keezdiver
09-24-2007, 12:33 PM
jess and i finally got on the water after being glued to the computer reading all the reports of Nikki's disappearance, not to mention the storms that were rolling through.
did a drop on the Tbolt with some decent vis (although the sun was clouded over so it wasn't as good as it could have been). 3 black scurried allong the front deck. jess picked up a nice 27" while i was frantically swimming around looking for a big black that i spotted. we met up on the stern and she quickly comunicated "big f-ing shark" and we both circled the wreck with the shark making several lazy passes by us on the bottom. fish were there, blacks on the sand and rubble, muttons and big flag yellowtails on the wreck. but i wasn't in the mood to push my luck with the Tax-Man so we both made our way up.
did a reef dive after that on some new ledge we marked. nice area with some great relief. hit the bottom and checked the anchor and thought the stirred up silt was from the chain. turns out the tide had brought a WALL of silty water in. it was like the leading edge of a sand storm in the movies...and it was right over the ledge.
i tracked down a nice black and dropped down on him in perfect form after his initial run...then stop and stare. pulled the trigger and SOMEHOW managed to tweak the gun and shoot 2" over the top of his head. he high-tailed it over the reef with jess in pursuit. ended up losing him in the silty mess.
jess picked up a nice hog on the return trip. i came home empty....AGAIN:banghead:
not quite sure why this keeps happening to me :scratchhead:
oh...and she spine shot the bastard....
did a drop on the Tbolt with some decent vis (although the sun was clouded over so it wasn't as good as it could have been). 3 black scurried allong the front deck. jess picked up a nice 27" while i was frantically swimming around looking for a big black that i spotted. we met up on the stern and she quickly comunicated "big f-ing shark" and we both circled the wreck with the shark making several lazy passes by us on the bottom. fish were there, blacks on the sand and rubble, muttons and big flag yellowtails on the wreck. but i wasn't in the mood to push my luck with the Tax-Man so we both made our way up.
did a reef dive after that on some new ledge we marked. nice area with some great relief. hit the bottom and checked the anchor and thought the stirred up silt was from the chain. turns out the tide had brought a WALL of silty water in. it was like the leading edge of a sand storm in the movies...and it was right over the ledge.
i tracked down a nice black and dropped down on him in perfect form after his initial run...then stop and stare. pulled the trigger and SOMEHOW managed to tweak the gun and shoot 2" over the top of his head. he high-tailed it over the reef with jess in pursuit. ended up losing him in the silty mess.
jess picked up a nice hog on the return trip. i came home empty....AGAIN:banghead:
not quite sure why this keeps happening to me :scratchhead:
oh...and she spine shot the bastard....