left early to make a day of the last trip for bsb’s for us. got into them in 100’ and kept very few less then 24".the largest we have ever caught out of char. wish I had taken a few pics on a ruler because I know how this site works but most were 3 to 4lbs.just 3 short of a 6 man limit, releasing everything under 18’. ended up diving in 100’ with 10/15’ viz and almost no current. kept 6 lobster, releasing a few egg bearing females and working one around 10lbs for a good while, 15’ back under a ledge, shes still there! Didn’t see any legal groupers but found our spot for the red snapper season on some structure which held dozens of good ars. had a fun day with realfish01,james,jordan,ron and robert.
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Big old puffer fish. I couldn’t get him to face the camera since he was down inside the hull but he was a beautiful fish. I really like those tiny bright blue ones. Some of the colors you see down there are really amazing.
Ed got to give you a holler tomorrow afternoon back in town and ready to role for the snapper mini season if you got room!!! The pufferfish is a spot-fin porcupine fish, poisonous to humans if consumed. Pretty cool and a rare site this far north, usually 30N to 23N, and I had to look these values up just knew they were rare this far north!!
Odd. I see them on every 10 dives or so depending on how deep I am going. I’ve even seen some stud Tautog and big eye snapper here. That’s why I love the ocean and keep diving. Its like a box of chocolates. I’m trying to work in a dive in the south pacific tomorrow before I come back to Charleston this weekend. I still think we have some of the best bio-density anywhere.
Lionfish don’t run and that gun is a beast to load. I just poke them and scrape them off and let the seabass clean up the mess.
That is part of the fun. The Lionfish have no predators here, so I try to do as much damage as possible, while removing it from the spear tip. Gotta mangle them up pretty good, so the BSBs, triggers & anything else around, can finish them off.
Jordan is 100% right. It’s easier to gig them with the gun, than to take the shot. They are almost always right up against structure of some sort, so there would be a good chance of bending a spear, while shooting one. Better to pin them against the structure with the spear, then grind/slice it up a little with the knife.
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PS: If a fly lost it’s wings, would it be called a walk?
