Carrabelle 07-29-2006

Post by **Tom Keels** » July 30th, 2006, 10:02 am

Andre, Rick and myself left the river about 8:30. Seas were rougher than predicted at 2-3's so we hit a close in spot first. 55' deep, a nice series of ledges. Andre and I did nice long 30+ minute dives here and slayed the fish pretty good despite the 10 foot of vis.

Rick dove this spot by himself and came back with a keeper gag.

We decide to go dive O tower since it was close and see if we could find an AJ or cobia. They weren't home but the mangroves were thick. I got a nice stringer full despite forgetting my gloves for the dive.

Vis was a much better 40+ feet here. Lots of cudas, angelfish, spades and a couple of permit. We found one small school of AJ's with no keepers in it.

We called it a day after that. The seas had layed down nicely and we were able to run back in at 30 mph.

Nice day and nothing broke.

Final tally:
3 gags to 27"
13 mangroves to 6 pounds
2 sheeps
2 triggers

Post by **Chalk** » July 30th, 2006, 3:56 pm

Nice swim

Post by **Sea Fox** » July 30th, 2006, 3:57 pm

Thats almost cheating, nice haul.

Post by **Frank Bradfield** » July 31st, 2006, 3:43 pm

I see Andre is staying with the puter , he must be liking it ! Did you get the Atom fixed yet ?

Post by **Tom Keels** » July 31st, 2006, 3:46 pm

Frank Bradfield wrote:I see Andre is staying with the puter , he must be liking it ! Did you get the Atom fixed yet ?

Negative.

Post by **Browning Slayer** » July 31st, 2006, 9:09 pm

Very nice!!

Couldn't help but see the fishing rod!

Post by **rocket** » July 31st, 2006, 9:46 pm

DWilliams · Post by **DWilliams** » July 31st, 2006, 9:56 pm

Way to go Tom. The vis was not so good last time I was in between O and K. There are some good ledges though.

Give me a call next time you need somebody.

Post by **Bakertize** » August 7th, 2006, 9:17 am

good trip