First Catch

My friend Ryan was nice enough to take me out fishing for the first time this past weekend. He showed me how to tie knots and set up the hook, line, and sinker. Then he taught me how to cast, and after a couple of poor tosses, I was able to get the line out. I never thought I would be able to catch any fish, and in fact thought I would be mostly catching the line on rocks and losing all the hooks, but as you can see, I was lucky enough to catch a few. These are the 3 largest fish of the bunch I got, as I had to toss the smaller ones back. The moana were good eating, as you can see from the 2nd photo. Scaling the fish was the biggest hassle, as scales ended up flying all over the kitchen. But Angelpoo was able to help get the ingredients and cook the fish properly, Chinese-style. The other fish ended up being frozen and hopefully Ryan's auntie can make soup with it, since the dangerous spikes on the tail and the rock-hard horn on the dorsal portion of the head threatened to poke us. All in all, it was a nice first fishing expedition!