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*Charlestondivin* · 06-30-2004, 07:32 PM

1-2' seas dont happen very often around here but when they do it is time for a hookie day. Left out on Slay Ride with Les, and a couple of fisherman. First dive Les hit the bottom way before me and was shoulders deep in a hole digging out lobsters with a 21# Alpha hog watching him from behind. He look poised to attack so i did what i had to do to protected the capt. (I got your back Les) Les was the lobster king on this dive. He has all the sudden got the "knack" for spotting slippers. I proceeded to continue my missing streak on the grouper population. I don't know what my deal is lately. Guess I need to get in the pool and zero in. Visibility was pretty good on all spots. Thermocline seems to start at around 50' with decent vis even in the thermocline.

2nd dive spot we almost didn't dive. Structure looked ok but we just were not marking any fish on it. We drifted it a bit with rod and reel. My live pinfish got smashed and everyone made fun of me for having a shark on. Turned out to be a nice red snapper! That helped make the decision, suit up lets dive! I went one way on the jug and Les went the other. Didn't see him the rest of the dive. Covered a lot of fishless ground then found a nice 10 pound lobster with a big hole behind him. Slid my gun behind him to block his escape and bagged him. That is 5 lobsters in a row that won't fit through that bug tamer bag. Had to unzip and put him in backwards. Ended up just lift bagging the whole bag up. Too much drag and couldn't fit much more in the bag anyway. Finally found some nice female hogs and started working on them. Well big daddy hog didn't seem to like that. He came in on me like a rattled up buck. I mean straight at me from out in the sand and stopped. Lights out big alpha. I knew he was bigger then any of the others I've shot. At the end of the day back at the marina on their tournament scales he weighed 25 pounds.
New personal best Hog.

*Charlestondivin* · 06-30-2004, 07:39 PM

Not a bad shot, he went out like a light

Set of Cressi's for comparison. The 21 was thicker than the 25

The lobster added in.

Md Spear · 06-30-2004, 07:47 PM

Yes Spearit showed us , Ya'll have a fantastic remote Mecca Habit of not 1 Towel head w/ a fan belt.
, BUT GREAT HOGS , MONSTER BUGS , GROUPER everywhere .

INCREDIBLE HARVEST , I' M JEALOUS !!!!!!!! COOL

WADE

RichT · 06-30-2004, 07:57 PM

Great job Rob, Les!!!
Better save some of those monsters for the St. Pete Open though.

SPEARIT · 06-30-2004, 08:02 PM

Congratulations Rob, looks like yall had a right fair day.
Tom

keyspearfisher · 06-30-2004, 08:12 PM

What do you do when three fish fill the cooler?

zds3488 · 06-30-2004, 08:20 PM

ahhhhhhh....leave some fish for us!!!!!

Just out of curiosity, have you all ever had a bad fish production trip?

kitefisherman · 06-30-2004, 08:21 PM

Beautiful alpha and nice shot Rob! Laid next to that Cressi I can see extra length in yours. Both my 21 and 23 pounder had a fork length about equal to the fin - the main difference was the girth 24" vs. 27". Yours looks substantially longer. Did you by any chance get measurements? Congrats on that new personal best!

Looks like you had ideal weather. How did you guys do on the fishing?

f94gator · 06-30-2004, 09:13 PM

Yeah, those fish are OK.

KJNDIVER · 06-30-2004, 09:29 PM

Sa weeeeeeeett! Congrats on some mighty nice fish ya got there.

Screen Name · 06-30-2004, 09:34 PM

Nice job guys!

BluewaterRocket · 06-30-2004, 09:53 PM

Very nice - nothing like monster hogs & bugs on the dinner table!

SPEARIT · 07-01-2004, 07:26 AM

Rob
I guess it's about time for me to plan some non-charter weekdays and look at some of the spots I've marked that have never been dove, so I can catch up with Yall on the fish. It's just beginning the best part of the season now so the fish and bug pictures should start to pick up. I'm probably shooting tomorrow and spearfishing charter Sat, then a group doing wrecks Sun and Mon. Hope Yall have a good weekend, the weather is sounding doable.
Tom

Mobile Diver · 07-01-2004, 07:58 PM

Helluva haul.

junior · 07-01-2004, 08:34 PM

Ya'll sure those ain't the pictures from last weekend? Nice job, those are some damn fine hogs!!


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06-30-2004, 07:32 PM	#1
Charlestondivin Moderator Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Mt Pleasant SC Age: 40 Posts: 2,412	25# hogs and 10# lobs Charleston 6-30 1-2' seas dont happen very often around here but when they do it is time for a hookie day. Left out on Slay Ride with Les, and a couple of fisherman. First dive Les hit the bottom way before me and was shoulders deep in a hole digging out lobsters with a 21# Alpha hog watching him from behind. He look poised to attack so i did what i had to do to protected the capt. (I got your back Les) Les was the lobster king on this dive. He has all the sudden got the "knack" for spotting slippers. I proceeded to continue my missing streak on the grouper population. I don't know what my deal is lately. Guess I need to get in the pool and zero in. Visibility was pretty good on all spots. Thermocline seems to start at around 50' with decent vis even in the thermocline. 2nd dive spot we almost didn't dive. Structure looked ok but we just were not marking any fish on it. We drifted it a bit with rod and reel. My live pinfish got smashed and everyone made fun of me for having a shark on. Turned out to be a nice red snapper! That helped make the decision, suit up lets dive! I went one way on the jug and Les went the other. Didn't see him the rest of the dive. Covered a lot of fishless ground then found a nice 10 pound lobster with a big hole behind him. Slid my gun behind him to block his escape and bagged him. That is 5 lobsters in a row that won't fit through that bug tamer bag. Had to unzip and put him in backwards. Ended up just lift bagging the whole bag up. Too much drag and couldn't fit much more in the bag anyway. Finally found some nice female hogs and started working on them. Well big daddy hog didn't seem to like that. He came in on me like a rattled up buck. I mean straight at me from out in the sand and stopped. Lights out big alpha. I knew he was bigger then any of the others I've shot. At the end of the day back at the marina on their tournament scales he weighed 25 pounds. New personal best Hog. Attached Thumbnails __________________ Rob Harding Charleston Diving Online Furniture Outlet Fish not Biting? Try a fast presentation of spring steel

