I got the notion a couple of weeks ago. SKIP THANKSGIVING. It was a voice in my head, the same one that tells me to get a beer for the road and that it doesn't hurt to talk about Ron Paul with a stripper. But the voice came strong, like a star of Heroes right before a commercial break. {{{ SKIP THANKSGIVING }}} it said.

I've officially banned holidays this year. Christmas is already booked in Jamaica. I had a rubbish time at Xmas last year due to the death of the GREATEST DOG EVER and while it sounds harsh I went for a 2fer and went fishing and surfing in Central America instead of doing the Thanksgiving thing.

I packed a backpack full of cigars, my PSP, sunscreen and bug spray and flew out solo at 6am on Thanksgiving morning. Two planes and a car ride into the jungle later I was on a beach near the equator.

So I surfed. Then I fished. In 3 hours I caught 10 tuna and 2 mahi mahi, as well as an eel, red snapper and some other weird fish.

I spent the entire summer catching NOTHING off of my beach here in New York, and it was great to catch a bunch of fish and hand out massive tunas to some locals. I kept two and ate fresh sashimi on the beach for 2 days.

Here's a mahi mahi I caught.

posted by lazlow at 10:45 PM  on Wednesday, November 28, 2007