This year we visited the wonderful camping Thalatta. We were together with a lot of friends and had great fun.
The caravan took off from Sunny Beach - Bulgaria
Some of us had too much walking
Unloading and inspection of the equipment
The latest addition to the kayak- Downrigger
Attack!
Big Brother is watching you:
The first 4-5 days the weather was not very nice, but there was enough fish. Mostly it was pecking a raglou 6.5 cm . followed by wobbler 9-11 cm of wobblers were pecked mainly by bonitos, everything else was nibbling raglous. We decided to diversify by jigging, but there was a small success- a little ricciola and countless blades that were returned to the sea
There were great places for jigging. There were edges where the depth suddenly changed from 50m to 17m
We were trying different pilkers, but caught only small blades and some other reddish creatures that were thrown back.
We had fun but it was not what we were targeting
Besides the pilkers we had Yo-zuri De Luxe Tenya, Shimano Lucanus & Shimano Bottom Ship
It turned out that the shrimps I ordered for Tenya were too big and were destined to the grill
The weather was fine again the list of entertainments was expanded
I found some goodies from the kayak with dual use
Oops, too many kayaks. The trend was less kayaks moving the old fashioned way- using paddles
More friends arrived with heavy machinery
and larger TV sets
The yellow beauty before battle
There were moments when I was like a tripping boat, but the rods were on the stands
Such places unlock numerous talents. One of my favorites was cooking and here are some dishes
Own catch- Tuna, Bonito and Melanur
Sea bass
Some creatures
The next few days were for meat:
Lamb fillet and french Rack of Lamb
Add them plenty of oregano, a little pepper and salt, then pour over with a lot of olive oil
A few hours to absorb the flavors and then ready for the fire
Octopus:
A fast glimpse from the kitchen to the dry dock:
After being baked,the octopus was sprinkled with oregano and poured over with plenty of olive oil
Beef tenderloin steaks marinated with salt, thyme, rosemary, sun-dried tomatoes, lots of olive oil and a few cloves of garlic :
Trite, but again on the grill
During the last two days the boats were more successful at Toroni and Porto Koufo but generally everyone was complaining .
I personally was pleased with these ten pleasant days shared with friends. I hope next year we can do at least two or three such organized assaults on Greek shores.