06-30-2004, 07:39 PM	#2
Charlestondivin Moderator Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Mt Pleasant SC Age: 40 Posts: 2,412	Not a bad shot, he went out like a light Set of Cressi's for comparison. The 21 was thicker than the 25 The lobster added in. __________________ Rob Harding Charleston Diving Online Furniture Outlet Fish not Biting? Try a fast presentation of spring steel

06-30-2004, 07:47 PM	#3
Md Spear Senior Crabby Ole Fart Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Maryland Age: 60 Posts: 945	GOOD STUFF Yes Spearit showed us , Ya'll have a fantastic remote Mecca Habit of not 1 Towel head w/ a fan belt. , BUT GREAT HOGS , MONSTER BUGS , GROUPER everywhere . INCREDIBLE HARVEST , I' M JEALOUS !!!!!!!! COOL WADE Last edited by Md Spear; 06-30-2004 at 07:52 PM.

06-30-2004, 08:02 PM	#5
SPEARIT Registered User Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: S.E. North Carolina(Jacksonville) Posts: 708	Congratulations Rob, looks like yall had a right fair day. Tom __________________ Tom Collins USMC, Charter Captain, RETIRED 910-455-1116

06-30-2004, 07:57 PM	#4
RichT Rich Taylor Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: St. Petersburg, FL Posts: 3,044	Great job Rob, Les!!! Better save some of those monsters for the St. Pete Open though.

06-30-2004, 08:12 PM	#6
keyspearfisher Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: thinking of JLB Age: 43 Posts: 980	What do you do when three fish fill the cooler? __________________ Brian C. Seeman Just happened to be in the right place at the right time.

06-30-2004, 08:20 PM	#7
zds3488 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: south tampa Posts: 1,350	ahhhhhhh....leave some fish for us!!!!! Just out of curiosity, have you all ever had a bad fish production trip? __________________ W' in '04

06-30-2004, 08:21 PM	#8
kitefisherman Spearboard Historian Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Boca Raton Age: 51 Posts: 4,391	Beautiful alpha and nice shot Rob! Laid next to that Cressi I can see extra length in yours. Both my 21 and 23 pounder had a fork length about equal to the fin - the main difference was the girth 24" vs. 27". Yours looks substantially longer. Did you by any chance get measurements? Congrats on that new personal best! Looks like you had ideal weather. How did you guys do on the fishing?

06-30-2004, 09:13 PM	#9
f94gator Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Tampa - one of the Brothers Hermes Age: 40 Posts: 5,337	Yeah, those fish are OK.

06-30-2004, 09:29 PM	#10
KJNDIVER Mmm... taste like chicken Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Orange, TX/Lake Charles, LA Age: 39 Posts: 832	Sa weeeeeeeett! Congrats on some mighty nice fish ya got there. __________________ Keys to Life: Life is all about ass; you're either covering it, laughing it off, kicking it, kissing it, busting it, trying to get a piece of it, or behaving like one.

06-30-2004, 09:34 PM	#11
Screen Name Bubble Pack Junkie Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Spearboard, Dummy! Age: 58 Posts: 3,725	Nice job guys!

06-30-2004, 09:53 PM	#12
BluewaterRocket Steel Slingin' Carnivore Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Melbourne Beach, FL Age: 53 Posts: 686	Very nice - nothing like monster hogs & bugs on the dinner table! __________________ Luke 5:9 "For he and all his companions were astonished at the catch of fish they had taken"

07-01-2004, 07:26 AM	#13
SPEARIT Registered User Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: S.E. North Carolina(Jacksonville) Posts: 708	Rob I guess it's about time for me to plan some non-charter weekdays and look at some of the spots I've marked that have never been dove, so I can catch up with Yall on the fish. It's just beginning the best part of the season now so the fish and bug pictures should start to pick up. I'm probably shooting tomorrow and spearfishing charter Sat, then a group doing wrecks Sun and Mon. Hope Yall have a good weekend, the weather is sounding doable. Tom __________________ Tom Collins USMC, Charter Captain, RETIRED 910-455-1116

07-01-2004, 07:58 PM	#14
Mobile Diver Registered User Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Key West, FL Posts: 5,615	Helluva haul. __________________ Steve Moore www.keysmobilediving.com steve@keysmobilediving.com 305 849 0866

07-01-2004, 08:34 PM	#15
junior Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 4,634	Ya'll sure those ain't the pictures from last weekend? Nice job, those are some damn fine hogs!!

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