THE TRIP OUT WAS BEAUTIFUL, WITH A LIGHT SWELL AND NO CHOP. I DIDN'T NOTICE THE BAIT PODS WE ENCOUNTERED ON THE PREVIOUS TRIP. ONCE THE SITE WAS LOCATED, THE FIRST GROUP WENT DOWN. THE BUBBLES NEVER MOVED- WAS THERE A PROBLEM?? AS CAPTAIN I WONDER ALL THE TIME, BUT THESE GUYS WORK AS A TEAM. UPON SURFACING, I REALIZED WHY THEY NEVER MOVED. THE CAPTAIN PUT THEM RIGHT ON THE SPOT!!
THE CONDITIONS WERE PERFECT FOR DIVING, BUT THE VIS WAS TOO GOOD FOR SPEARFISHING. THE COMMERCIAL GUYS HAVE THEM SCARED AND RUNNING FOR COVER. WE SPENT THE TIME LOOKING FOR LOBSTER. EVERYONE ON THE BOAT PUT LOBSTER IN THE COOLER. THE CAPTAIN PUT A NICE GROUPER IN THERE TOO! ON THE DIVES I FOUND THE REEF ALIVE WITH EELS. BIG BROWN ONES AND BIG GREEN ONES. FOLKS, WHEN I SAY BIG...IM NOT EXAGGERATING. HEADS AS BIG AS BASKETBALLS.
OTHER NOTABLES WERE DAMSELS, CRABS OF ALL SORTS, NUDIBRANCHS, OCTOPUSES, LIVE CORAL, AND TONS OF ASSORTED COLORFUL REEF FISH I DIDN'T PAY ATTENTION TO. I SAW ONE TURTLE ON THE REEF, AND SEVERAL ON THE SURFACE. ASCENDING FROM THE SECOND DIVE, I WAS GREETED AT FIFTY FEET BY A HUGE SCHOOL OF KING MACKEREL. WITH A THREE KNOT CURRENT PULLING ME ALONG, AND THE FISH MOVING INTO THE CURRENT, IT WAS AMAZING. MUST HAVE BEEN THOUSANDS OF THEM, BUT THEY WERE ALL "SNAKES".
WITH THE EXCEPTION OF DESTROYING A $4000.00 OUTBOARD, AND A 650.00 TOWING BILL, IT WAS A TRIP WORTH REMEMBERING. IF ANYONE ELSE HAD SENT REPORTS, I WOULD HAVE ADDED THEM. EITHER I WAS THE ONLY ONE DIVING, OR NOBODY DID ANY GOOD!
CAPT MOOSE
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