Let's Go Fishing With Chiu & His Wife!

We joined Chiu and his wife for their weekend ritual of fishing off of the Tierra Verde Bridge. The views are really nice, and the fishing action can be good at times.

For a few months now, Chui had been telling me stories of a guy that was practicing his sailing skills in the bay. Well, here he is in full sail, getting ready for his morning workout.

On the other side of the bridge, you can see the Sunshine Skyway in the distance.

You can see Chiu and his wife came prepared. They have these cool sun blockers attached to their hats so they won't have sunburn on their necks, good idea!

Here is a view of Chiu with his sun-blocker on and Dad working on his line after Chiu just unhooked a small catfish from it. You can see that the drawbridge has opened up in the distance.

What, the drawbridge opened up for that dinky little sailboat?

Actually, a whole herd of boats came through in one shot. We weren't sure if they were going make it through there without hitting each other. Geez guys, one at a time!

Whew! Somehow they made it through.

Whoa, what a minute, I think Chiu caught one of the boats! Reel it in buddy, you can do it! (I wonder how he's going to land it up here on the bridge...)

It seems like that bridge went up and down a bunch of times, but Chiu said it only opens on the hour. We must have been there for quite a while. I betcha the bicyclist feels that way too...

Within minutes of arriving, Chiu caught a pompano, but he said it was too small. Then, his wife caught a keeper. After that, there were a couple of throw-back catfish and this shark Chiu caught. Since the fish really weren't biting (and Dad was feeling tired and a bit dizzy from the heat) we decided to call it quits. Besides, as we were packing up, a porpoise showed up on the scene and that usually kills the fishing activity in the area when they move in. Just in time to head home...

Bye-bye guys!