It rained early in the morning, so we slept in till about 9:30 when we realized it was about to rain again. TC and I decided that it was laundry time. The main thing we wanted to wash was our sheets. Sheets are pretty time and water consuming to wash.
In the afternoon, TC and I went fishing in the dinghy since there was a big boil going on right behind the boat. We'd seen smaller size fish jumping out and hoped to catch a pan-size fish that I could eat. Plus, TC had been wanting to have some fun with his little casting rod. I drove the boat, while he cast. On his second cast, he got a bite! It turned into a much longer fight than TC anticipated. The fish spooled out almost the whole line, TC got all excited and yelled, "Follow the line, I'm almost out!" I prayed that my dinghy driving skills wouldn't lose us the fish and the line.
TC didn't want to force the fish too much since it seemed bigger than his 8 lb test line could handle. Eventually, he started pulling in the line by hand, while I reeled it in. When we finally got our fish up, it was a very tired cava cava. He was also much bigger than we'd been trying for - about the same size as the aku we'd been catching the other day.
Since we already had a ton of fish in the fridge, and when we tried to let our fish go, he was too tired to even swim (basically dead), we decided to give away our catch. We spotted a man bottom-fishing from his outrigger canoe and decided to ask him if he wanted our fish. We asked him if he wanted a fish, and he said yes, but was looking at us kind of warily. Then when we got up close, TC held up the fish and the guy got a big smile on his face as he said, "A tuna!" Giving the fish away was as much fun, if not more, than catching it.
We ended the day with a delicious dinner concocted by TC out of somewhat random items that we still have. It turned into a yummy casserole - canned spinach, Mexi-corn, leftover beans, leftover rice, some corn tortillas, stale Townhouse crackers, cream of mushroom, cream of chicken, tomato paste, cheese, and various spices. I am not sure we could recreate it if we tried.
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