Good hunting!

We slipped out of Elizabeth Harbour Monday morning, left the bounds of Moriah Cay National Park, and dropped the hook in such a strange place that one of our friends called on the radio to see if we were in trouble. 😁 It was all part of the plan and the plan paid off with three good-sized lobsters. 

One was a full-on team effort—I had to call Frank over as there was a barracuda making moves on me, then he speared the lobster, I got it out of the hole, it freed itself of the spear, I grabbed it by its antenna, and passed it off to Frank for the return to the dink! Oh, and then one of the buggers pulled the drain plug on the dink in an effort to sink their captors! Good times! 

A great start to the day!

We continued on to Calabash Bay at the north tip of Long Island with hooks in the water. We didn’t bring in any fish, but we did loose a good hook to something! We anchored away from the crowd in the southern part of Calabash Bay—a friend had told us of some good lobstering nearby. The water here is beautiful and the sunsets spectacular, though the swell can make the bay a bit rolly. 

We all went snorkeling this morning and after about 15 minutes started having some luck with spearing lobster. Both Frank and I tangled with one in a ledge, with Frank finally landing it. We came across a few pretty, promising coral heads and Frank and Katreina left to move the dinghy closer. I dove down thinking one head looked like a great spot for a spider crab to hang out and stumbled upon the biggest lobster I’ve gotten yet! It was in 15-20’ of water (I really need a depth gauge), but the real challenge was holding it above the water while waiting for the dink to arrive. 😂

We moved along to some other coral heads and tried to nab grouper that were at least 20’ down. While taking a shot at a grouper I saw another big lobster. Frank, Trent, and I all took shots at it, but I ended up landing it. It was a tough swim back to the surface with that big guy! We were starting to tire and abandoned the grouper. On the way back to the dinghy Frank spotted two lobsters and got one. With four lobsters on deck and a tired team, we called it a day. 

His & Hers

How do we enjoy these lovelies? Grilled, steamed, as lobster rolls, butter poached...all yummy! We find them to be less sweet than Maine lobsters, but they are still really good. We may hunt a few more times here...the season ends at the end of the month and we are hopefully headed to a no-take national park after this. 🦞 

Cleaning and prepared lobster

We ended the day with a great view of the sunset from the beach with our fellow cruisers. These have been some great days! 

~Jo, 1st Mate