Stone
06-15-2003, 01:01 PM
Date: 14 Jun 03
Wx: Clear w/ a few clouds, winds S 10 kts or less, high 80s
Seas: 2-3ft swells
Viz: 20ft to 30ft. Obvious fresh water mixing near the surface
Temp: 74 on the bottom. Thermocline at 40 ft
Dive one: FWB Liberty Ship. First trip to the FWB-LS this year. Usually not a productive dive because it is overfished. Couldn't quite see from one side to the other (the ship is 40 ft wide, hence my 30 ft viz assessment). As usual, grey snappers were in the bow. Saw a few short grouper.
Dive two: AJ Bimini (tank turrets). Probably more fish on the turret than the LS. Schools of red snapper - all of them short but one. I only had two bands bands pulled when I took a shot at a 24" snapper. Three bands would have stoned him, but I only gave him a headache. I shot a trigger and was stringing him when a 6ft bull showed up and wouldn't go away (we are seeing bulls on every trip - my wife and I are going to get power heads).
Dive three: Not really a dive. Tossed the hook on the Barrel Barge (barge with a number of cylindrical fuel tanks strewn about), but the chain fouled in the anchor flukes. By the time we got to the bottom, we had dragged anchor maybe 500 ft. Called the dive.
Dive four: Back on the Barrel Barge. Swam around it 3 or 4 times. Finally shot a grey snapper at the end of the dive.
Fun day, except I had to keep adjusting the port trim tab, and when I got back to port and the marina dudes took the plug out, pink gunk came out of the bilge (more $$$).
Wx: Clear w/ a few clouds, winds S 10 kts or less, high 80s
Seas: 2-3ft swells
Viz: 20ft to 30ft. Obvious fresh water mixing near the surface
Temp: 74 on the bottom. Thermocline at 40 ft
Dive one: FWB Liberty Ship. First trip to the FWB-LS this year. Usually not a productive dive because it is overfished. Couldn't quite see from one side to the other (the ship is 40 ft wide, hence my 30 ft viz assessment). As usual, grey snappers were in the bow. Saw a few short grouper.
Dive two: AJ Bimini (tank turrets). Probably more fish on the turret than the LS. Schools of red snapper - all of them short but one. I only had two bands bands pulled when I took a shot at a 24" snapper. Three bands would have stoned him, but I only gave him a headache. I shot a trigger and was stringing him when a 6ft bull showed up and wouldn't go away (we are seeing bulls on every trip - my wife and I are going to get power heads).
Dive three: Not really a dive. Tossed the hook on the Barrel Barge (barge with a number of cylindrical fuel tanks strewn about), but the chain fouled in the anchor flukes. By the time we got to the bottom, we had dragged anchor maybe 500 ft. Called the dive.
Dive four: Back on the Barrel Barge. Swam around it 3 or 4 times. Finally shot a grey snapper at the end of the dive.
Fun day, except I had to keep adjusting the port trim tab, and when I got back to port and the marina dudes took the plug out, pink gunk came out of the bilge (more $$$).