BARACUDA

everything is good. we have made to the double breasted islands. woken in sleep by thunderstorms not even minor. we have sailed on to powel cay where there is a beautiful beach and nice hiking trails to the top of the bluffs. only with one minor setback................as we were on our way averaging about six knots, guy decides to bbq some sausage,as he was preparing i asked him if i could drop a hook aware we wouldn't catch anything . he said yes so i let out about 100 feet and tested the reel. then i went to help guy with the cooking. after i turned over the sausage i noticed the line was letting out about 2 feet by the second. i thought it was just the bait letting out so i grabbed the line not knowing there was a great baracuda on the other end. as soon as i grabbed it the baracua jerked and the line went straight down to the bone. it hurt very badly i let go and screamed.lisa quickly asked what happend,as i told her she said to stick my hand in the ice chest to numb it. but the baracuda was still there, guy ran across the stern yelling "we got a fish" and picked up the pole. he asked me numerous times if i wanted to reel it in and i finally said yes. the baracuda was about 20 pounds and a born fighter it took me a while to haul him in but finally he was on the boat. guy quickly un-hooked him with pliers and threw him back. the only thing that appeared in mind was ouch and FAIL. after,lisa quickly tended to my wound and wrapped it up.

anyway we stayed in powel cay for half a day until havin a sail over to green turtle cay we averaged about 6.8 knots the entire way while alyssa was buried in my DS but to sum it all up we went out to eat ate the best conch known to man and had a peacful walk back.