Temporary Respite
By DianneN
@DianneN (246678)
United States
March 19, 2018 3:05pm CST
Oh, what a joyful weekend we had! Our son and grandson flew down to visit us in Florida from New York City Friday night. They are now flying back home to New York City.
Many of you know how busy we are with all of our many friends. However, nothing in the world is more important to us than our family, especially our two sons and two grandchildren.
One of the many, many fun things we did this weekend was rent a fishing boat for 41/2 hours. As you can see, my son and grandson caught a huge 35 pound barracuda that took over 15 minutes to reel in. It was too large to eat, but made for a great trophy. The owner of the boat now has photos of my grandson posing with this barracuda on his website.
And to think it came from the waters of our own backyard!
I hope your weekend was as fabulous as ours!!!
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@allknowing (130066)
• India
19 Mar 18
That was a great catch. Who will get to eat it?
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@allknowing (130066)
• India
19 Mar 18
@DianneN Does it mean it will be thrown back into the sea?
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@DianneN (246678)
• United States
20 Mar 18
@allknowing No. It was used in a contest as a trophy, then used for bait.
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@1hopefulman (45123)
• Canada
20 Mar 18
Wow, that's a big fish. So, what did they do with the fish?
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@much2say (53960)
• Los Angeles, California
19 Mar 18
Oh man, I love to eat barracuda . . . I didn't realize there was a size limit for the catch - and that is a big one! What a neat family weekend memory. Yes, I know how family is important to you - it's always a "good" busy!! The weather was lovely here - yesterday we had a nice hike in the mountains!
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@DianneN (246678)
• United States
19 Mar 18
I never ate barracuda before, but my son had it in the Bahamas and loved it. The fish could cause ciguatera poisoning as could any other reef fish, such as grouper which I love. We were on the go go go. Lol! It's nice to know you had a nice hike in the mountains. We would have done that, too, I'm sure, IF we had mountains here. I am beat!
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@much2say (53960)
• Los Angeles, California
23 Mar 18
@DianneN I remember having it when my dad went fishing a lot when I was a kid. Then I didn't have it for years until my friend got one for us on his fishing trip. I'm not sure if I ever had grouper. There's a lot to do out there by you . . . I would be on the go go go trying to do all of it!!! Beat, but a good beat 
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@DianneN (246678)
• United States
23 Mar 18
@much2say Just returned from taking our sis in law out to dinner. I almost ordered grouper, but still have that barracuda on my mind, so passed on fish. Lol!
Yes, there is so much to do here. Just as we were leaving to pick up our sis in law, we got invited to see someone's condo. We looked through it quickly, and it was gorgeous! Now we have an invite to a cocktail party. Lol! The living is easy here.
Yes, I'm pooped, but will save my resting for home in less than two weeks.
@toniganzon (72285)
• Philippines
19 Mar 18
I'd stop everything for family. Nothing is as important as them.
That's a really huge fish.
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@DianneN (246678)
• United States
20 Mar 18
@toniganzon This was too large and thus poisonous to eat. I never ate barracuda, but my son had it on his last trip to the Bahamas and enjoyed it.
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@Courtlynn (66921)
• United States
19 Mar 18
So glad they went down there and spent time with you! And wow what a big fish!
My weekend was up and down but definitely had its good!
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@kobesbuddy (74527)
• East Tawas, Michigan
19 Mar 18
Gosh, that's a huge fish! I had no idea those barracuda get that big:) It's nice your son and grandson got to visit you, for a while
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@DianneN (246678)
• United States
22 Mar 18
@kobesbuddy My grandson is Zachary, too!!! He loves being goalie for ice hockey and fishing equally.
@kobesbuddy (74527)
• East Tawas, Michigan
20 Mar 18
@DianneN I know just how you feel! Zachary would rather fish, than almost anything else
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@yanzalong (18984)
• Indonesia
20 Mar 18
Yes,it was. I met new people on the bus.
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