Mannys Birthday

Today was Manny's birthday so we spent the day on the boat. We went out the Boca Inlet to the ocean and fished, then back inside to the Boca Lake (just after the inlet its actually the bay and on the intracoastal) where we swam, then off to a canal to try crabbing, only we did not have chicken bait so will try again next time.

Manny caught 2 fish while we were on the ocean. The one we kept was a mangrove snapper. This one wasa tropical reef fish, so we threw it back. Its a white grunt:



we didn't anchor in the ocean as we found out our anchor line was too short, and also it was a bit too rough. longer anchor line is on its way, and if we get out on a calm day we will anchor and swim.

we had the snapper as an appetizer at home before going to dinner at a nice and noisy festive on the beach spot.

The birthday cake:



Live image via webcam of Lake Boca:

http://lakebocacam.com/