Dove Boynton on Saturday 8/20 on Loggerhead. Captain Jim was driving the boat, the DM's name escapes me at the moment. Nevertheless DM was a real trooper, was having issues with a touch of seasickness, and puking at the same time he was getting people off the boat. Certainly good motivation for those who don't move quickly when the captain says "dive, dive, dive". First reef we dove was Delray Ledges, we were set up for a north drift, but current was slightly south. Of group of 6 on one flag, 2 of us have been diving together for 30 years, and 4 of us have been on the same boat or diving together for 25 years. So we all decided with little communication to swim against the current given the drift was set up north. Observed a 8ft Lemon Shark, and a smaller nurse shark. Its a nice ledge plenty of fish to observe, normally grunts out number snappers, but it this dive I think the most abundant fish was Gray Snappers. Did not see any rays or turtles. There were plenty of lobsters for the two hunters in the group, unfortunately it seemed like they were either short or pregnant. Each hunter only had one lobster to show for their efforts. Temperature on the bottom was 86f, on the surface 87f. Did a REEF fish count 61 species in 60 minutes. After a short surface interval we set up for the second dive. I believe Captain Jim said the second dive was "Utities", in 30 years of diving down here, not sure I have heard that name before, but I think a lot of people have different names for some of these reefs. Anyway similar to the first dive. Nice ledge plenty of fish to look at, found a Lesser Electric Ray, and a juvenile Bonnethead Shark. Only one short lobster the whole dive, the hunters were disappointed for sure. Did another REEF fish count 64 species in 60 minutes. On both dives there were two divers that did that back side of the reefs. They were both hunting, but I wasn't paying much attention to how well they did vis a vis their quest for lobsters. Only saw one Lionfish on both dives. Respectively, "On The Way Out", My 30 year dive buddy, Lesser Electric Ray, School of Spadefish video, School of Gray Snapper Video, and Demonstration of Tickle stick and net lobstering technique (I did post this video on another thread as well)
