Well the day started off warm and flat - after a quick ride on the Tuna Seazure - we dropped the hook and i jumped in - I have to say after the past few weeks i was a little skeptical how it would be on the bottom - As i got down it opened up to a solid 25 feet and i was like, WOW! this is going to be good - It didn't take long to start seeing the flat fish we came for. Plenty of fish, while some were small, my bent pole spear drilled several, the smallest being 21 inches. I even managed to get a decent lobster and some lost fishing gear -
I knew the second dive would be more of the same - it was time to go to work.....
On my second dive i had a pretty good idea where a big flat fish might be hiding, This was my plan - As i worked the area, stalking my prey if you will, i knew i would see some average legal fish, but i was determined to only take a trophy. To many times in the past i would settle for an average fish, only to have a monster lift off 6 feet in front of the one i just shot.
I was not going to do that again.
As i got down no detail was to small - I began by checking the way the current was moving. i figured my best bet would be to work my way into the flow knowing my scent would be carried away.
I usually carry two bright led lights and today was no different. Knowing my prey would be very easily spooked into a panic i turned both of them OFF, I was going in incognito, becoming one with the wreck and its surroundings, - besides i figured what i was after would be easy to see...
I began to move like a True Underwater Explorer, getting into the zone, with only one purpose - Like on shark week , i shifted gears and became an Apex Predator - Ok maybe not a shark, more like a large snapping turtle moving slowly across the bottom, nose in the air, beady little eyes looking at every detail - moving so slowly i didn't even seem to move at all..... -
After 25 minuted i had seen plenty of fish, but none that was big enough - i was running out of time and i knew it -time was now on the big guys side.
as i came over the beam, i saw a 21 inch fish, just sitting out in the open. Now most divers after fluke would have just made the move and taken that fish, but not this diver - i just kept moving...
then I STOPPED -
i realized something was bothering me. Why was that fish just sitting there out in the open? it just didn't make sense - so i backed up and sure enough that fish was still there, just looking at me - I stared and it stared - and after a long stare, I realized that that 21 inch fish was not looking at me but looking at something else
Thats when i saw it... or actually part of it. All i could see was his head sticking out from under the plate but by the distance between its eyes i KNEW it was going t be a good one - i did my usual pretend not to let the fish know i see him and moved smoothly, like a snapping turtle - I drew on that spears band and no shot had ever been more true. - at perfect head shot and that fish was done -
As i pulled that fish out it startled me how big it actually was - i slipped that fish on the stringer and headed back -
The rest is well... history Capt Bill was laughing..... As we got back - i managed Very Large Fluke that some people were confusing with an Atlantic halibut -
The Tuna is running during the week and the weekends hopefully the clear water is here to stay.....
I remain the bartman- mosb
and the best part - Mr thats not Barts fish - was on the boat and witnessed history being made - aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Re: 09/12 - Tuna Seazure - To the MoHawk we go.....
I believe that there is some truth to that story. The vis has improved. I will have to see video and have the testimony of a reliable witness for the fish story( that's not possible since there were only divers on the boat)! Good to hear you got some diving in
You know he never believes anything - the Fluke was huge - 29 inches - ok the part about the lost fishing equipment is fake - the vis was outstanding -
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