We pulled anchor on the north side of Rose Island and on our way to Bonds Cay we put two lines in the water. Our freezer was getting empty, lets fish for a dinner! About halfway across, not one but both lines went zzzziiiipppppp! "put the boat in neutral" I yelled and grabbed the waist harness to put around Paul. He took the rod on the port side and I left the rod in the rod holder on starboard. We started to bring these fish in. At this point we are hoping for Mahi but who knows, barracuda, shark, wahoo? Who knows. After about ten minutes Paul said forget the other fish, we can see his is a Mahi Mahi and I grabbed the gaff. This fish was a doozy. We measured it at 59 inches! We had so much to deal with getting fish number one in and it being so huge, we cut the line on number two.
We have never been in The Berry Islands, they are more secluded and quiet. We knew we couldn't go to the famous Flo's for a lunch but we enjoyed going to Hoffman's Cay to the Blue Hole there. It looked a little marshy so did not actually swim in the hole. There were giant, I mean GIANT crabs on the trail to the Blue Hole. They are tan colour and move fast! But they are scary looking and I was surprised to see them in the "jungle" on our way to the Blue Hole. I associate crabs with beaches and oceans.
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| One of the hundreds of star fish we saw! Amazing |
The Berry Islands was our pit stop on our way back to Florida. We say farewell to the Bahamas in just a few days. We appreciate Bahamas handling the Covid 19 so well and allowed all us boaters to stay.
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| This is one like we saw, 10 inch diameter They walk sideways. |
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