Foodie Kind of Weekend

Saturday our friend from Greensboro, Cam Hall, that is here in Marathon with his boat, and Keith went for a half day fishing charter.  They were lucky to have relatively calm winds, as it has been pretty consistently windy here lately.  But this past weekend the wind was calm.  They came back with a number of yellow tail snapper.

Cam and Keith with their catch

They hooked a few other types of fish such as Grunt, Blue Runner (in the Jack Family), as well as a Grouper ( it was not grouper season).  They did not bring those back.

This cormorant wanted to snag some of the live bait fish from the boat

The pelicans were also waiting for some scraps as the captain cleaned the catch

Is that not a goofy look?

After they got all the fish cleaned, the four of us (Cam and Margaret Ann, Keith and I) decided to take a lunch sized portion to Lazy Days Restaurant where they will cook your fresh catch for you.  We made quite a lunch with it.  They prepared it 4 different ways,  It was fun to be able to sample all of them.  They did a coconut crusted, piccata, blackened and Lazy Days style.  They were all very good.

Our fresh catch platter

Hard to believe that we now only have a week left in the Keys before we start our travels north again.  We have enjoyed our time in Marathon, but we are looking forward to heading to the Old North State for spring.