Fishing

My Father-in-law in the boat across the way turned around and spoke. "The Bible says to cast on the other side of the boat." That's the kind of thing that happens when a group of people from church go fishing together. It was hot and muggy and we didn't catch many fish, but we had fun anyway. We tried shrimp, squid,and mullets. We tried artificial lures. There was endless speculation about why we weren't catching many fish and even some stories about places around Edisto.

"That was where they filmed the beach scene in The Patriot," someone said pointing over to my right. I heard someone say, "I don't care if we catch any fish or not. It's really nice out here."

We didn't get to go out to 4KI, like we had planned. For those who may not know, 4KI is an artificial reef off of Kiawah Island. The forecast was for high winds and rough seas. The experienced boaters in the group said that we wouldn't have any fun out there under those conditions. I'll take their word for it. We had a great time fishing in the creeks and rivers.

At the end of the day we had five small croakers and memories of a day on the water in the sunshine with some good folks. We were sweaty and thirsty but I can't wait to try again. Maybe next time we'll make it out to 4KI.