Wahoo

I went fishing this weekend and caught one of the most sought after game fish in NC. Wahoo make a great run and are one of the top 3-4 best tasting saltwater fish, although lasts night it was at the top of that list in this household. We had blackened wahoo steaks on a bed of spanish rice, black beans, pica de gallo drizzled with chipotle ranch.

Here's what turned out to be a pretty good picture. The fish was 55 inches and 40 lb.




Here's a an old picture of the last wahoo caught about 5 years ago:



For kicks here's a mahi-mahi we caught last year. On the trip this week we caught about 8 mahi-mahi like this out of 15 strikes. Also picked up on blackfin tuna.

Snow and chickens

I'm writing this morning because we have a couple hour work delay because of the March 1, 2009 snowstorm. I'm waiting to here back from the Marion family to see how much accumulated in Marion and Morganton. From the radar it looked like a nice 4-6 inches, maybe?? We ended up with a couple inches last night. If the atmospheric temperatures were a couple of degrees cooler it could have been an epic 12" + snow considering all the cold rain we had, but that's NC snow for you. Here's a few pictures.



In other news... I finished the chicken tractor and bought 4 Rhode Island Red pullets and two other mixed breed hens that were suppose to be laying already. I got the two older hens first and promply made the poor choice of moving the tractor while the hens were in the run and they both got loose. It's been 8 days and have not been able to catch the darn things, and have not even seen them this weekend, so they could be gone for good. Oh well. The other four are still several months from laying. I found a local chicken farm that has a couple hens that are laying and plan to get one this week, so we don't have to wait any longer for our fresh eggs. BTW, 8 week old chickens are so cute. Here's a few pics of the tractor and little chicks.

Update: I meant to post the blog above once I took a few pictures. I just got the pictures, but a few things have occurred since the post above. 1) Our dogs were so excited by the chickens that they found a way to open the gate so they could get a closer look. After a whole day alone they dug out around one side of the chicken coop and the little chicks got out. Our younger dog Cady killed all four, or at least I found the carcasses of three of them. A few days prior I did get another older hen that is laying, so I moved the coop so there is no chance the dogs can get to it again. Since this occurred on Friday our new hen has laid an egg every day, so we're finally have tangible returns on our investment. In the last picture you'll notice I put the coop near our garden. I'm using the hen to till and fertilize the soil, and in a month or so, I'll extend our garden to include this area.