Our Trip To Florida Day 6

Thursday night was the beginning of Shad's work event. They put on a welcome dinner for all of the honored Qwest employees and their guests. All of the food was delicious (especially the desserts)! After the dinner we just went back to our room to get a good night sleep. Friday we woke up early to have enough time to get our gifts and catch some breakfast from the buffet before taking off for our day of deep sea fishing. I had been on a boat before and so had Shad, so we weren't prepared for what was in store. We had our hopes set on catching some mahi-mahi or if I had my wishes come true, a sailfish. Shad got a bit woozy on the way out to our fishing spot. So I thought he was getting sea sick. Once we reached our destination, it was cool and interesting seeing them set the bait. In the meantime, while we were waiting to hopefully catch our first bite, the boats fumes started to get to me, along with the swaying of the boat. One thing led to another, and soon I was puking over the side of the boat, or as the captain called it, chumming the water. I didn't feel so bad, because two other guys from Colorado were doing the same thing. In the meantime, Shad had just gotten a nice bite of something LARGE. He didn't know what a fight he had in store for him. 30-45 minutes later, with sore hands and arms and the three of us still "chumming" away, everyone caught a first glimpse of what Shad had been reeling in. The captain yelled out, "It looks like we have a huge game fish here...you've caught yourself a hammerhead shark. That's got to be at least 7 ft long and around 250 lbs. After the excitement of the day, we went and relaxed poolside to gear up for a night of awards at Shad's awards banquet.