October 05, 2002

fishing with pappi

My parents recently bought a little house in Mannahawkin, NJ right near Long Beach Island. The house came with a big dock in the backyard...so it was only a matter of time before Pappi managed to talk my mother into letting him (yep, that's right - I said "let." We all knows who wears the pants) get a boat. So Grant and I headed down to check it out and go fishing!

Here's a shot of my parents beach house from the dock out back. Cute, right?

And here...(Insert 2001 Space Odyssey Music Here) is my dad's new boat.

dad — And here's (Enter Kettle Drums: BOM-BOM, BOM-BOM, BOM-BOM!) Pappi!

dad, grant — Here's my dad's good friend and total Guinea (ha!) John Antanino and my good friend and kooky Limey, Grant.

dad — Check out Skipper 'large and in charge' at the helm!

Navigating the waterways out to the open sea...

dad — Skipper brings the boat to a stop...

dad — And then casts with authority. Yes, this is where the fish will be.

grant — Grant does his impression of "Rocky Balboa fishing."

Here it is ladies and gents: THE CATCH OF THE DAY! Yep, after 3 different spots and around 3 hours of fishing...the only thing we managed to pull in were two blue crabs (that were munching on our bait and we yanked them aboard).