gogators27
07-29-2007, 11:56 PM
Well, after doing my first middle gounds trip, and shooting my personal best hog(around 15 pounds)....... and a bunch of grouper/snapper/trigger...... I got a day of rest and then headed to the keys for a week, and got to freedive some amazing bottom similar to the middle grounds kind of stuff, just without all the huge fish swimming around. I still plunked plenty of small snappers off the reefs down there, and they taste even better when you take them back and eat them at the campsite just a few hours after being caught. Was able to limit out both days, not nearly as easily as past years, lots of shorts and just a few eggs, I was able to help a lot of the Boy Scouts we took down try to get there limits as well. Good times had by all. Also Dove the Speigle Grove, Duane and several other spots on scuba, but all lobster were taken freediving this year!! Shot a 20 plus grouper and my largest yellow Jack to date, around 20 pouds as well, in addition to some really nice mango, schoolmaster, spanish grunt, bluestriped grunt, mutton, and I took my first speckled hind freediving as well. All fish were freediving except for the yellow jack and a couple mangos taken on scuba in 120 ft. Great week on the water for sure!!! Unfortunately no picks, only memories....Was an awesome trip!