Fishing Around

Eric and A.J. went fishing the other day from the pier at the end of Wanda Beach (dare I say our beach?). They had fished other times without success from some other spots and were getting a little discouraged until A.J. saw someone catching a fish at the pier. So, the next chance they had to cast a line in the water you know where they went!

Now I only have their word that this is a true story because there are no pictures to prove it, but I've decided to believe it because they haven't been fishing enough to get good at telling a fisherman's tall tale. Their claim is that A.J. first caught a small leatherjacket. I couldn't find a picture of one that didn't have copyright restrictions so I'm just including a link to a picture of it on the New South Wales fishing site (leatherjacket picture). Even their fish are strange!

Fresh from that success, um, well, actually it is saltwater, they tried again. A.J. then caught a ray, an electric ray to be exact. It was pretty good size and when A.J. tried to pull it out of the water, the line snapped. This turned out to be a really good thing because if you read the information on the electric ray you find out they can shock you unless you pick them up just right! "Toto, I don't think we're in Kansas anymore!" is what comes to mind.

For my part I was at work while all this was transpiring. The sum total of my adventures at work was fishing around for the right words to describe software regulation compliance processes. Man, do I know how to have fun!

We're going to spend the weekend in Sydney doing some sightseeing with A.J. so the fishing will have to wait for a few days. I do know I'll be "angling" for some Starbucks visits!