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Saturday conditions offshore were perfect for diving. There was a South wind
blowing lightly, and we were able to make way at full throttle. We did a
dive on a big wreck thirty miles out. It was a dreamy trancelike dive, early
morning sun angle threw strange shadows. The wreck is 400' long and 30'
tall, torn apart by the hurricanes of years gone by. She was alive with fish
and turtles. There were more snapper than I have ever seen. We saw snook and
black drum an awful long way from the inlet

    I had a new seahunter with me, and took him on the tour. We circled the
ship, played out on the toppled crane, went up to the deck, dropped in the
holds, and ended the dive looking at a column of barracuda hanging above the
ship while we ascended to the surface. What a fantastic dive. Everybody who made the dive on the wreck said it was the best wreck dive they every made.

    At this point my diving was over. The engine lost oil pressure and we had to begin the long limp in. My buddies on another boat decided to dive a big slab of rock and catch up with us later. They said it was beautiful. I’m sorry I missed it.

    They made one more dive on the way in on my barge. I was very pleased to find out that my big jewfish “Barge” now has company. Two big jewfish on the barge.  I’m sorry I missed it.

 

I can assure you that the dive on the wreck was well worth the trip.

 

The Moose

 

 

 

  

 

 

I also dove the big wreck and it was just like moose described it, awesome with 30' vis and 77 deg. bottom temperature. We then ran to a slab rock area we like, there were not  too many fish for spearing but I enjoyed looking at all the tropicals.
On the third dive I was on some old culverts, as soon as I hit the bottom A jewfish swam out to look at me. This made the third jewfish we saw in one day. It is great that the giant jewfish are making a strong come back.

Andy

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