MRXRAY
Contributor
What a day on the water. NOAAs prediction of 1-2 feet was a bit off as the seas were more like 0-1.5, but well let that slide. As we made our way out of the pass the rumors of the pass being boomed seemed to be exaggerated as we saw no evidence that the pass was or would be closed, but it weighed heavily on our minds the entire afternoon.
We made our way East to the Brass Wreck and on our way we passed several boats skimming and even drove through a couple of smaller patches of oil, but we pressed on toward what we felt would be cleaner waters further east, and we were right! As we got passed the last skimmer boats the water was clean and clear. We did our first dives on the Brass Wreck and shot a couple of nice fish and got the attention of the very big local man in the grey suit, who paid us a quick visit to just investigate the situation. Viz was about 30 feet and the temp was about 68* on the bottom and over 80* on the surface, with the thermocline being at about 30 feet.
Next we went to a couple of private numbers, while we got positioned over our first set of private numbers a real nice Cobia paid us a visit. Unfortunately for him we had our guns ready to go and it wasnt long until he was in our cooler. We also shot some real nice snapper and triggers, Kudos to Recharge who shot some of the biggest trigger fish Ive seen.
After loading the boat with some nice fish at our private #'s, and the sun dropping fast, we decided to stop and hit the Tex Edwards on the way back to the pass, but as we approached the Tex Edwards it was apparent that not only were they skimming over the top of it, but that we were going through some fairly significant oil slicks so we opted to go to the Oops barge instead where Grouper321 put a nice Grouper in the boat. Over all it was an awesome day on the water even though we missed our buddy Hetland as he found himself land locked for the weekend.
We made our way East to the Brass Wreck and on our way we passed several boats skimming and even drove through a couple of smaller patches of oil, but we pressed on toward what we felt would be cleaner waters further east, and we were right! As we got passed the last skimmer boats the water was clean and clear. We did our first dives on the Brass Wreck and shot a couple of nice fish and got the attention of the very big local man in the grey suit, who paid us a quick visit to just investigate the situation. Viz was about 30 feet and the temp was about 68* on the bottom and over 80* on the surface, with the thermocline being at about 30 feet.
Next we went to a couple of private numbers, while we got positioned over our first set of private numbers a real nice Cobia paid us a visit. Unfortunately for him we had our guns ready to go and it wasnt long until he was in our cooler. We also shot some real nice snapper and triggers, Kudos to Recharge who shot some of the biggest trigger fish Ive seen.
After loading the boat with some nice fish at our private #'s, and the sun dropping fast, we decided to stop and hit the Tex Edwards on the way back to the pass, but as we approached the Tex Edwards it was apparent that not only were they skimming over the top of it, but that we were going through some fairly significant oil slicks so we opted to go to the Oops barge instead where Grouper321 put a nice Grouper in the boat. Over all it was an awesome day on the water even though we missed our buddy Hetland as he found himself land locked for the weekend.
