{"id":2786,"date":"2014-10-26T18:01:00","date_gmt":"2014-10-26T23:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/?p=2786"},"modified":"2014-10-27T07:54:12","modified_gmt":"2014-10-27T12:54:12","slug":"deep-sea-fishing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/?p=2786","title":{"rendered":"Deep sea fishing"},"content":{"rendered":"

A little while ago I was able to cross off another activity that has been on my “bucket list” for a long time : Deep sea fishing somewhere around Grand Cayman.<\/p>\n

We did a full day and it was a corporate activity ; myself and the two awesome guys in my department \ud83d\ude42 \u00a0As you will see, we had an great\u00a0time.<\/p>\n

So we are on our way out of the North Sound to open ocean. \u00a0Here is a sea bird likely waiting to go get its breakfast. Seven Mile Beach hotels can be seen in the distance.<\/p>\n

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Once out of the North Sound, we headed straight out … on the way out we went over the wall. \u00a0The wall is where I have often gone diving. \u00a0At around 80ft, all of a sudden the shelf drops off and goes to over 6000ft deep. \u00a0Here on the boat sonar we can see the sudden drop into the abyss. Kind of looks like a chart of recent stock market activity.<\/p>\n

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My two fishing mates today! \u00a0Do you think we look like a bunch of competent fishermen?<\/p>\n

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This is the gizmo that we are trying to get the fish to attack. There are 5 of these being pulled +-500ft behind the boat. Its essentially a colorful artificial squid.<\/p>\n

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This is what we were always on the lookout for … “floats”. \u00a0Essentially anything floating around. \u00a0In this case a large drifting plate of seaweed. \u00a0This type of seaweed is called “Sargassum”. \u00a0The story behind\u00a0the name is that hundreds of years ago, Portuguese sailors spotted this stuff in the Sargasso sea (which is near Bermuda) which is how it got its name. \u00a0We are looking to pass close to these since small fish use these floats to hide\/feed and the bigger fish, which eat the smaller ones will also likely be in the area.<\/p>\n

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Ok now we are fishing! \u00a0It did not take too long and we had “FISH ON!!!” \u00a0As soon as one is hooked, the Captain Jon would yell out “FISH ON!!!” and pandemonium would ensue on the boat. It was awesome \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Here we have one hooked and I am in the hot seat! \u00a0Its quite a strenuous activity. \u00a0These fish sure can pull.<\/p>\n

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Here is our catch! One was added to total 6. Was also caught 2 Barracuda’s that were put back into the ocean (they are not very good eating) These fish are “Mahi Mahi” also called “Dolphin” by some locals.<\/p>\n

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A happy bunch of fishermen! \u00a0I have to say it was a really great activity. We had a whale (fish …) of a time \ud83d\ude42 \u00a0We kept all of the fish. \u00a0At the dock the captain of our charter boat (Slackem Charters in case any one wants to know. \u00a0Their Website is http:\/\/www.slackemcharters.com<\/a>) cleaned them. \u00a0The fish was excellent. \u00a0A lovely white meat with a not-strong flavor. \u00a0After one meal i’d say we froze about 5lbs worth ; and that was after all the fish was split 3 ways between us.<\/p>\n

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So here was our approximate path\u00a0for our day on the sea. We started at the base of the “P” and headed straight out to sea, approximately 6 miles out. \u00a0We could barely see the shore. \u00a0Then we turned and headed east. Once past the tip of the island, we turned back and fished closer to shore. \u00a0Most of our fish were caught when we were farthest from shore.<\/p>\n

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If you have time on Grand Cayman and want to do something really fun … I can now highly recommend you go deep sea fishing! After Julie saw my pictures (as well as the wife of one of my colleagues …) she now wants to go.<\/p>\n

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