Channel Cat

Yesterday while spending the day just kicking back and since I wasn't moving around much, I decided to do a little fishing in the bay where we are anchored. At first I put on a lead head with a white rubber worm. I was getting so many hits from small bass that they were destroying my rubber worms. After going through a few, I put on a couple of hooks and baited them with some pieces of the squids that had mysteriously appeared on deck one morning on our trip down the Pacific Coast. I figured I would kick back with a good book and use the fishing as an occasional interupter, just to keep it interesting. You know, a bite every hour or so? Well that was not to be. As soon as the bait hit the bottom I had a fish on. To my surprise, when I landed this little guy ( 12" to 14") it looked suspiciously like the Channel Catfish I caught while in Oklahoma. Nah, no way, catfish live in fresh water. For the next three or four hours I caught one of these fish every two to five minutes. It was fun, but I wasn't getting much reading done. Finally I gave up the fishing and read my book. Later last night I looked up Channel Catfish on the internet and discovered they do live in the tropical areas of the ocean. So my suspicions were correct. They were Channel Catfish! I have been fishing for catfish all my life and never knew they were in the ocean also. It goes to show you, no matter how old we are, there is always more we can learn!

We also took some older electronics and a sail that we replaced on our boat to the local cruisers swap meet. The electronics sold in the first ten minutes and we had several people interested in the sail that we gave cards to. Last night one of those people called and said he would be over this morning to buy it. I guess he measured his rig and found it would fit. Great now we will have a little more room. Not to mention a little extra money. This anchoring out is great, cause it's free, and there ain't much of that left in our society these days!

Ya know, I really like that word, ( FREE ). I don't know what it conjures up in your mind, but in mine the list is endless. Especially if you add "dom" to the end of it. Mexico isn't totally free, as no organized society is. But ya know, in my humble opinion it sure as hell beats the USA. Oh! and to all you folks up there that say " If you don't like it, leave it"  Well I did, and I'm loving it!