The Alvarado Family: 1st Annual Fathers Day Fishing Trip

My wife was nice enough to let me go on a Deep Sea fishing trip with my brother, brother-in-law & a few friends last weekend! The "Mancation" as it became known as was a blast! Becky was getting REALLY tired of me looking at the fishing reports every day & arguing with my friend Shane over which boat to take, tackle to use, etc... We left Queen Creek at around 7pm on Thursday, picked up Shane from a Truck Stop in the West Valley & we were on our way! We made record time. When you don't drive with kids or wives, there are apparently no bathroom breaks. The only stop that we made on the way was at Walmart so we could get our licenses. We arrived at our hotel at around 1:30-2:00am, after wading past a sea of beer cans & chinese food (My brother & his buddy got there at 7) we went to sleep. Our alarm went off 2 hours later & we were off to the Marina! The boat had roughly 50 fisherman & about 20 bunks to sleep in during the 2-3 hour ride to where we were fishing. I was good... until my brother started yacking off of the side of the boat. I Quickly grabbed a bunk & got mast my queezy stomache. The fishing was a little slow, but we all ended up catching something. The catch consisted of Perch, Bonito, Mackeral, Sheepshead & Whitefish. When we got back, I fried up some fish tacos. The next day, we went to check out Balboa Pier at Seal Beach. a few milkshakes later & we were on the road again! On our way home, we stopped to fish at the Colorado river until dark. Only one Blue gill there... Who caught it you ask? Me baby. Me. Next year we hope to do it again, but this time with more people. It was a blast!