Bush Plays Golf, and Hooks a Bass
President Bush began a long family weekend by hooking a drive off the first tee of a golf course and hooking a fish in the chilly waters of the Atlantic Ocean near his parents’ coastline estate.
Wearing blue sunglasses that mirrored cloudy skies, Bush and his father climbed aboard a white speedboat named Fidelity II and went fishing just off Kennebunk Beach. Dad drove.
The president grimaced a few times, flicking his fishing rod in disgust, but soon scored a striped bass. After taking it off his hook, Bush leaned over and gently released the fish -- about a foot long -- back into the waters.
The president rose early Friday, hitting a golf course at 6:15 a.m. with his father. They were joined by club pro Ken Rainier and by Mark Plumier, a multiple winner of Maine’s amateur championship.
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