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03-20-2018, 10:12 PM | #1 |
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Big Mutton
First real diving trip of this year, it's been a little rough. Got this fish this past weekend, measured 30". I put a link to my instagram with the video,
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03-21-2018, 07:12 AM | #2 |
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Re: Big Mutton
nice quan, I love shooting muttons
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03-21-2018, 08:20 AM | #3 |
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Re: Big Mutton
Damn! Nice Mutton.
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03-21-2018, 03:37 PM | #4 |
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Re: Big Mutton
Really nice fish! Good work!
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03-21-2018, 06:55 PM | #5 |
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03-22-2018, 06:39 PM | #6 |
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Re: Big Mutton
Nice Mutton Oto! Nice to see you!
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03-23-2018, 09:31 AM | #7 |
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Re: Big Mutton
Nice fish!
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03-26-2018, 08:09 AM | #8 |
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Re: Big Mutton
Beautiful Fish! I'm finding big muttons are my most challenging quarry in the busy waters of Palm Beach County. Those big guys are far too wary for my skills. Had a curious one come in while i was wrestling a big lobster out of a hole on Saturday. By the time i got the bug in the bag and picked up my gun he took off.
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03-26-2018, 08:59 PM | #9 |
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Re: Big Mutton
Hey guys, thanks! those big ones are definitely hard to find and even more difficult to get a shot. the low vis helped, in clear water it's more challenging. This is the second 30" I've gotten in the area,
Marco, what's up, u still diving? Last edited by oto_gc; 03-26-2018 at 09:00 PM. Reason: adding more comments |
03-26-2018, 09:10 PM | #10 |
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Awesome fish man!
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03-28-2018, 06:53 PM | #11 |
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Re: Big Mutton
Damn fine Mutt!!
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03-28-2018, 08:11 PM | #12 |
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I've only seen one Mutton of that size. I was lobstering down in the keys when a big Mutton appeared for a short instance then dissapeared just as quick. I suspected that he was attracted by the noise of the lobster being caught. Although, subsequent attempts by me to attract such fish by manually imitating such sounds with a lobster head by rubbing their testicles upon their 'scraping' substrate proved unsuccessful. I've heard that others have been successful by doing such though.
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03-28-2018, 08:50 PM | #13 |
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Re: Big Mutton
28 inches
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03-28-2018, 08:51 PM | #14 |
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The trick is not to swim to them. Let them come to you. If you go down and stay there long enough, they get curious and come up close enough for a shot.
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03-28-2018, 09:19 PM | #15 |
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Yea...I've done all those things. I've done ballerina dances down there cracking up molluscs, throwing sand in the air, trying to appear not interested, not look them in the eye or deliberately swim towards them...still haven''t got a nice Mutton like that.
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