Fisherwoman

Yesterday one of the people that we are doing environmental work with, Jason, took Michaela and I out fishing. We went out on the Endeavor River on his small boat with his 2 year old daughter Indy. Indy stands for India, not Indiana Jones, I asked. We went out around 7:30 in the morning hoping to catch a glimpse of some crocodiles sunning on the banks but we were disappointed. Then we realized that many of the crocs in this river have been caught and transported to Cairns for x-ray because this is the same river where Arthur Booker was taken by a croc a few weeks ago (see my entry on that), meaning there aren't many crocs to be seen at the moment.

So we settled down for a couple hours of fishing on a shady part of the river. We weren't expecting to catch anything, we just wanted to have some fun, but instead we caught four fish of three different species! I pulled in the first fish of the day, it was an Estuary Cod (I believe we call them Grouper?) and then Jason pulled in three more. Two were Mangrove Jack and I didn't catch the name of the last one. I have now caught my first Australian fish! Jason took them all home to cook up but promised next time we would gut and cut them up on the boat so Michaela and I can try some as well. I wasn't real keen on gutting and de-scaling the fish here at Christina's house as I've never done it on my own before. All in all a very fun morning!

And if you were wondering what Indy was doing while we were fishing, wonder no longer. She was running around the boat popping the eyes in the fish we used as bait. It was a little disconcerting to see an adorable little girl poking the eyes out of fish but we soon warmed to it. The eyes make a satisfying squish when popped and squirt out black goo. It's kinda fun.