Page 13 - Bravo Zulu - 2017 2nd QT F-17 Newsletter

The country of Grenada includes Carriacou where we stopped to clear in customs at Tyrrel Bay.
It was a nice breezy anchorage with flat seas. We had dinner at The Lazy Turtle. They served

Lionfish which we had for the first time ever. They are beautiful little striped fish with long
featherlike pectoral fins. But they are an invasive species in the Caribbean eating up all the local
reef fish. Their spines are also very poisonous to the touch. If you spot one when you’re
snorkeling they want you to report it so they can hunt them down. They even organize Lionfish
spearfishing parties to try to eradicate them.

Yesterday we sailed down to Grenada. This was Glenn’s last opportunity to fish, so before
making our way south, we headed east about 10 miles to get to the drop off where the depth goes
from 150 ft. to about 2,000 ft. It did not disappoint. First he got 2 barracuda. We don’t eat those
so he threw them back. Then he caught 2 Mahi-Mahi within 10 minutes of each other. The 2nd
one pictured here is the biggest he caught this season. Not a bad way to go out. Five miles
outside of our destination he hooked a big one. We don’t know what it was because the hook
itself broke under the pressure as he was reeling it in.