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09-14-2003, 06:55 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: thinking of JLB
Age: 43
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Billfish sighting!
While doing a safety stop on the Thunderbolt. I saw my first Sailfish underwater. Three of them about four feet long. Makes the stop much more fun.
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09-14-2003, 10:09 AM
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Senior Overlord Assassin
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Daytona / New Smyrna Beach
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We dove teh Thunderbolt many times and about all I every saw was the standard stuff you see on wrecks.
How was the current? I've been on it when it was ripping, and when it's been dead calm.
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09-14-2003, 10:29 PM
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Spearboard Historian
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Boca Raton
Age: 51
Posts: 4,391
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Been seeing tons of ballayhoo here on my safety stops, but no sailfish or other pelagics.
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09-14-2003, 10:52 PM
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So Little Time
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Boca Raton
Posts: 870
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Quite a sight, isn't it? I've seen sailfish twice and marlins twice also....always awesome. Some guys invited me to go to Costa Rica, where it's legal to spear them, but I have mixed feelings about it. There's something about billfish, kind of majestic or something. Have you seen the short movie at IGFA (Fishing Museum) in Ft. Lauderdale? They have a really great scene of some guys catching a marlin. Cool museum if you ever come up this way.
Kite, I was out today, off Boca. You're right, those ballyhoo are all over the place! We got some hogs, couple nice muttons, got chased by a hammerhead a little bit. How about you? |
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09-14-2003, 11:03 PM
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Spearboard Historian
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Boca Raton
Age: 51
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Sheri:
Got 8 lobster Friday morning, but no fish. Saturday was a nonevent from a fishing/spearfishing perspective. This morning got 4 lobster and saw 4 hogs 14" to 17" feeding together in the sand but didn't bother with my Riffe (too much trouble - would have enjoyed the quick fire-reload practice if I had had my SS freeshaft gun). All the lobster and hogs were 80' or deeper. Museum is great! As I recall you just became an IGFA member shortly before we met. Are we going to see you next weekend at the Southern Open? Last edited by kitefisherman; 09-15-2003 at 12:20 AM. |
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09-15-2003, 06:33 AM
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Resident Fish Biologist
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: marathon florida
Age: 35
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i was with Keysspearfisher on that dive....
 i didn't see no stinkin' billfish!!! maybe that was because i was holding on for dear life in the 4mph current!!!! it was freaking crazy
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