Waiting for the Fish to Bite: An Afternoon with the High Schoolers
The  second session of the high school junior summer program has begun, and  the small group is ready to get their feet wet with sailing, fishing,  and other adventures that await them. I hung out with them at the  beginning of the week, and got a chance to get to know this sessions  oldest group of sailors and marine enthusiasts!
The latest group of high schoolers!
The  newest batch of high schoolers seems to be enjoying their time at the  WFC so far: Logan, who attends North Shore High School, has been a  junior summer participant here for many years, and is enthusiastic for  the summer that awaits him. Though the group gets along well with each  other, they are all looking forward to different aspects of the session:  while some of the kids are ready to sail fast, others are more  interested in learning about crabs and fish, or the overnight that waits  at the end of the summer.
Quite a catch!
Rosina  was the first of the high schoolers to catch anything as they went  fishing this week, and was excited for her big catch! It was a rather  relaxing afternoon on the pier for the high schoolers, and there seemed  to be luck in the air - not only did Rosina catch a fish, but Logan got a  fluke that was at least a foot long (though they had some trouble  reeling it in, and it slipped off before we could pull it up), and I  even reeled in a little guy! They were all released back into the ocean,  of course, but it was fun to hang out with the group for the afternoon.
Nick relaxes while hoping for a bite.
Logan's fluke that we didn't quite catch...
Joe casts a line
Logan hoping he's caught something big!