This past Saturday was one of the most amazing days we have ever had at the Boynton Beach Boat Ramp (I know I have said this before, but this time I mean it!) Some of the Santaluces High School students, and a few of our Boynton Beach students, arrived at our building at 9:30am to begin with a park clean up. They were all more than willing to climb through the mangroves to pull out bags, bottles, cans, and fishing line. We filled more than 10 big trash bags of trash in a little under two hours.
Once the clean up of the park was done, it was time for some fun. We all walked back up to the building where was fired up the grill for lunch and painted fishing rods. The Santaluces students had not had an opportunity to paint rods yet, and despite being their first time, they produced some amazing designs. I can not wait to see what they can do in the future once they do a few more.
Following lunch, we headed back down to the water to see what fish were hanging around. I am very pleased to say that we are finally seeing the snappers coming back to the park. The students caught yellowtail snapper, mangrove snapper, lane snapper, school masters, and grunts. However, the most amazing catch was the ribbonfish Anthony and Ray pulled out of the water. This was a first time for all of us seeing one of these outside of a book.
I would like to thank all the students who helped make this past Saturday such a success, and lets hope the weather is amazing on Friday so we can try our luck at beach fishing.
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