Bahamas Adventure: What’s for Dinner?

This guest post by ASA’s Brenda Wempner is about ASA’s 2011 adventure flotilla in the Exuma Islands (or “Out Islands”) of the Bahamas. Find out more about ASA’s flotillas here.

One of my favorite aspects of sailing in new locations is enjoying the local foods. Flotillas in Florida have gulf shrimp and stone crab, and flotillas in the Northwest have salmon and Dungeness crab. While in the Exuma Islands we were treated to grouper, hog fish, conch and mahi mahi, with one major difference: We participated in the harvest and preparation! Dallas was the expert and was patient with us as we gave first spearfishing and later deep sea fishing a try…way cool!

This video shows part of the group returning from a day on the reef. Some of us snorkeled while others helped Dallas and team catch the fish. Once we were ashore Dallas filleted the fish and cooked them perfectly on an open wood fire beachside. It doesn’t get fresher than this…fantastic!

Here flotilla participant Brent Yates poses with his speargun!

Stay tuned for more videos, pictures and anecdotes from ASA’s Exuma Islands flotilla!