As a Father's Day present, Andy invited his dad for a fishing trip to Chincoteague for the weekend. Growing up, Andy's family spent lots of time there camping and fishing so it was a great trip down memory lane for them. As a bonus, his mom was also able to tag along for the fun.
They headed out relatively early on Saturday morning and though it poured down rain for most of their drive, they were optimistic that the weather would clear up for their weekend. They did have some spurts of bad weather, but it sounds like for the most part the sun was shining.
They stayed in a cute little hotel overlooking the water (and the boats). They had a great balcony and it sounds like a lot of their time was spent relaxing out there watching the boats and some pretty awesome sunsets. I understand a pretty wild game of Crazy 8's also ensued...those Gribbles can be pretty competitive! :)
Flounder fishing was the main goal, and while they didn't get too much fising time in due to choppy water, they did catch two big ones on Monday before they had to head home.
Turns out their biggest victory was in catching mussels! Who knew!? They caught roughly four dozen and were able to make quite an afternoon feast out of them. They even caught some oysters and enjoyed them "on the half shell" though I don't think they found any pearls...or at least if they did they're hiding them from me! :)
From all reports I've heard, they had a fantastic time and it was a great Father's Day weekend! Andy is so thoughtful and a great son, I'm hoping baby boy follows in his footsteps!
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