Chum Bucket
06-23-2008, 08:26 PM
Wasn't going to post because vis was so bad I didn't take any video or photos. Hit the wreck Friday late afternoon and got tied in. First thing I saw on the descent were the huge hawser lines floating up to maybe 120 or 130 feet and covered with mono. gillfish spent a good portion of his dive there getting untangled. When I looked back I thought he was untangling our buoy marker, freeing me up to tie in to the wreck. Did a little exploring around the wheelhouse at 180 fsw. Vis was maybe 20-25 feet at best. While tying in I had 2 huge ARS watching me. Finished tying in and let one fly only to loose him due to a bad high shot. Port side running light is still there at the wheelhouse waiting on Dago to finish it up. Did manage to shoot my 2 red snappers and an AJ. A suprising amount of goliaths for this far north and west into the Gulf. They were active and all over our shot fish.
Aahh, bad vis and too many goliaths, I felt right at home.
Wound up doing 25 minutes on the bottom and felt great with a 20/30. Had 30 or so minutes of deco starting at 90 feet. Carried 2 40cu's, one with 50% one with 100%. Loving the 2 bottles under my left arm configuration. Three thermo's of which the last one at about 100 feet was wicked cold at 72-74 degrees. Above that felt like bath water. Was good having the up line with the huge buoy ball because of the ripping big moon current.
Fished all night to easily limit everyone in the boat that didn't drop on ARS and caught some beautiful huge beeliners, some going 3 pounds, that I just had for dinner.
Swam down Saturday morning on a single 120 to untie out of the wreck. Vis was unchanged, but with a single tank and one stage bottle felt like freediving! Can't wait to get back out to spend some more time on the wreck, very interseting with lots to explore.
Was really looking forward to taking a lot of photos. Guess we just have to go back.
Spent Saturday getting our asses handed to us in the southern grounds. The 36 mile radar was solid green with rain, waterspouts, and lightning.
If someone here was the boat circling us Friday night and Saturday morning, you should have hailed us or just come over. Would not have been an issue.
Aahh, bad vis and too many goliaths, I felt right at home.
Wound up doing 25 minutes on the bottom and felt great with a 20/30. Had 30 or so minutes of deco starting at 90 feet. Carried 2 40cu's, one with 50% one with 100%. Loving the 2 bottles under my left arm configuration. Three thermo's of which the last one at about 100 feet was wicked cold at 72-74 degrees. Above that felt like bath water. Was good having the up line with the huge buoy ball because of the ripping big moon current.
Fished all night to easily limit everyone in the boat that didn't drop on ARS and caught some beautiful huge beeliners, some going 3 pounds, that I just had for dinner.
Swam down Saturday morning on a single 120 to untie out of the wreck. Vis was unchanged, but with a single tank and one stage bottle felt like freediving! Can't wait to get back out to spend some more time on the wreck, very interseting with lots to explore.
Was really looking forward to taking a lot of photos. Guess we just have to go back.
Spent Saturday getting our asses handed to us in the southern grounds. The 36 mile radar was solid green with rain, waterspouts, and lightning.
If someone here was the boat circling us Friday night and Saturday morning, you should have hailed us or just come over. Would not have been an issue.