Fishing day 4


Today was a very successful day fishing wise. We woke up at 5:30 this morning to head out fishing for the third time for me this week. We set off with Jordan, just us four for the day. Jordan was looking for Tuna with his sonar panel that can read movement from fish in the water down to 1,000 feet! We were slow pitch jigging for Tuna and ended up hooking on to some pretty nice ones. All together we had 5 fish but one got off. We were catching Tuna up to 500 feet In the clear blue Florida ocean. After about five hours of fishing we headed back to the doc, on the way back we saw where Ariana Grande lives along with Adam Sandler. Jordan was filleting the tuna right on the boat doc, he cut u some pieces for us to try fresh sashimi. It was amazing, as fresh as it gets, tender with that rich tuna taste. After this we went back to Jordans place were we put the concrete ramps we made to work and lifted his boat on to them, they worked great. We ended up cleaning Jordans boat for the next hour and half where he taught us all the ins and outs of boating and captains licenses. We also un rigged all the rods we used and learned about all of that fishing stuff as well. Then we headed to the kitchen were for the next hour we watched Jordan properly fillet the tuna into serving portions, either steaks, slivers, or cubes; All of it tasted good. Her also showed us we can eat it raw, as Jordan prefers the fresh sashimi way. But he also showed us we car sear it, we loved the searing a lot and decided we wanted to do that for dinner tonight. So for dinner we decided on doing seared tuna with sushi rice and everything bagel sesame seeds to put it on. Fresh sushi for the fellas tonight. Very fun and knowledgeable day. 

Hours today: 8.5

Total: 31.5




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