If you were able to read my last post you will understand my Title: Shrimping Conclusion. If not here is a small summary of my last post: Last week my father posed the idea of hitting up the waters of Tampa Bay to go shrimping on Saturday night. We have never been shrimping before and even worse we really have no idea of how to do it. I was not happy about the trip because I figured it to be a waste of a night, and more than likely turn almost comical due to the hilarious attempts of us to catch shrimp. This post, as promised, tells you how the "adventure" went.
With Saturday evening approaching I was still not too excited about our shrimping adventure that was about to happen. We loaded the truck with all of our "equipment" which ranged from bug killer to spot lights that were so powerful they could be seen from the moon. Upon heading down to our place on the Bay, we couldn't help but notice the strong wind that was blowing us all over the road. We were hoping that maybe by nightfall the wind would lay down, and leave us with a beautiful evening to go shrimping.
Upon arriving to our place the gusts of wind had only intensified, and they continued to increase the rest of the night. It didn't take too much thought to realize that tonight was not going to be the night to hit the water in search of shrimp. It's always important when going out on the water to look at the weather report, but if you don't get a chance just use good judgement. The water is not going anywhere, so if you don't feel safe going out, don't go! Push your plans back for another weekend so you can be sure to have fun and be safe!
Although we did not get to go shrimping we still managed to have a good night. We fired up the grill and I headed down to Publix and bought 2 lbs. of frozen shrimp, and in a way we still went shrimping that night. Just not exactly the way we had planned.
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Oh my god! I love to go shrimping. I couldn't go last year because I was overly large with child, but this year it is on like donkey kong. We go every year. The year before I learned how to throw the cast net and now when we go I am able to pull my weight on board. I do not eat seafood, but I sure do love to catch it!
ReplyDeleteAh, that sucks, man. At least you made a night out of the trip and grilled. I was at Clearwater the other day, and the wind started getting pretty gusty. The water was beating against the rocks and sea wall, like the end of that ride at Busch Gardens, where if your standing on the bridge you get soaked.
ReplyDeleteWell, hopefully next week will get you better results.
Hey better safe than sorry. At least you stayed safe an you had shrimp which I guess is part of the objective minus the joy of the experience. You seem to be pretty optimistic and intelligent in realizing the water isn't going anywhere so you can go out some other time and rather than just feeling down you still got shrimp.
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