Roughing It On The Water

Went fishing on Sarasota Bay with Roger and friend Bob.

A few of the quaint homes on the bay's east shore. Must be rough to leave them vacant for half of the year.

This little Puffer Fish was living up to his name.

There were still moments of equipment hassles as the trolling motor quit and then later when the big motor quit and we thought that we might be trying out Rog's marine towing insurance.  Turned out the gas line had just detached from the motor (I'm told it usually quits when that happens).  We got home and determined that the relay in the trolling motor power supply had died (rusted through) so we bypassed it and it appears to work fine. Going for a short cruise today so we'll see.  Rog and I agree that if it catches fire that might not be the worst thing.  We might think differently if that happens in the middle of the bay.

Fishing trips with Roger are starting to take on an adventurous flavor.

Here's a shot of our dock in front of our condo.

 This is the view of the Inter Coastal Waterway from same dock.

And our unit from the dock.

Going for late lunch with Roger and Claire in the boat so will pause for now and see if I can get some photos for later post.

Stay cool, weather remains "perfect" here.