Fishing

26th June 2013

We had gone fishing in the sea on Saturday.
Contrary to my belief, its not an easy sport! I had even taken a book along, thinking that we just had to sit in one place holding the rod. 
That is what pictures in books suggest, right?

But ...... No!

Its not like that at all.
It is real hard work.

 It involves putting the bait on the hook, throwing the line really far out into the sea, waiting for the fish to bite and finally reeling in the line very fast when you feel the tug.

We used crevet i.e. prawns as bait. The fish in the Atlantic were gobbling up all our bait without getting caught themselves. Hmm .....smart!

But it was great fun. We caught 2 little cat-fish but set them free again. We had even put one in a bucket full of water and wanted to bring it home alive.... thought of keeping it in a pond or something...... But the bucket overturned because of a huge wave and we lost that one too. 
Anyway, keeping a sea fish in a pond would have been a bad idea. Sea fish don't survive in ponds.

The beach at Sabliere is a quiet, peaceful one with just a few people wandering around. Not at all crowded like so many other beaches on this planet. The best thing is that it is just across the road from where we live :)
The waves appear sandy close to the shore but the sea looks green if you look far out towards the horizon.

A peculiar feature about the beach is that, though it is generally flat in many places, there are spots where there are sudden steep dips. Its not really advisable to venture too far inside the waters unless one knows the undulations which lie beneath the waves.

And can you imagine that the beaches are cold and windy in Libreville? Believe me.... they are. I was actually shivering on the equator! I wish I had carried a jacket along. I'll be wiser next time.

We ended the great day with steaming hot tea at a friend's house.

We did not bring home any fish but we sure did bring the sounds of the sea with us........