Missdirected
Contributor
It was a great day to be on and in the water. Seas were flat heading out and there wasn't a cloud in the sky. Couple that with two of my favorite dive buddy's; Donny and Ann, and the day was a 10.
As always, with Mike's boat we were at our site in no time. Donny and Ann hit the water first. I was on my own and hit the water a couple of minutes later. Viz was excellent - 50ft or so. Mike took us to some new spots he had just recently discovered and the relief was as he said it would be (very, very nice) :thumbs-up I decided this dive to do a little different technique than I've been doing with my spearing and was able to nail a very nice sized hog and my favorite, next to grouper, snapper.
I also stopped and took a few photos along my way (will post later). In the end I came up pretty early for me (couple minutes shy of an hour) since I was absolutely freezing (water temp 74). Hrmmm once upon a time, I could wear a bikini and never got cold... **Don't anybody dare say it**:tongue: Anywho, Donny and Ann nailed a couple nice sized hogs - Ann's was especially nice.
During our SI we moved spots and put the next group in. Jay and Grant did very well for themselves. I don't recall how many they nailed but I can say I wouldn't have minded trading stringers. :blush:
Third dive, my second, was pretty good as well. Again, very nice relief. Took a few more pics, watched a couple schools of fish, hunted for some flounder (no luck though), finally gave over and shot a hog. He wasn't a great size but definitely a keeper. Also stoned a jack however, he came up a tad short :doh2: In the end I think Jay got the fish of the day - a beautiful gag grouper.
Today was definitely one of those days I could have stayed out and done another couple, three, four more dives... :tongue:
Thanks to all who came came out and made a fun day of it. Especially those rotten friends of mine, Donny and Ann, who are now in Jupiter getting ready to dive again tomorrow!
As always, with Mike's boat we were at our site in no time. Donny and Ann hit the water first. I was on my own and hit the water a couple of minutes later. Viz was excellent - 50ft or so. Mike took us to some new spots he had just recently discovered and the relief was as he said it would be (very, very nice) :thumbs-up I decided this dive to do a little different technique than I've been doing with my spearing and was able to nail a very nice sized hog and my favorite, next to grouper, snapper.
I also stopped and took a few photos along my way (will post later). In the end I came up pretty early for me (couple minutes shy of an hour) since I was absolutely freezing (water temp 74). Hrmmm once upon a time, I could wear a bikini and never got cold... **Don't anybody dare say it**:tongue: Anywho, Donny and Ann nailed a couple nice sized hogs - Ann's was especially nice. During our SI we moved spots and put the next group in. Jay and Grant did very well for themselves. I don't recall how many they nailed but I can say I wouldn't have minded trading stringers. :blush:
Third dive, my second, was pretty good as well. Again, very nice relief. Took a few more pics, watched a couple schools of fish, hunted for some flounder (no luck though), finally gave over and shot a hog. He wasn't a great size but definitely a keeper. Also stoned a jack however, he came up a tad short :doh2: In the end I think Jay got the fish of the day - a beautiful gag grouper.
Today was definitely one of those days I could have stayed out and done another couple, three, four more dives... :tongue:
Thanks to all who came came out and made a fun day of it. Especially those rotten friends of mine, Donny and Ann, who are now in Jupiter getting ready to dive again tomorrow!
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. Got an interesting pic of tunicates taking over a sea urchin :shocked2: Pic not looking good so far as it was taken in jpeg I can't seem to get the lighting right. Need to mess with this new camera my friend gave me and find out where the heck the manual white balance is!! Again lots of juvenile stuff (high-hats, drum, hogs, etc.) oh and a baby scorpion fish. 
