A couple of weeks ago I was pleasantly surprised when someone popped into the office, introduced himself, and said "I found your site online, really enjoyed it." We chatted for a bit, and he invited me to go fishing the next morning.


We had a blast! We stayed inshore, mostly cruising around the Flamingo Bay. The fishing was decent, we hooked and landed several fish, each. The culinary highlight for me was eating some Spanish Mackeral, sashimi style, shortly after landing it. I was glad I had remembered to bring some soy and wasabi, as that really makes the sashimi experience just that much more fun.

I took a large-ish fish home under the impression it was an Amber Jack. While cleaning it I dropped a sharp knife on my toe (ouch!), don't drop knives on your toes, it hurts and your wife will call you a big baby when you get a little upset over getting blood everywhere (your big toe will bleed quite a bit when you drop a knife on it, I've learned).

Despite the wounded toe (a little super glue got it sealed right up), I was proud to present my fish to Brian and Carrie, who had invited us for dinner. Brian sadly informed me that my "Amber Jack" wasn't an Amber jack at all. As it turns out, it was a Jack Kravali, which isn't very good eating, good thing that they had a chicken on the grill already!

On the plus side, we enjoyed a little bit of "tuna mackeral" fillet that I also brought home, as sashimi.

Never one to accept defeat easily, the next evening I bbq'ed the Jack Kravali and made fish tacos which were decent, certainly not gourmet. The dog got some of the remaining fish, and we ate a little as tuna-fish salad: again, not gourmet, but certainly edible. Waste not, want not, after all.

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