Mini Season Checklist

[iamrushman]

good luck all...please stay safe and respect the reef.....

 

[djtimmy77]

Let the sea fan and sponge demolition commence!

(not me of course, I have also come to the conclusion that spiny lobsters don't taste right)

 

[Jessica Anderson]

Thanks everyone for the input! Well, season is underway now. We've had some luck in the Boynton area:

Anybody else? Who else has gone out? Where have you found the tails?

 

[Ana]

I went out yesterday, not because mini season, but because i had the time to go and seas were good... Did a few dives south of the Hillsboro inlet, the deeper reef appeared as normal as 2 days ago, but the shallow one felt like it was gang raped, lots of legs, antennae, and a stream of broken soft coral.

Will see the final result Friday, what a shame.

 

[RJP]

You northerners enjoy your claws. I enjoy chasing and eating tail

C'mon... going after something that can't even fight back? And with sticks and snares to boot?

Come up here and I'll teach you how to shove your hand in a hole where if you're good you pull it out with dinner. And if you're lucky you at least pull your hand out with the same number of fingers as when you put it in!

 

[Water Boy76]

C'mon... going after something that can't even fight back? And with sticks and snares to boot?

Come me up here and I'll teach you how to shove your hand in a hole where if you're good you pull it out with dinner. And if you're lucky you at least pull your hand out with the same number of fingers as when you put it in!

Oh P_l_E_A_S_E
Cold water lobsters are slow. Ours are quick, like hummingbirds on Starbucks.
Yes our lobsters can't fight back. But the Lionfish sitting next to them and the ramora's hiding in holes do a good enough job for them. I've learned long ago not to put my hands in dark places.

 

[Ana]

Oh P_l_E_A_S_E
Cold water lobsters are slow. Ours are quick, like hummingbirds on Starbucks.
Yes our lobsters can't fight back. But the Lionfish sitting next to them and the ramora's hiding in holes do a good enough job for them. I've learned long ago not to put my hands in dark places.

I think you are referring to moray eels instead of remora, but I have to agree with the analogy of hummingbirds on Starbucks.

 

[djtimmy77]

Hummingbird on starbucks??? Actually once you learn how to approach them calmly and how they react to certain movements, the spiny's are super easy to catch, more like taking candy from a baby.

The total disregard for the reef is quite sad I have to agree with Ana.

 

[Johnoly]

It was 67 degrees freezing in West Palm, very few bugs. Lots of eggers.