OSPREY CRUISES
The highlight of our visit and its modus
operandi ‘Cook Your Catch’ was a half day
fishing trip with Osprey Cruises. The friendly
captain XXX and his assistant XXX (he called
me ‘city slicker’ as I fumbled with my rod and
reel!) showed us the finer points of casting
and landing as we tried various points in the
bay using squid, mullet and shrimp as bait.
Our group caught lots of XXX catfish (poi-
sonous) and a stingray but only a couple of
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edible fish - not a lot to feed 16 mouths. The
seagulls did better, having the audacity to
filch bait right off our baiting station on the
stern of our boat. And, Fred, a friendly pelican,
recognizable by a tear in the webbing on his
left foot, showed his skill diving in a catching
bait thrown to him in mid-air. Fishing is feast
or famine. Other days XXX has had trips on
which everybody caught at least one fish. For
us, on this day, it wasn’t to be.