Catch De Jour (mmm that sounds good, I'll have that)

So our Cabo story actually started 7 years ago when we vacationed there with the Furni- in a previous life before either of us had children. The highlight of our trip was supposed to be Deep Sea Fishing but after spending all of hard earned (Pronto Pup) money to charter a boat we spent all day out on the ocean and caught nothing. Our friends went again on a little boat, caught some beautiful Tuna and we all went one last time on a little boat and again...nothing.

So when we got off the cruise ship and headed on shore in Cabo this time we had no definite plans since we had seen many of the tourist attractions on our previous trip. After making our way through the gauntlet that is the street vendors we were walking past the harbor. Nathan starts making conversation (in a sudden burst of clear Spanish) with a guy who had just come in from a morning fishing trip. Next thing I know the guy is taking us out deep sea fishing for only $25/hour.

So first things first I run and go spend a few pesos on this less than fashion forward hat because I had to have some protection being in the sun for however long we were about to be. My favorite part was the really classy elastic band. But, it did the job. As we were pulling out of the harbor all of Juan's friends were snickering at us and cheering Juan on because he had landed 4 suckers off a cruise ship. We knew it was late in the morning to head out but we didn't care.
Especially when we got our first bite! 7 years later Nathan got to reel in his first deep sea catch.
It happened before we had even been out an hour and the fish full on flew out of the air just like you see in movies. It was great. He caught a Dorado or Mahi Mahi- it was huge.

Since we were going to have to get back on the cruise in a few hours Juan cleaned the fish right there and we took one fillet and let him have the rest so as not to waste. I couldn't believe how much meat was on there. (sorry Jessie, the next few pics may not be your favorite)

When we got back to shore- absolutely proud of ourselves because we caught something against the odds- we went over to one of the restaurants that will cook what you catch. They made us Mexican Sashimi first -which everyone who tried it loved- I was not about to go there.

And then cooked it up two different ways. It took me a bit to get over how I was eating what we had just caught (cuz it was grossing me out for whatever reason) but once I did it was actually very good and really the perfect ending to a story 7 years in the making.