This morning I left the house early to enjoy a little peace and tranquility down at Megansett Harbor before work. Once I got into the parking lot, I rolled the car windows down; it was dead quiet. After a few minutes I heard some playful splashing but could see nothing. The splashing continued, and so I got out of the car and wandered over to the rocks, and, lo and behold, a school of small bluefish were hopping about on the surface. I determined to get out there after work and scare up a few to try in the smoker. Then, off to work.

As I toiled in the cubicle, my wife Tricia went off with the rest of the On The Water crew on a field trip in Vineyard Sound and Washburn Island. I thought, “How nice, she’ll have a nice little boat ride today,” and gave it no more thought. Until I got home.

“Look what I have!” Tricia said, as she showed me a cooler with a tail fin sticking out of it. Okay, I thought, someone had pity and gave her a fish.

“I caught it!”

“What?”

“Well, Bill Dean hooked it, but I reeled it in.” So, now my wife is having better luck than I. She showed it to me…

Apparently, there were a few other interesting moments on the trip, like when Martha hooked a big one…

On the other end of her line…

And the last straw, just before the long swim home from the island…

And now Tricia is learning to troll…

And about those snapper blues destined for the smoker? I guess I’d better bring my wife or it’ll be a small meal.

PS - Thanks, Chris Megan, for giving the crew a fine day on the water.