Today Sandra and I headed out over the highway to Bay Roberts to partake in the Recreational Groundfish Fishery 2022. Rules for this year's fishery remain unchanged from the last few years with the fishery opening Canada Day weekend only on Saturday-Sunday-Mondays all weekends through until Labour Day weekend.

Weather conditions were absolutely perfect; warm, almost zero wind and overcast as not to sunburn.

Sandra got right to work and opted to try out my PENN Fathom rod and reel instead of the traditional hand line she normally prefers.

Fishing was great our lines wouldn't even hit bottom as the lure was snatched up over and over again. Sandra first noticed this shark swim under the boat just as she reeled in one of her fish.

Seconds later it came up after Dad's fish mouth agape breeching the water just as Dad got his fish in the boat!

The bugger circled our boat like something out of JAWS before finally swimming off to torment someone else!

With the Shark gone Sandra reeled in the last fish to meet our quota while dad and I gutted our catch. Total time fishing today was just 20 minutes!

We got back to Dad & Iris's and got the boat & gear all washed up.

Dad and I filleted then skinned our catch in short order on back of the garage.

There's nothing like a feed of fresh caught fish, so for supper we fired up the deep fryer for a truly spectacular meal!

When I got home, I portioned out the remainder of our catch, spread the pieces on wax paper & baking sheets to par freeze them in our stand-up freezer.

Once frozen I vacuum sealed the fish in meal size portions which can keep them perfectly fresh for a long time. This was the only trip we got out for this year, but it was truly remarkable. Perfect weather, no wind and lots of nice size fish and great company!

Cheers, MIKE

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