After living adjacent to the port/ocean for 5 months, it became time to tryout some fishing. I got very excited when I found out that the main thing to fish for in the port is squid! The issue is that it is a good idea to get far away from the city to do any fishing ... pollution. So we road bicycles down the coast, leaving at 6am. I will have to get back to this story, as the bicycle is an interesting side story. I received a free bicycle from my office-mate. I had not had a chance to try it out. As it turns out, the handlebars were on backwards. I hit my knees with almost every pedal motion. The seat was horrible. I had a sore tailbone for days after the ride. Eventually I had to pedal with my knees directly out to the sides, like a circus clown on a tricycle. One of the pedals almost unscrewed completely on the way back from fishing. It was hanging on by 1 stripped thread.
Now back to the fishing story. So, after trying to pedal, we decided that my bicycle just couldn't get us where we needed to go (the honey hole pier). We fished for squid with a reel (no rod), a jig, and mashed bread. The mashed bread is apparently key for catching squid... don't ask me why. We saw so many old Italian mean also fishing for squid... fellow calamari connoisseurs. We caught no squid on the trip. However, there was some nice scenery on the bike ride. There was also some good coffee along the way. I'll have to try this squid fishing thing again. Except, I have a feeling that I'll spend too much time playing with them and getting inked, if I actually caught one.
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