyages and saw ZERO whales!
ReplyDeleteSounds like everyone had a fun time. Very cool whale photo. We went out once for on a whale spotting excursion. I had no idea that I'd get sea sick. I was miserable, but the other two had fun. VBRO's are awesome!
ReplyDeleteMy dad and hubby went deep sea fishing off of Morro Bay many years ago. . .like 30. My grandmother had a home there. We always enjoyed going for a visit. How amazing to see so many whales and any time fish are caught it is a great trip!!
ReplyDeleteYum!! Nothing quite like fresh fish. Way to go on the whale spotting too.
ReplyDeleteOh yes whale watching is amazing! When we were in Hawaii they came right up to the boat, so big yet so graceful they are.
ReplyDeleteJust amazing!!!! The trip and the whales-what an adventure!!!
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