First time on the Dorthy B. and it wont be our last - First class operation from the Captain to the mates - Jake, Jeremy and the capatin worked there tails off in this heat - Talk about hot - OMG -
It was Australia hot - been there and done that - Took the wife for our yearly July 4th-ish fishy trip - Wife cant take 3/4 days thank the fishy gods.
The first thing in the morning wasnt too bad - there was some wind and a nice drift - shorts coming over on the first couple of drifts . Then like an hour later - everything died out except for the sun/heat/humidity and I can see why the afternoon trip did better - just way to hot and we were in the bow with no shade or cover - never again- leason learned. I am googan
The captain bounced around and kept looking for better fishing and never stopped - ( best experiance I have had on a half day boat and is now officially the wifes and myself - 1/2 day boat ). Unfortunatly my wife (Leah) is very competitive and she only got 3 shorts. Myself on the other hand - had a handful of shorts , still dropping/George-ing way too many fish and walked away with 1 keeper but it was the right won???-
There were very few keepers thank the fishy gods and I had the right keeper to win the pool - descent fish nice and fat 19 inches-ish - Also I gave the mates 2/3 of the pool - on a hot day like this and not many fishies regardless of how hard they worked ( AND THEY WORKED THERE AZZEZ OFF LITERALLY) some people wont tip and I made sure I did gave the wife the rest.
Since my wife didnt get a keeper we wil be back and will pick and choose our days (she needs a keeper or I wont hear the end of it ) , me well the summer of "George" is over and it was a great way to end it - winning the pool - finding our new 1/2 day boat and trying a frsh shark steak in years , cooking it and not drying it out .
Thanks again to Captain and crew - also seen my buddy Mikey and - Thank You , Thank you ,Thank you for that shark steak - it was Oh - so good - salt , pepper, garlic powder fresh lemon and lime on top - MMMMMM - Thanks again Mikey - you were right it was really really good
Be Well - Be Safe and Fish-On
Gdubs-
