The Musketeers Trip On The Water

The weather finally cleared up enough on Sunday for us to hit the water. My dad, brother & I (The Three Musketeers) went. First we went to the gas station to get snacks, beverages and gas for the boat. We of course took our souljas and used them for the bait. We went around 7:30 to try to beat the heat, my brother ran the boat, as usual. We call him captain. Whilst my dad and I prepared the bait and lines. We then went to our secret spot where we usually go to catch squabs and other fish. We fished for about 15 minutes but nothing was biting so we went to another of our spots, outside of water key channel and anchored in about twenty feet of water. Here I jumped over board and dove five conchs and brought them up. Then I took a look to see which fish were around. My dad threw his line in and I watched as the old wife attempted to take his bait and got hooked! The fight was on…after about a minute, the hook slipped out the mouth. The old wife took off. I then got back into the boat. All three of us threw out our lines and Eric caught the first squab then my dad caught the second. It took me a while to catch a fish and it wasn’t even a squab. I caught a squirrel fish. After about 20 fish, we headed ashore.