Monday, July 25, 2005

My husband, the fisherman

Well, Jason finally got to go fishing! He has been wanting to catch a fish ever since he learned we were moving here. Almost everyone around here fishes. There are tons of lakes, rivers, and yes, a gulf to fish in. We met some new neighbors, Tim and Becky, this weekend and they invited Jason to come fishing with them on their boat the very next day (the people around here are so friendly!)

This really isn't the time of year for "good" fishing (too hot so the fish go to cooler waters), but Jason had some luck. In fact, he was the only real success of the whole day! He caught a 22 inch grouper just big enough to keep. (Anything under that has to be released). Several other fish were caught but they were fortunate enough to be smaller. This poor fishy became our dinner. Tim came over to cut and clean it for us (thank goodness), while Jason was the chef. He made lettuce wraps with pan seared grouper and a cilantro-jalapeno-dijon sauce (a Rachel Ray recipe). It was mighty tasty. I just might let him go out with the boys again if he can bring home more "bacon!"

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