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Old 08-14-2022, 08:07 AM   #1
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Had been looking for several days at the weather and sea forecasts. We decided Friday was the day. Well, it turned out to be a little "sporty" by the time we got out there. Both teams of two got a few dives in before the winds picked up and the storms started chasing us back to shore. Whole time we dove, it was overcast. Like diving right after the sun has set. We managed to get some nice MG size hogs, gags, red grouper, goes. Bottom temp. was 81F.-83F.. Horz. vis. 10'-15'.. Of course, everyone saw " the biggest ARS of this year" during one of their dives. Like they know it's closed season. I had one swim by broadside within 3' about 5 times on one dive. As usual, a few sharks were seen. Gene, had one that must of been real hungry. It wouldn't leave him alone . Of course he was the only one without a Shark Shield. Finally, after countless times of poking. Gene gave the shark a "headache" to get rid of him .
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Re: Mg 08-12-2022

What area of the grounds did you dive? North, South, East, West, Central? We are going next Saturday?
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Old 08-14-2022, 08:38 AM   #3
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Re: Mg 08-12-2022

Kevin, we dove the central area only. We had planned on working our way back down during the day. Didn't happen due to building seas and storms. All in all, we did pretty good for a few dives. Full dark cloud cover didn't help the vis at all. Good luck next Saturday.
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Old 08-14-2022, 11:10 AM   #5
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Re: Mg 08-12-2022

Gene told me his dive buddy Yang weighed his biggest hog gutted at 17 pounds. Probably, the hog missing a lot scales near the tail.
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Eric, thanks for posting the pics. Hopefully, you can get out there with us soon.
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Eric, thanks for posting the pics. Hopefully, you can get out there with us soon.
Would love to, Jose! I have a lot of time off coming (each of the dates in October and November for ARS) as well as every weekend.
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Re: Mg 08-12-2022

Jose had this great idea - get a cookie sheet/oven sheet pan that is the same height as the vacuum sealer's input slot and this improves the sealing and efficiency of the sealing.
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Old 08-14-2022, 05:04 PM   #9
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Forgot to mention that around 60' there's a slight thermal. Nothing major.
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Thanks! Some big hogs there. Nice job.
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