Fishing Trip

Around six dad woke me up to go fishing with him. After driving an hour to the boat we met the captain and set out on our adventure. The captain drove us to a good Blue Cod spot (Blue Cod is a type of fish) and we stayed there for a while. We caught about thirty and kept nine of them. When we were bored of catching cod the captain took us to other spots. The only type of fish we caught on the whole fishing trip were Blue Cod and one big Snapper.

Our captain showed us several mussel farms and an oyster farm. According to our captain, the way they raise the mussels is by attaching cords to buoys that hang down in twenty-five ft deep water. The mussels grip onto the cords and feast in the nutrient rich water. When the mussels are ready to be harvested they are striped off the lines and shipped to the market.

The man who owned the oyster farm told us that the oysters are kept inside mesh bags that float close to the surface of the water. Once a month they are collected and put in a tumbler. Small holes are in the front of the tumbler, medium holes in the middle, and large on the end. The small oysters fall through the small holes, medium ones fall through the medium holes, and large ones fall through the large holes. Each size falls into separate bins and are put back into separate mesh bags so the bigger oysters can not consume all the nutrients in in the bag areas. When the oysters are half grown they are shipped to another place to fatten up.

After fishing mom and dad had some of the fish for dinner and mom made Eton Mess for dessert. It was delicious!