Fishing and Shopping
Dwayne and
Frank went fishing all day with a local guide, Lincoln Jones. He took them to an inlet at the north end of
Manjack Cay were they caught several dozen fish while anchored off some rocky
ledges. A dozen or so snapper were
caught at the first stop which was right off the tip of the cay. After fishing there for about an hour,
Lincoln moved the boat to the rocks on the other side of the cut and we caught
over 2 dozen yellow tale, some grouper which we tossed back as too small and
out of season. Dwayne hooked into what
Lincoln thought was a mackerel; however, once again, a shark took Neptune’s tax
and the line was severed as the shark devoured the fish.
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| Rare Golden Grouper |
After
fishing for a total of about three hours, we were getting hungry. Lincoln has a little camp set up with all the
items need for a great fish fry. He
brought some potatoes and cole slaw from home to go with the fish we
caught. It wasn’t long before he had a
good wood fire going with oil boiling in a huge cast iron skillet. He fileted about two dozen of the yellow
tails and cut the potatoes into thin strips while waiting for the oil to get
hot enough for frying. The potatoes went
in first along with a large, sliced onion and spices. They came out crispy and delicious – not as
crisp as potato chips and not as soft as French fries. We snacked on those while the fish were
frying which didn’t take long. Soon, we
were feasting on fish, fries and cole slaw.
Of course, the Goombay started to flow as soon as we landed on the
beach. Wonderful excursion.
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| Fish Frying |
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Lincoln's Aquarium
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Small Shark
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Sting Rays and a Shark
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| Lincoln Feeding the Rays and Sharks |
The girls
went shopping while the boys were fishing.
Carla and Carol took the golf cart into New Plymouth. They visited the remaining stores in town
which were missed on the previous day.
Carla bought a locally woven basket and picked up a few items at the
grocery store. Carol purchased some
straw place mats. They stopped at
Pineapples for lunch.
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| Carla's Basket |
We closed
out the day in the very comfortable club house lounge watching President Trump
give his first speech to Congress.
Satellite TV reception is very good here.
Sounds wonderful! Happy Birthday to Carla!
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