Feelin' Hot, Hot, Hot

 It is definitely August.  The weather has been so hot and humid.  I can not wait until fall when the humidity breaks and the air is cooler.  Even the fishing has become tough.  The water is now so warm everyone is having a much harder time catching fish.  I guess even the fish are sluggish and not as hungry with the water so warm.  That of course doesn't mean we have given up on fishing.  Keith still goes out with the dinghy regularly.  Lately he has been finding bluefish and flounder.  Flounder season does not open until August 16th, but we have kept some bluefish that were nice sized.  Bluefish are common throughout most of the world.  Their meat is a bit more fishy than some other species of fish.  Although many people like them, Keith and I prefer a milder fish.  We plan to smoke the blues that Keith caught.  They are excellent smoked and make great dip when smoked.

                                                                     Keith's bluefish  

   

Keith cleaning the blues

I have also been taking Pengi for a paddle in the mornings before it gets to hot.  Here we are gunk-holing around Teach's Hole.

We like playing with the hermit crabs.  There are quite a few along the sound side of the island.  They also have taken up residence in numerous Scotch Bonnet shells.  Just the other day I found 10 of these shells, all with crabs inside.  Since the shells get pretty "gookie" from the marsh mud; I did not evict the crabs to keep the shells.

Just a few of the Scotch Bonnets we found while kayaking.

This little guy was under the water trying to intimidate me while I took his picture.

So we are keeping ourselves busy and as cool as possible.  Stay tuned to see how our fish dip turns out.  I will let you know.