Jack , John and I got out today and the surface conditions were the best we have had so far this year. Our first stop was a very small snag where only I went in but I did not find anything worth while. Next we headed out a little deeper to another small wreck and when Jack and John came up with loaded goody bags I figured this is going to be better than the first dive. It was spectacular with 20ft plus vis, warm bottom temps, tons for lobster and fish. I think Jack had 4 lobster up , John had 3 and I got two up to 3. 5lbs. Almost forgot about a monkfish that came up too. As long as we had good conditions we figured we would not go too far and this decision also payed off. The next stop was only slightly deeper at 95 ft and once again lots of sea food came up. John managed a nice sea bass for 5lbs and both jack and John brought up lots of sea food. As soon as they were back on board I went in and could not believe the amount of fish. This site has definitely not been hit yet this year either. We were going to hit another wreck on the way in but the coolers were full (we could not close the lids)and we all figured it could not get any better so we headed in content with the day.
You know the cooler I always take that holds a six pack!! Really it was a big igloo and it was packed. We even put some of the bugs in the lunch coolers. I have to say all quality sized lobster and fish too, some legal but not by much lobster were thrown back too. It was from only 3 guys on some shorter deeper dives and I was the only one that had any deco. After the fish I took home were cleaned I easily had 20 + lbs of fillets. Neighbors, Mother, Sister, etc took some but still a lot left(Glenn I saved you a bunch). Just finished some lobster bisque tonight for dinner. It looks like these wrecks were a little more exposed just like the wreck from a week or two ago and there were many interesting things exposed on the bottom so we plan on going back for some digging. I took the little boat out Saturday and loaded up a cooler using the old hook and line technique. For years I could not stand to eat fish but the last few years I started to like it more. My folks always made us eat the fish we caught when younger and that what turned me off to fish. At that time we caught mostly Blue fish.
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on 6/10/2012, 8:35 pm
