Photos - Colin's fishing trip

Colin went fishing this morning at 06:30 with Menin. Menin fishes for a living and sells his catch to the beach shacks for the tourists. We have known him for a few years and it was him who helped us find a house to rent. He is a really lovely man. Colin caught a rock and another fishing line. Menin got Colin 2 fish from his friend, another fisherman who was a bit more successful than Colin - a red snapper and a rock fish. He was very pleased with them when he got them home, even though he didn't catch them. He gave the rock fish to Pamela's mother, as she is looking after her house while Pamela is away for a few days. She offered to de-scale gut and clean the red snapper for Colin and of course Colin jumped at her offer. She called me over to get the prepared fish and everything was in the bag - head, cheeks eyes etc. She obviously saw the look on my face and immediately asked me if we didn't eat the head. She was delighted when I said that we didn't and was more than happy to take it from me to cook for herself. She made a Goan fish curry with the rock fish that Colin gaven her and sent us some over - it was delicious. Colin cooked his red snapper for lunch which was also lovely.
The first 2 photos are when Colin first got into the boat and the sun was just rising over Agonda beach. The third photo is the fishermen who gave Coiln the fish - check the balaclava. The last photo shows how small some of the boats are that the fisherman have. Luckily Menin's boat is a bit bigger than that.