5-06-00
+ 5-07-00
This is a
report from Tony
Moose.....What a
weekend to go out of town.
Sat we got out of work
early, so we decided to do a couple of dives Sat. and stay the night for Sun.
Left the Inlet at 11:30
headed to your Barge. Tom did the first dive, and after 33 minutes surfaced
with a smile.
He said large Jewfish
and snapper all over the barge. He said he took a shot at a grouper, but
missed.
I did the same dive as
Tom. I spotted a Large grouper on the deck. He went into the
barge, but gave me a good shot. That Darn thing tangled, and bent the
heck out of my spear shaft. I saw where he went, but I had to untangle
my gun! Once back in action I found him dead on the bottom. I went
around the barge and saw the monstrous Jewfish. A good 300+. I got
a small flounder, and headed up excited to see the look on Thomas
face.
Sun. Went to the
hump. Had bad vis due to the thermo at 58'. I had 60' vis till you
broke 60' then you had 5' at the most. On the Bottom I saw many Lobster.
Lots of 2 to 3lbs. A couple of 5, and two BIG boys!!
On the way to the
second dive we found active birds. A live grunt produced a 10lb dolphin
for Thomas on light spinning tackle.
We
also found a broken weed line 13 miles offshore. We trolled A rod
and after 10 minutes went to reel it in, and slam, a dolphin hit a was
running. Thomas had a couple of nervous swings with the gaff, but
we landed another 10lb!
Second dive was on the
Rio Yuna. Nice dive with 60' vis!!! Lots of bait, and small snapper.
Big AJ's on the bow, but not worth shooting. Saw one nice red snapper.
That ship was a great dive. The first big wreck dive for the both of us.
We had planned on
diving the Argiol on PI-1. Lots of bottom fishing on all three sites.
We got good #'s for the Barge, culverts, and reef balls.
Sir Thomas wanted to
dive your barge, (in hopes of big grouper). He came up empty, but happy to see
your large Jewfish, and a curious turtle.
I decided to Dive the
culverts. My light went out within the first 5 minutes. Lots of reef
fish, and mangos. I managed to get a nice stringer of 6 flounder.
LATER,
T.
S.
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