Actually, misadventure is probably not the best term to describe the last few days at Pensacola Beach, FL. Gary Cooper, Kelly Schwalbe and I had put together an overnight fishing trip out to the oil rigs to fish for tuna, something that has been on our bucket list for a while. We had ten guys lined up to go with us. But Mother Nature had another idea. It was windy and unsettled weather all week and the boat had to cancel. Eight to ten foot swells is not good for that kind of fishing!

Robert, the AgWired web guru, and I decided to do a half day trip on the boat yesterday though because the weather forecast was showing declining wind and seas. The boat captain thought it was worth a try so he got about 12 people together for the trip. We tried it and I wish we hadn’t. We wound up with strong wind and 4-5 ft. seas. That is just too rough in my opinion to comfortably bottom fish in. In the picture the boat mate is giving a lesson in how to use the reels.

It was not a fun day of fishing but we did catch a mess of mingos. Vermillion snapper don’t get very big but the taste just like a red snapper which is out of season. We did catch some other out of season fish like triggerfish and hard tails. So, it was not a loss but I’ll keep a closer eye on the forecast before I go out again.

I just thought I’d update you on this since some of the AgWired community members were going to go on our trip and I’ve been receiving messages asking how it went. There you have it. Now it’s back on the agriblogging highway starting Monday. More on that then.