Tales of the Sea
Posted by Lee on November 9, 2009
A short two hours from Boquete Panama is the port of Boca Chica. On Sunday after a week of water falling onto Boquete a group of us decided we needed to float in a boat instead of trying to walk on, through or between the drops.
Merrill Bennett has a business renting his skills as a capitan and his boat out for tours of the Pacific of of Boca Chica and we took advantage of the opportunity, it was a great day. Merrill is an excellent host and his knowledge and innovation made for a great day at sea.
Pon is a great Thai cook but I think this was her first time hauling in the fish herself or actually with a little help from Bob.
After hours of successful fishing we stopped in cove in the in the Secas for some snorkeling and lunch.
Merrill brought a small BBQ so lunch was fresh, very fresh fish.
A Spanish Mackerel and some Dorado barely out of the sea were incredible. I also tried some Yellow tail sashimi, a bit chewy but direct from the filleting to my gullet.
My contribution was the Spanish Mackerel for the grill.
Not a huge fish but a great lunch.
The trip included paralleling some humpback whales and a school of porpoises. It was a great day and if you don’t have your own boat I would recommend contacting Merrill. His web site is losbennetts.com
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Lee, It’s picture post card perfect
What a sacrifice! Tough task but someone’s got to do it. Looking out at that warm weather and blue sea makes me twice as resentful of paying $5.00 for a coconut at Safeway this weekend.
We fished all of our lives and I hope you “bled out” the Spanish Mackarel as soon as it was caught, before grilling. Much more tasty.
Buena foto, Lee!!!
Abrazos!!!