Carrabelle 05-21-2006

Post by **Tom Keels** » May 22nd, 2006, 6:56 am

Story to come...

Post by **Frank Bradfield** » May 22nd, 2006, 7:17 am

Nice ! Yamaha ? Lineshaft or free ? Come on with the story...I'm planning on going next weekend, how bou't a vis & temp report plz.. good job...thanks frank

Post by **Chalk** » May 22nd, 2006, 8:09 am

Post by **Tom Keels** » May 22nd, 2006, 9:34 am

Got him with a freeshaft on the Yamaha. Hit him right behind the eye and he never twitched, just sank. It was a little tough swimming with that thing clipped off to the stringer. Got a couple of red snapper there too. We ended up with 10 manroves to 8 pounds, 2 red snapper, 2 grouper (1 red and 1 gag), 1 rock bass, 1 trigger, and 1 28 pound AJ.

Would have had more mangroves but the spot we were on became shark central. After I ran at one and tried to make him leave I turned around to see another come cruising in and the other just coming back. 5-6 foot sandbars. Andre and I were shooting manroves as quickly as we could reload. Still had a half a tank when we were interupted.

Vis and current were perfect for shooting. Vis was a hazy 20 feet and current was non-existant. Temps were a comfortable 73.

I hit several fish that got off my spear or that I completely blew through them. If we had all the fish I hit I'd still be cleaning fish. Only missed 3 times all day.

Post by GC » May 22nd, 2006, 10:07 am

Nice AJ!

and good shot!
Sounds like a lot of fun

....except for the sharks

!

Knot Tester · Post by **Knot Tester** » May 22nd, 2006, 10:59 am

Looks like a nice place to clean fish. Where's that at?

Post by **Tom Keels** » May 22nd, 2006, 11:01 am

C-quarters Marina.

Post by **Frank Bradfield** » May 22nd, 2006, 1:57 pm

Sharks huhh... I hear they have been bad this year and have always heard they love the yamaha...

beats big bull sharks though.. sounds fun !

Post by **birddog** » May 22nd, 2006, 4:42 pm

Very nice AJ, Tom.

Post by **devans850** » May 22nd, 2006, 5:13 pm

WTG..TOM..

Post by **Jumptrout51** » May 22nd, 2006, 8:05 pm

Good job Tom. We missed you Saturday.

Post by **Tom Keels** » May 22nd, 2006, 8:23 pm

Frank Bradfield wrote:Sharks huhh... I hear they have been bad this year and have always heard they love the yamaha... beats big bull sharks though.. sounds fun !

No sharks on the yamaha. They were on another site.

Post by **salty_dog** » May 22nd, 2006, 8:56 pm

We had a great time!! I do not know how long I had my head under some structure while those sharks were swimming around. I had just shot a huge mangrove that took my spear under some metal pieces that were covered with fishing tackle. When I righted myself I found our new friends swimming around us. I'm sure if they wanted my legs they could have gotten me easily as I had my head looking down for at least 3 minutes....