Bit more nostalgia - Vasillas has always asked me - every year - to go out on his boat fishing with him.
Many a year I have met him at 07:00 and gone out to pull in the nets with him and lay some more!
Better to me than any boat trip!
However in the Naughty old days - I think this particular year was about 1985, Linda came with me one evening,
and we went out in his Boat. Well out to sea, I noticed that there were no rods - no nets?
I asked Vas how we catch the fish - he replied "Boom-Boom", produced a pack of dynamite - lit the fuse and casually tossed it overboard, (we absolutely S**T ourselves).
Vas then started to circle the spot, about 30 seconds later - it was indeed "Boom-Boom" as a giant spout of water came up and we felt a double shockwave through the boat and our feet!
I photographed it as well, but gave the best snap to Vas (the waterspout - still have the negative somewhere)!
Fish floated up and we netted them, then he picked up a galvanised tube with glass in the bottom, and looked at the sea bed. He picked up a three pronged "neptune" type fork with a weight attached, on a long rope and then proceded to spear all the fish that sank to the bottom, and haul them up! He explained that fish with eggs always sink!
What an experience - totally the wrong way to fish environmentally, and to be fair he no longer does it that way now, but it was an unforgettable experience! So unforgettable, that Linda refused to ever go again!!
We ate royally that evening, with the family and had - of course - Grilled fish - loads of it - and it was fantastic!!