All over Croatia various graffiti in support of general Ante Gotovina can be seen. He was accused of war crimes against Serbian population. After some time avoiding arrest he has decided to surrender himself to Haag.
Our night fishing spot was also marked with one of them. It reads: "Long live Ante Gotovina".
I have finally found time to share our daily routine during the five day vacation.
Most of the time we took it easy. Our only goals were to catch enough fish for everyday lunch and to have a good time in the process.
Usually our day started with a late breakfast and some sunbathing. Twice I even managed to summon up enough courage to go for a swim before lunch. Water was about 18°C, which is quite warm for this time of year, but still not warm enough to enjoy soaking in the sea for a long time. It was invigorating.
As hours went by, hunger was creeping in. One of our everyday routines was making fire and grilling fish. After that, lunch took place. We ate like it was our last time. I think it's safe to say that I ate about a kilo of fish a day. And it was delicious!
After lunch we started preparing for fishing. We had to attach some fishhooks to pieces of fishing line. Before I was able to do that I had to learn a few basic knots.
Most of the fishing we did was night fishing. Every time after sunset and again just before sunrise fish were biting like crazy. So most of the nights were spent by the sea holding a fishing stick. We were using live fish bait and silicon ones. Both kinds of bait worked fine, but live ones were still a bit better.
We caught 15 to 25 fish each night. 90 percent of those were sea-bass (brancin). Some were more than half a meter long and weighing over a kilo.
Usually we went to bed at daylight. Once we also managed to clean the catch but on other occasions the non fishing part of our party did the cleaning.
This kind of working hours completely messed up my biorhythm. As a consequence my first day at work was not too productive.
I just got back from a fishing trip. Weather was nice, fish were biting like crazy and as expected we had a wonderful time.
I am posting a photo collage made by Google Picasa. It will have to do for now.
I'll write a proper post or two on the subject in the following days.
