Wednesday morning and we headed out for a little fishing with Capt Sonny on the Salinity Matters. Since a couple of us don’t do well with too much motion, we fished in the Mississippi Sound. The storms yesterday pushed our start time back a bit (which was fine with us to get another hour of sleep 😴), to avoid choppy seas. We ended up with the calmest water we’ve ever had but we kept a wind that seemed like it was coming out of an air conditioning unit 🥶. But given the choice between seasick or cold, I’m going cold everyday! .

We literally dropped our lines in the water, and the trout were on our lines! The larger fish were not as active as the smaller ones due to the colder water, but they were large enough to keep… and eat! 😉

We got tickled that the bait was as large as the fish 🤣

Leo wins for weirdest fish caught!

After 10 or so modest trout, Michael hooked a monster and the fight was one… he fought until finally this monster popped up – a 30 pound red drum!

Not to be outdone, Leo did the same thing… wrestling this 20 pound beast!

Mike caught an “eatable-sized” flounder that we kept, and good size catfish, who we threw back. (Delicious but slimy 😝) Otherwise, Mike and I just caught little trout.

And a tiny fish that was so fancy, you had to hold up your pinky finger 🤣

Perfect fishing for us… in the ocean, catching fish, and no sea sick! And even the wind cooperated and died down enough that we didn’t freeze. It was a great 4 hours on the water!

Back at the dock, the boys unloaded their monsters and posed for a few photos before Capt. Sonny took over with cleaning (well worth the money for this added service!) The trout were the perfect size for fish tacos (see later photos).

We headed to Walmart to re-stock Mom’s Cafe and prepare for tonight’s dinner special “Fresh Fish Tacos.” Then we headed down to enjoy the beach. The boys tossed a ball around, found a stingray and jellyfish, and reminded me that they are still little boys at heart by literally burying their head in the sand and diving into the pier trying to catch a ball 🙄🤣

Not the ideal beach day… It was a little chilly and that blowing stinging sand, BUT I got a few hours at the beach with my boys – yes please, Anytime!

Back at our AirBnB, it was time to repack and freeze most of the fish for the trip back to NC, and then open Mom’s Cafe Special Edition – Dinner Time! For everything the lunches have become, this dinner was AWESOME! (And yes, I do say so myself 🤪)

Bellies oh so full – time for a few hands of garbage, and then we were done for this day!

Tomorrow we are heading up to Natchez, Mississippi and then on to Vicksburg. Nothing definite planned so we will see where to road takes us…