Creek Fishing

Today we went creek fishing along the river gambia's mangroves. The day started out pretty slow because we didnt arrange anything ahead of time, so by the time pricing was negotiated, bait was bought from town, a boat was borrowed & prepped & we actually got on our way I think it was about 2 hours later....lol. We set sail in a traditional african pirogue (canoe). There was a small area in the middle which had a canopy to keep the sun off & a 2x2ft curtained off area that was the bathroom, but I didn't dare check that out....
We scootered along the shoreline & then down one of the river channels that was surrounded by these beautiful mangroves which were encrusted with thousands of oysters. The locals say that when they are harvested the big ones get shipped to europe, the medium ones are sold to the hotels, & then the small ones are sold to locals at the market or used to make paint. I couldn't get close enough to get a good picture, but it was a cool site to see.

We did do some fishing, but sadly only caught 4 really small ones not really worth keeping. Gabou did catch a really funny looking frogfish though that even made frog-like sounds. Mostly it was just a relaxing time out on the water with my hunny & 3 other locals (1 guide, 1 boat driver & 1 kid that mostly dealt with the bait).