This reminds me of the Red Snapper I landed on my very first fishing expedition in Mill Bay on Vancouver Island.

I was broke, had just arrived on the West Coast and my partner’s sister’s husband took me out into the bay to fish.

I…not he…landed a red snapper, a 25 pound ling cod and a 15 pound Coho Salmon.

These fish fed us for nearly a month until I found work. I had no previous fishing experience.

This is not braggadaccio but a simple statement to say that nature is bountiful and beautiful…

This was not sports fishing. Do not ever underestimate it or abuse the gifts you are given!

I would never have eaten a puppy.

Or a guppy!!!