This is just another addiction to add to my list of REALLY REALLY FUN things to do.
First of all I have to send thanks to Jeff for taking me on this trip. I am very glad that he called and invited me. I would also like to thank Patrick (aka "Abe"). He was generous enough to take us out on his nicely setup boat.
Basically there are 6 lights off the front of the boat. We drove around the marsh until we saw fish. We aren't really waiting for them to come to the light. We are just trolling the banks hoping to come up on some fish. This particular night was kind of crazy at first since we didn't really find many fish. Patrick was eventually able to get us on some good spots.
As you all know, when looking at something that is in the water its not really in the spot that you are looking at. Because of the refraction of the light, the object we see under the water is actually in a different spot than what we see. That is what makes shooting fish underwater so difficult.
I really thought that I was going to get the hang of it really quick. But for some reason I think that it took me about 20 shots before I actually hit a fish. From there it got a little easier but really every shot is a different situation. Sometimes the fish is deeper, further out, swimming fast, swimming slow, etc... So its really difficult to get in the groove with shooting. BUT IT IS SOOO FUNN!!!!!
Here are some pictures from our trip. Jeff shot 3 red fish and drove the boat a lot. I shot 2 flounder, 1 red fish, and 1 big black drum (15 lbs). Patrick shot 3 red fish and drove a lot. Wayne shot 3 or 4 red fish.
I think Jeff shot the first fish.
Shooting the flounder was a lot of fun! My mom cooked the flounder for me, that is a very YUMMY fish!
When I got home I weighed it with my fish scale. It was right at 15 lbs.
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