More of Staniel Cay

Today we went to the Staniel Cay Yacht Club to watch a World Cup game (Brazil v. Portugal) with Dan and Amosh, but instead we watched Korea v. ICD because their ESPN2 channel worked while ESPN didn't. We ordered a Kalik ($4) at the bar and watched the first half of the game, then we left to see if we could catch some fish with bait and a line. We found that the current was too strong and the dinghy was pushed in a different direction with the wind so we gave up and headed back to the boat. We were able to get internet miraculously on the boat and we used it to check our emails and get weather information. We ate a light lunch and JR went back out around 3pm with Dan & Amosh to go fishing. When JR came back they had caught a flounder, 3 groupers, 3 squirrel fish, and a parrot fish. They had even hooked a nurse shark but it was too strong and broke the line. It turns out hermit crabs are good bait and of course using the head of a small squirrel fish was good as well. I gathered the fish cleaning materials and hopped into the dinghy to help JR clean the fish on the nearest beach. We filleted the parrot fish for Amosh because Dan didn't want any fish. We were asked to not clean our fish at that beach by the people visiting the house because the two children wanted to go swimming and couldn't with us cleaning the fish there. It was interesting we had seen a sign posted in town regarding the fact that all beaches in the Bahamas are public just yesterday and now these people are telling us we can't be there to clean fish. We told them we wouldn't clean fish there next time because it really isn't worth the trouble of dealing with these kind of people. We are doing our best to live stress free and karma will come back around. So we finished cleaning the fish and headed back to Frodo to clean up ourselves from all the scales and fish smell. We steamed the two squirrel fish but over cooked them due to using too high heat for too long (5 min), but we still enjoyed them. Then we boiled the bones and fish heads for a fumet to make fish bouillabaisse tomorrow with the fish fillets we saved from the grouper and flounder. On a different note, we saw that the weather will still be windy so we won't be leaving for a few days until it settles. This is the life on a boat with weather dictating your travels.