Our Honeymoon in Islamorada

After our ceremony, Madison went to stay with Grandma Carla for the night with Destiny Lee and then to Lisa's on Saturday while we headed south bound for Islamorada in the Florida Keys. We arrived around 9:30 p.m. went for one drink and headed back to crash so we had plenty of rest for our fishing trip in the morning. We headed out around 7:15 a.m. for Backwater fishing and from the boat was able to see an amazing sunrise! Yes...I will brag.....I caught the first fish for the day (long standing joke with the fishermen in our family). Mark....sorry...I could not duplicate your happy dance. Although I caught the first fish Travis not only caught the biggest fish, he caught a SHARK!!!! All morning we were catching sea trout and then Travis caught a baby jack. The captain cut his dorsal fin off on one side and hooked him to a larger reel and just let it sit. Just like in Jaws, we heard..click...click...click. Travis grabbed the pole and after a good fight brought a 60 pound nurse shark along side the boat. It was amazing and what a rush! We were able to bend over the side a pet the shark before releasing it. It was like touching prickly leather. The trip was successful and we ended up catching 70 sea trout.

After the trip was over we had the captain fillet a few fish and brought it to a restaurant to have it cooked. Travis was brave and even tried it! After we headed to Holiday Isles to catch some rays
(too many rays) and have some cocktails. We lucked out and got ocean front lounge chairs and sat between two of the nicest couples. MANY drinks later we all decided to have dinner together and watch the sunset. Sunday morning we did a little shopping and fed tarpon at a marina and headed home. It was the perfect weekend!