Bolo Flats
Today was supposed to be our first blue water outing but due to the rough seas, this was canceled. We were very disappointed but had planned to go out anyway so we decided to go out to Bolo and give it a look. It turned out to be a beautiful day and the water was calm around the point. We saw plenty of large tusk fish and wrasses but were unable to get near them before they would drop over the wall into the depths. A couple of white tip reef sharks hung out at the entrance of the cove and would cruise under us every now and then but they showed no interest in what we were doing. We did manage to spear a few parrot fish and Kevin shot a nice goat fish. Ken and Carey saw a large turtle and I saw a large octopus in a hole in shallow water. I poked the hole with my spear for a while trying to coax out the octopus but when he was mostly out I couldn't bring myself to grab him since I wasn't 100% sure it wasn't a blue ringed species that live in these waters. All day we could hear the whales underwater in the distance. The parrot fish made great sashimi that evening and was prepared by Ken and Carey. The red parrot fish was especially good. This is great near to home spot and we look forward to more outings as the weather continues to improve.
Today was supposed to be our first blue water outing but due to the rough seas, this was canceled. We were very disappointed but had planned to go out anyway so we decided to go out to Bolo and give it a look. It turned out to be a beautiful day and the water was calm around the point. We saw plenty of large tusk fish and wrasses but were unable to get near them before they would drop over the wall into the depths. A couple of white tip reef sharks hung out at the entrance of the cove and would cruise under us every now and then but they showed no interest in what we were doing. We did manage to spear a few parrot fish and Kevin shot a nice goat fish. Ken and Carey saw a large turtle and I saw a large octopus in a hole in shallow water. I poked the hole with my spear for a while trying to coax out the octopus but when he was mostly out I couldn't bring myself to grab him since I wasn't 100% sure it wasn't a blue ringed species that live in these waters. All day we could hear the whales underwater in the distance. The parrot fish made great sashimi that evening and was prepared by Ken and Carey. The red parrot fish was especially good. This is great near to home spot and we look forward to more outings as the weather continues to improve.
Beautiful morning view of the cove. Fish beware!
Ken and Carey making their way back in after a full morning of hunting.
The fish harvest.
Kevin, the proud spero and his goat fish.
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