ROCK BOTTOM
05-11-2004, 10:47 AM
We did a little diving Saturday and Sunday out of Venice, Louisiana this past weekend. Saturday was a beautiful day on the ocean with the seas not getting over 1 foot, making for a fast ride out to the rigs on the east side of the river. Three other Hell Divers and myself shot some nice gag and scamp grouper, red snapper and amberjack at the first few stops, but lost some nice cobia, before moving back in to the shallow rigs for some stringer busting, fish slaying. After shooting some of the bigger fish in the deeper water, we headed in shallow and picked up a nice 11# mangrove and an 8# 11oz sheepshead in the shallows. I loaded up the stringer with a nice mixed bag of sheepshead, gag grouper, red and mangrove snapper, redfish and even a tasty 3# pompano. All in all it was a good day on the water. Some of the pictures are a bit off as my buddy is somewhat techno-challenged.
Sunday, the wife and kids on board, was a little slower shooting with 1-2 foot seas. Trying to teach the wife to shoot is not an easy thing. She poked holes in an amberjack and a cobia and scared the shit out of a few grouper. She was experiencing “buck fever” and wasn’t getting close enough to the fish for a decent shot. She did stone a nice trigger fish but was sorely disappointed with her day on the water (good thing too because now she wants me to take her again next weekend.) I shot a few grouper and amberjack but didn’t set the world on fire with my fish killing abilities. We went back to the shallows for some more stringer filling action but I broke my muzzle on the fourth shot. I think my wife and I both need some new guns (hers is about 7 inches too short.) No pictures from day 2.
I was nice to meet some of the guys off of the Spearboard. I am glad that your second day on the water was better than their first day. I am looking forward to the pictures. I know I will see some of those guys again and again and it probably will be fairly soon, too. There will be some serious competition for the Spearboard Open for sure. Pray for good weather.
Zz
Sunday, the wife and kids on board, was a little slower shooting with 1-2 foot seas. Trying to teach the wife to shoot is not an easy thing. She poked holes in an amberjack and a cobia and scared the shit out of a few grouper. She was experiencing “buck fever” and wasn’t getting close enough to the fish for a decent shot. She did stone a nice trigger fish but was sorely disappointed with her day on the water (good thing too because now she wants me to take her again next weekend.) I shot a few grouper and amberjack but didn’t set the world on fire with my fish killing abilities. We went back to the shallows for some more stringer filling action but I broke my muzzle on the fourth shot. I think my wife and I both need some new guns (hers is about 7 inches too short.) No pictures from day 2.
I was nice to meet some of the guys off of the Spearboard. I am glad that your second day on the water was better than their first day. I am looking forward to the pictures. I know I will see some of those guys again and again and it probably will be fairly soon, too. There will be some serious competition for the Spearboard Open for sure. Pray for good weather.
Zz