SuPrBuGmAn
Contributor
Hit the water around 7AM from Boggy Point, heading out into the gulf. Darcy came down for the weekend and brought her friend Brian, who conveniently had a boat. Little 18' aluminum hull bayboat, which we thought would be seaworthy enough for the short trip out to the Dredge. Thankfully, we were correct 
Beautiful day, started out in the low 60s(morning), lots of sunshine with some high clouds. Tides were coming in and the water looked clear. After a little boogering with my handheld GPS(we weren't using a bottomfinder - LOL) we made it onsite. Darcy took the anchor(which was tied off-ish to the anchorline). She tied off the end of the anchorline to a deadeye and tossed the anchor overboard. Hook didn't grab and she pulled in an empty rope - D'Oh! We circle back around to the site and I hop over after tossing my gear in the water. I gear up and the boat goes over the site, I apparently drifted ~150'ish in the current - D'Oh. I take a compass heading and descend to the sand and head off. 4 minutes into fighting a slight annoying current while towing a dive flag, I come up on the wreck with our anchor sitting no more than 6' off of it. Bottomfinders are for sissies. :14: I tie off the flag and head to the surface. We decide to keep the boat live and Darcy drops in the water. Lots of sheepshead and redfish. A few tropicals here and there, a big toadfish, and arrow crabs are hanging around the wreck. There is also a small jewfish, at about 50lbs hanging around and eventually seeking shelter underneath the little bit of remaining decking/superstructure. Also underneath is a couple of gags. Ones small, the other is legal - so I take it. Visibility was 20-30' and we hit a max depth of 30'. Our short dive lasted nearly 30 minutes before it was called due to water temps(mid-upper 60sF). We retrieved the anchor, while leaving a larger commercial charter sized anchor on the wreck. Took Brian and Darcy on a little tour of Perdido Bay afterwards. Despite the early adventures at the start of the dive, everyone seemed to have a great time and I came home with fresh fish.
Beautiful day, started out in the low 60s(morning), lots of sunshine with some high clouds. Tides were coming in and the water looked clear. After a little boogering with my handheld GPS(we weren't using a bottomfinder - LOL) we made it onsite. Darcy took the anchor(which was tied off-ish to the anchorline). She tied off the end of the anchorline to a deadeye and tossed the anchor overboard. Hook didn't grab and she pulled in an empty rope - D'Oh! We circle back around to the site and I hop over after tossing my gear in the water. I gear up and the boat goes over the site, I apparently drifted ~150'ish in the current - D'Oh. I take a compass heading and descend to the sand and head off. 4 minutes into fighting a slight annoying current while towing a dive flag, I come up on the wreck with our anchor sitting no more than 6' off of it. Bottomfinders are for sissies. :14: I tie off the flag and head to the surface. We decide to keep the boat live and Darcy drops in the water. Lots of sheepshead and redfish. A few tropicals here and there, a big toadfish, and arrow crabs are hanging around the wreck. There is also a small jewfish, at about 50lbs hanging around and eventually seeking shelter underneath the little bit of remaining decking/superstructure. Also underneath is a couple of gags. Ones small, the other is legal - so I take it. Visibility was 20-30' and we hit a max depth of 30'. Our short dive lasted nearly 30 minutes before it was called due to water temps(mid-upper 60sF). We retrieved the anchor, while leaving a larger commercial charter sized anchor on the wreck. Took Brian and Darcy on a little tour of Perdido Bay afterwards. Despite the early adventures at the start of the dive, everyone seemed to have a great time and I came home with fresh fish.
