On our final day in Croatia we had signed up to go deep sea fishing! We were all pretty excited for this adventure and had no idea what we were doing! We were picked up and brought to the dock where we met our guides, Stiepo and Mislov.
Meet Stiepo- the real fishing guide- well sort of and that is correct, he didn't wear pants all day- just his polo shirt and speedo!
And meet Mislov- the restaurant owner who was really just enjoying the day with new friends, lots of wine, and being on the boat, "fishing!" We also decided this guy could be Liz's dad's brother for sure!
So we got on the boat and set sail for the Adriatic Sea! It was a GORGEOUS day and we were happy to be on the water and headed out to fish!
So we started by throwing out these long lines of hooks and squid which was tied at both ends to plastic bottles. This was not what I would classify as fishing but I would come to learn it was the most productive fishing we would do all day!
I believe we dropped two of these lines and then parked the boat in the middle of the ocean to start real fishing!
After a very unsuccessful attempt at fishing, Mislov and Stiepo thought lunch might help! Like I said, Mislov owns his own restaurant and he had fresh baked bread, fresh cheese, and delicious meats to make our own sandwiches! SOOO good!
And paired with all of this... we were set for a great day even if we didn't catch anything!
The guys all jumped in to cool off...
And then we were off to pull up the catch. Stiepo and Mislov had set one of the lines before we met them for the day so we really had 3 long lines of hooks and squid floating in the ocean. Needless to say, everything we caught was really only good for soup-- which means we caught small fish that weren't worth much. However, we did catch a snake and string ray!
We put our lines back down again when we came across quite a few boats all in one area. Stiepo was anxious to actually fish and catch something while Mislov was excited to jump in the water and swim around! I can't imagine that was productive for catching/attracting more fish!
At the end of the night we went fishing for squid. Apparently it is early in the season for this so it wasn't very likely that we would catch anything but Ryan did! He caught a squid within the first minute! And then we didn't catch any more :(
A few more pictures from the day...
When we finally made it back to shore- in the dark- we toasted to a wonderful day of new friends and great memories made! We proceeded to Mislov's restaurant where we FEASTED on dinner and dessert, some more wine too! Under the table was Mislov's dog, Minnie!
We were picked up and brought back to Villa Matilda where we all quickly went to bed and slept like babies! What a fun, full day!
Up next on our European trip- ITALY!
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