I don’t get pleasure from saltwater fishing nonetheless I do like the after effect. Do you know what I mean? The celebration that comes after… I don’t care that it’s me that gets to do the cooking so long as it’s my husband and my son who do the dirty work of retrieving those fish out of the massive water.

Obviously, buying fish from the grocery store is easier than catching them in the ocean, but if I did, my men wouldn't be able to bond with each other all day. Hopefully they'll continue this tradition for as long as they live. I have this worry that after my boy becomes a man, they'll both be spending the night in pubs, drinking and checking out the ladies; get home at dawn and snooze the whole day. Oh my!

If this happens, at the very least, I have the saltwater angling and cooking memories.

After they venture out for deep sea angling, I wake up at 4 a.m., make them coffee, prepare their gear, clean and cut up their baits, and place them on their fishing boxes. I put the java in their thermoses and make a sandwich they can take on the water with them. I don’t mind getting out of bed early for my men. It’s one of the benefits of my day, basically, realizing that I am caring for them. Sometimes, they neglect to thank me, and that’s okay.

And then it’s time for their deep sea fishing and I am left at home for home making. Later on, I prepare lunch and after that, I rummage through my refrigerator, visualizing what I could do with their freshly caught fish. Oh, the fun of deep sea fishing for them and for me.

Say, they got me some sea bass. Oh, stew! I take out the intestinal tract, which could be used for something different. Brush off the scales, cut it up, put the pieces in a pot with water, onions, garlic, tomatoes, green peppers and spices. Complement it with baked potatoes and viola! Excellence.

Let's say they hooked a sea trout from saltwater fishing? Since it looks beautiful just the way it is, steamed fish! I clean up the fish, rub the body with spices, cut the stomach and place in the seasonings. When it’s cooked, I dump on a marinade created from butter, cream, lime zest and some chili.

A snapper is perfect for fillet. Cut it in fillet cuts, drop the parts in egg with spices, cover with flour and deep fry in a fry pan. For an ideal marinade, mix vinegar, sugar and ketchup and let it come to a boil.