*****WE INTERRUPT YOUR REGULAR CYBER DRAMA WITH A FAST BREAKING REPORT FROM SEAHG**********
Fishing was horrid but the sunset was breathtaking. Definitely the best of the season so far. The western sky was a brilliant orange and purple, absolutely gorgeous... BUT... the eastern sky was amazing!!!!! I remember thinking that if I were in the far north, this is probably what the aurora borealis would look like. The clouds weren't moving quite as fast as the borealis looked to move in the videos I've seen (what causes that anyway, I can't remember but I vaguely recall something about sun flares or electronically charged particles or something like that?) but never the less, they were very similar in appearance and were moving relatively swiftly. At first, the color was all blue and white but,as the sun set, they changed to very intense pastel pink and purple. It was very difficult to focus on my fishing.
I almost talked my husband out of going because the radar looked bad. We finally agreed to go on the condition that if he got me killed he'd better take himself out as well for I warned him that I would haunt him every waking and sleeping minute of his natural life. (UH-OH, was that an internet threat? The threat wasn't made on the net but the crime was reported on the net. Hum. Perhaps someone should call the FBI?) We had six dozen, very active, jumbo shrimp so there really wasn't a choice. Anyway, we got to our first destination and I got a good hook on a really big Ladyfish. For those of you that aren't familiar with Florida fishing, they call them "the poor man's Tarpon". A big one will give you a nice tug if you're using light tackle and they jump out of the water like a Tarpon. Many of them will jump right off your line. I recall thinking that my luck just mught be about to change. Right after that, my husband hooked onto a respectable size Snook. It was of legal size but they're off season so it was released. That spot cooled off and we pressed on.
And on
And on.
The rest of the night was spent chasing fish.
But I still got to see that magnificent sunset :) SH
