Faja dos Bodes

Our week in the Faja do Bodes was really fun. Anabell and Pedro's house has a swimming pool so I went swimming 4 out of the 5 days we were there. I went fishing a lot as well... I finally figured out how to catch fish this week I guess because I caught a pretty good amount.

On Wednesday I had caught about 9 or 10 veige when all of the sudden I see this big school of fish swimming torward my bobber. They started trying to eat my bobber. I caught one and we were told that they were pig fish (peixe pork). We had heard that you have to fillet them out and that they were good to eat. The second my bobber would hit the line they would all charge the bait, then the weight, then my bobber. It was the craziest thing I have ever seen. We figured out why they call them pig fish as they would eat anything. We started putting fava bean shells on the hook for bait and after catching 15 of them we decided we should try eating them for ourselves before catching anymore. They have really sharp teeth that could take a chunk out of your finger easily if you got your hand too close. We took them home and filleted them out fried them up and they actually tasted pretty good although I still prefer veige.

On Thursday I went fishing with Michelle and she caught I think her 3rd veige (with help to pull it up to the port). We ended up catching 13 veige. Basically, it was a really fun week filled with swimming and fishing. Plus I loved staying in Anabell and Pedros house.