Day 7 (St. Kitts)
Today we are going to spend the morning deep sea
fishing. Dave hired a boat by “Speedy” and
we met him at the docks right near the ship.
I thought it was going to be a pretty big ship, like one you walk around the deck to get to the other side, but it was actually only room for the eight of us, plus Speedy.
Speedy did everything for us - got the poles and lines baited - and then we drove around - never more than a few miles from shore and we waited and waited. After a couple of hours and some lost bait, we finally had "fish on!" Bix was the first to fish and reeled in a 2-3 foot long barracuda. We were excited to finally get a fish, but that was (almost) the last one of the day. Speedy stayed out an extra hour and still Whitney was the only other person to catch fish.
I got seasick and they dropped me off at the beach - I swam ashore from the boat while they fished. The black sand beach was uninhabited and relaxing and my stomach settled over the hour. They picked me up and we drove around for a while, including in a medium sized rainstorm, but no more fish.
We stopped in town and were besieged by local guys with monkeys. They'll throw the monkey on someone's head and then say you owe them $10. AVOID this. The monkeys are cute, but unless you purposely want to spend $10, then don't let the kids or anyone near those guys - it's a racket.
We shopped for a little bit and then went back to the boat.
Speedy did everything for us - got the poles and lines baited - and then we drove around - never more than a few miles from shore and we waited and waited. After a couple of hours and some lost bait, we finally had "fish on!" Bix was the first to fish and reeled in a 2-3 foot long barracuda. We were excited to finally get a fish, but that was (almost) the last one of the day. Speedy stayed out an extra hour and still Whitney was the only other person to catch fish.I got seasick and they dropped me off at the beach - I swam ashore from the boat while they fished. The black sand beach was uninhabited and relaxing and my stomach settled over the hour. They picked me up and we drove around for a while, including in a medium sized rainstorm, but no more fish.
We stopped in town and were besieged by local guys with monkeys. They'll throw the monkey on someone's head and then say you owe them $10. AVOID this. The monkeys are cute, but unless you purposely want to spend $10, then don't let the kids or anyone near those guys - it's a racket.We shopped for a little bit and then went back to the boat.
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| Bix and his barracuda |
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