SuPrBuGmAn
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Neat, thanks for the video
Destin Harbor intake and mystery fish
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The second video was great. Thanks for posting. Although small, it looks like a neat spot. There is probably a bunch of little stuff living on the sides of the "box" that you couldn't capture in the video. It's a shame there aren't a few more places nearshore places around Destin/Panama City/Pensacola where you could dive/snorkel off the beach or by kayak. I've always thought that an artificial, nearshore snorkeling/diving reef in Destin would be a great idea. A few places in S. Florida have done this.
MRXRAY
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Pensacola and Navarre Beach are both in the progress of funding and building Beach accessible reefs on both the Gulf and Intercostal sides.
Swims With Minnows,
That is great video of the intake, the vis was better when you shot the video than it usually is. Sometimes there will be bigger fish in the intake, I have seen a Goliath Grouper in there that was in the 80 lb. range. That vis was inline with what we had this weekend. We dove the Amberjack rock, bridge rubble, Air force barge and the Ms. Louise.
On Sunday morning the vis was 50+. I stuck me head in the water and could see the Ms. Louise from the surface. The thermo cline had also moved deeper as the weekend went along, on Friday there was a 10* drop around 40' on Sunday I could only detect it at 57' that is the sand around the Louise. The large Goliath was on scene as was several Baracuda.
On Saturday afternoon the boat after us, got to dive with a pair of whale sharks on the Air force barge, and then again on the rubble. I am bummed, this is the second time that I have missed whale shark encounters out of Destin in the last two months.
The shallow waters were not short of Jelly fish this weekend up to 18" in diameter. But it was still worth it.
That is great video of the intake, the vis was better when you shot the video than it usually is. Sometimes there will be bigger fish in the intake, I have seen a Goliath Grouper in there that was in the 80 lb. range. That vis was inline with what we had this weekend. We dove the Amberjack rock, bridge rubble, Air force barge and the Ms. Louise.
On Sunday morning the vis was 50+. I stuck me head in the water and could see the Ms. Louise from the surface. The thermo cline had also moved deeper as the weekend went along, on Friday there was a 10* drop around 40' on Sunday I could only detect it at 57' that is the sand around the Louise. The large Goliath was on scene as was several Baracuda.
On Saturday afternoon the boat after us, got to dive with a pair of whale sharks on the Air force barge, and then again on the rubble. I am bummed, this is the second time that I have missed whale shark encounters out of Destin in the last two months.
The shallow waters were not short of Jelly fish this weekend up to 18" in diameter. But it was still worth it.
I cannot swear this is the correct location. I went through my notes and I have a notation beside this number as being a concrete structure but it is smeared, faded, old and converted from a triangulated position (we used to derive locations by ranges and lining up objects on shore and triangulating). N
Gatorshark
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This was part one of the flow culverts built back in the earl 90s to increase water flow and maintain a healthier balance in the harbor. The pump station is located on the north side of
Gulfshore drive. (using Nemrod's google earth image, follow a straight line up from the '?' of the word culvert?, you will see a small inlet, with linear distinct linear boundaries)
Gulfshore drive. (using Nemrod's google earth image, follow a straight line up from the '?' of the word culvert?, you will see a small inlet, with linear distinct linear boundaries)
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