Tuna Fishing

Yesterday David left at 1 in the morning to head to Ocean City Maryland to do some tuna fishing with several of his friends ... they had been looking forward to it for ages that he couldn't even snooze a bit before leaving ...

The drive was long but the excitement fueled them all ... by the time they got there they were ready to catch some big fish and set sail at quarter to 5 ... they sped out about 40 miles from shore ... David couldn't believe the size of the waves, some even coming up on deck and how fast the boat could go ...

The early morning wake up call ... the fresh air ... the speed of the boat ... the excitement to catch fish all caught up with most of the group ... naps were plentifully and there was even a bit of sea sickness ... David said he felt a bit queasy but did alright ... and slept like a log during his nap ...

They caught 1 tuna ... 2 mahi-mahi ... and 1 wahoo which is what David caught ... their boat caught the most that day ... he was so excited about all the fish ... unfortunately as they were getting off the boat the 1st mate dropped one of the mahi-mahi into the water and lost it ... kind of a bummer ... but they still had plenty of fish for the 5 of them ...

There is a "fish cam" at the doc that David had been watching for days before hand to see what people brought in ... so we had it on throughout the day ... I knew he wouldn't be in till late afternoon/early evening but checked it every once in a while ... and as I sat down to give Lincoln a bottle at 5:30 I suddenly saw their group and started calling up to Skye, "Daddy is on the fish cam ... Daddy and Norbert and Aric are on the fish cam come see" ... I was able to grab the 2 screen shots of them bringing in their fish ... it was just so cool we caught them on cam ...

David didn't get home until about 22 hours after he left and he was just exhausted ... so no fish for dinner last night ... but tonight he made the most gorgeous plates ... the tuna steaks tasted like fillet Mignon ... it was amazing ... I can't wait till we get the rest of it ...

Now Skye wants to go fishing with her daddy ... I am thinking they need to start off going to a lake or the Potomac ... but she so wants to spend the day fishing with her daddy ...