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04-10-2011, 09:20 AM | #1 |
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Sarasota/Venice Report
I'm going to keep updating this thread for dive reports.
Went out saturday (4/9). Vis in 40ft. was 30ish and in 25ft. it was 15ft or so. We managed three gags and three hogs. The biggest hog (22") and two gags were taken in 25ft of water less than a mile from shore.
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04-10-2011, 05:41 PM | #2 |
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Re: Sarasota/Venice Report
Were you on that reef right off shore in Venice?
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04-10-2011, 07:19 PM | #3 |
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Re: Sarasota/Venice Report
Vis today in 50ft at Cuda Hole was about 30-40, a lot more stirred up further in shore.
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04-10-2011, 08:46 PM | #4 |
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No we were off of sarasota. I do get out off of venice on occasion though.
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04-10-2011, 08:47 PM | #5 |
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Were you diving or fishing? Any fish?
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04-11-2011, 07:31 AM | #6 |
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Not much for fish, a lot of small grouper and a couple kings. I jumped in hoping some cobes would swim by but nothing but cudas. I guess thats why they call it cuda hole
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Went out this morning off of sarasota (4/13) 30ft deep. Vis was 30ft+ managed two gags to 24" and five hogs, all between 16-19".
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04-21-2011, 08:47 PM | #8 |
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Went out with Barry aka "Bubba" today (4-21) to do a little freediving off of Sarasota. We worked hard in 25'-45' to bring back two gags and two hogs. Vis was around 15' at all spots. Water is definitely starting to warm up!
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Hit the culverts by the pier in venice, vis was 10' at best. Ended up with 4 fat mangos and a sheepy. If I didnt have class I would gave limited out on mangroves easily, they were everywhere! sheeps were thick too but most of them very small.
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What size mangos were you getting?? Keep the reports coming
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Went out yesterday also, to 60' and worked back in to 45' then to 35'. Viz was top to bottom in 60 in spots, and some places it was maybe 45' of viz. In 45', it was still about 35-40' viz. 35' it was bad, less than 10' to 15' viz, and it was later in the day, way after high tide at 1233. Got a couple gags and some hogs, 3 of them over 5 lbs gutted. All the hogs in 35'. That was Venice. Monday went out freediving off Sarasota, and in 50 it was top to bottom, in 45 almost maybe had to go down 6 ft to see bottom. I only got 2 cudas, my buddy got a just legal cobia, and a gag and a spanish mackeral. We stopped at a reef about 1 1/2 miles out to check for sheephead, and it was pretty bad, maybe 10' of viz. Didnt stay. Edit-We heard Bubba was freediving with someone yesterday.
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4-23 The weather man lied today and we paid the price. Took a pounding on our way out to 50ft. Managed 1 gag and 3 mangos. Also saw some aj's and a king. Vis was top to bottom.
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I am not sure what weather website you were looking at, but all mine have said 15+ Kts through next Thursday. When the flags are blowing straight out, its not good.
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I guess I was concentrating on the seas 2ft part, lesson learned!
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anybody goin next tues or thurs have room for one more?
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