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After
reading the article 釣魚, I would like to share our fishing
story. I decided to write this
article in English so that the next generation would enjoy this article
as well.
In
summer 1995, my husband and I began joining sport fishing as
leisure. At first, we went to ½
day deep sea fishing departure from Long Beach or San Pedro. We caught Sand Bass, Calico Bass,
Barracuda, Scorpion fish, and halibut. Then, we decided to go on an
overnight trip departure from San Diego trying to catch yellow tail
because we loved sashimi.
"duttttt, duttt…", as the boat left the dock around
10:00 p.m., we sat at the back of the boat, zipping our coffee, watching
million of stars in the sky, suddenly, we looked at each other and said 2
words, "vượt biên".
We closed our eyes and could feel the sound of the boat engine
"dutttt….duttt..", the darkness of the night, the fear of an
unknown journey, the sorrow of
leaving everything behind. The
picture of that peculiar moment leaving Việt Nam painted again in
front of our eyes.
In
the morning, we were all ready to fish our first Yellow Tail. Hours passed by, but no one on the
boat got a fish. This was a devastated trip. We went home empty handed.
In
fall 1995, we decided to spend our 2nd anniversary in East
Cape, Baja, a small fishing village rest at the end to Baja. It is about 50 miles from Carbo San
Lucas airport. As rookies at our
first Baja fishing tip, we packed only 1 40-quart ice chest with us. We
arrived at our resort about 2:00 p.m..
This big resort was like a ghost town because everyone was not
back from his or her fishing trip.
We went to the beach and saw pangas (ca nô), and cruisers (tàu
nhỏ) approaching to the beach.
Wow!!! Lots of yellow fin tuna and Mahi Mahi. They were ranging from 15-25 lbs. We couldn't wait to get on our boat.
Next
day, we got up a little late (No alarm clock and TV in the room). We rushed to the beach about 6:30
a.m.. We were almost to the last
couple to get on our cruiser. The
captain and a deck man were there getting us ready on our fishing
adventure. They spoke little
English. Fortunately, my Spanish
skill is good enough to communicate with them. Within 30 minutes ride on the cruiser, we reached the
fishing site. We were stunning
and watching so many tunas jumping up and down by our cruise. We felt like we could just use a net
and scoop them without using fishing rods. The deck man brought me back to reality when he handed me
a fishing rod and asked me to reel in the fish myself. There is no "free meal", I
sweated and reeled in a 15 lbs fish, my first caught, a yellow fin
tuna……We caught lots of Tuna and Mahi Mahi on this trip.
After
2 days of fishing and ready to go home, we realized that people bought at
least 3 60-quart ice chests. We
had to buy another ice chest to take the fish home to share with our
family. We left many fish left to
the villagers so they can enjoy the fish as well.
From there on, we went to fishing in Baja
yearly. It became one of our
sport activities. We plan to take
our twin daughters to Baja when they are a little older.
Thank you America!
Ung Suy
Phan 潘翠膺
May2006, California,
U.S.A.
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