Being on a boat we have been eating lots of seafood, such as fish…which is great! But somebody has to catch all this fish of course! The easiest and most time efficient way is to trawl, which is basically casting a line in while you sail, and waiting to see if you catch anything and hoping when you do…it won’t be a coral reef! When there is something on the line the reel makes a big noise as it is letting out the line, that’s when you grab a rod and reel it in. My granddad (Don) showed us how it all worked; I volunteered to be the first “fisherman” as I have done this before.
Not long after we started on our voyage the reel when crazy and I ran for what essentially was our dinner. Fish caught *cue happy faces, and reloading the line* (although I’m sure it’s probably NOT called reloading) Next volunteer was Debbie, I think my granddad was enjoying the helpful crew he had managed to recruit. Fish caught *cue happy faces and reel ‘reload’* next volunteer, Lee. The reel goes crazy and she ran to the rod..Picks it up and I see in a vision of the future – her going overboard! So I ran to her and helped her grab the rod, this was a big one! It was a group effort Lee reeling and me pulling the rod down and up, and occasionally reversing roles. Finally we pulled in the biggest Trevally I have ever seen! Finally fish caught *cue happy faces and two very tired girls!*
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| Fisher (wo-)men |
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| Lee and I with our catch (I'm 5'3" or 1.60cm, to put it into perspective) |
We also snorkeled around the islands, which was an amazing sight to see. Shoals of Napoleon Wrasse, a turtle or two and even a shark (don’t ask me what kind because I was just happy that that WASN’T one of the sights I saw)
One of the days after a particularity fun snorkel session, we were discussing all the fish we had seen and someone decided to tell me that they had seen a barracuda (after briefly hearing the famous song “barracuda” as the theme song of the moment … in my head) everyone insisted on telling me stories about terrible experiences people had had that involved these funny looking fish (although I have to admit it took me a while to remember what they looked like (no worries, someone made a “finding Nemo” reference and then of course I knew exactly what they were talking about. The Barracuda is the one that eats Nemo’s mom and siblings) Well Mr. Barracuda must’ve heard all our talk about him because he showed up not long after that…unfortunately for him, it was on the end of a lure, attached to a fishing rod! He did have the last say though snapping my granddad’s (brand new) lure in half!!!
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| Snorkeling in the Andamans (taken from http://www.yachtkatrine.com website) |
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| Mr Barracuda |
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