Fishing for Birthday Fun

My birthday gift to Bryan this year was a "surprise adventure." I organized a charter fishing boat for us and four friends. It was absolutely incredible. We spent the entire day at sea (my brother can attest because he was sick the entire day) and ended up catching SIX mahimahi.

The day started before dawn, on the Blue Nun Too, as we sailed out and watched the sun rise over Diamond Head.


Then we settled in, got some fishing lessons, watched for "bird piles" and then quickly got to catching some fish! A day of fishing pretty much looks like this...








On our way back the guys threw some lines out but the sun was getting warm so I decided "fishing" for me looked like this:

To take in these views:


We got back to the dock, had some beers, talked some story, and eventually hauled our fish out to be weighed and filleted (it rhymes!). A little celebration and photo ops were in order.







Eventually we each left with an entire side of fish, and a desperate need for a nap. A truly awesome day. We would do it again in a second!