I'll tell you, I was worried about that when I took Braxton on the boat on Sunday....
Believe it or not, he was very well behaved. I mean, extremely well behaved. He had Braxton driving the boat, asking him where to go, teaching him about the plotter, the sounder, showing him how to eat bananas, explaining everything, coaching him every which way throughout the whole trip. He even left the helm while gaffing a fish and told Brax to steer left and right while he gaffed.
I could not believe it, the man was tickled to have a youngster on board. He has a softer side when it comes to kids and dogs. Adults he has no patience for.
I need to go fish with him with a rated R crowd to see how I would stand up to a bigeye on his boat. I'll bet that'd be a different story.
I was the only one on the boat on Sunday who let out the F-bomb. We had that one bigger Mahi ( another nice 25 + pound fish according to Fernando, I was too busy reeling) at the end of the day, and he had two cousins with him when I got it to the swivel. So the crew dropped back two and hooked the two smaller ones, and we got those in the boat, with a three at a time hookup while mine was in the water, dancing around the transom, all three of us. The bigger one decided to make another run, and the line went POP 20 feet before the swivel, and I said the f-bomb 1 second after the line went slack. I had gotten the line nicked while dancing around the transom with 3 on.
Hey, it's fishing, not catching. But, both of us learned a lot that day.
And I also love that one S***-eating grin that Blue Magic has on his face while Braxton is on the harness fighting that 20 lb bailer in the one photo. I get the same feeling when I get hooked up
