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Carrabelle 05-21-2006

Posted: May 22nd, 2006, 6:56 am
by Tom Keels
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Story to come...

Posted: May 22nd, 2006, 7:17 am
by Frank Bradfield
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

Posted: May 22nd, 2006, 8:09 am
by Chalk
:thumbup: :thumbup:

Posted: May 22nd, 2006, 9:34 am
by Tom Keels
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.

Posted: May 22nd, 2006, 10:07 am
by GC
Nice AJ! :thumbup: and good shot!
Sounds like a lot of fun :thumbup: ....except for the sharks :thumbdown: !

Posted: May 22nd, 2006, 10:59 am
by Knot Tester
Looks like a nice place to clean fish. Where's that at?

Posted: May 22nd, 2006, 11:01 am
by Tom Keels
C-quarters Marina.

Posted: May 22nd, 2006, 1:57 pm
by Frank Bradfield
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 !

Posted: May 22nd, 2006, 4:42 pm
by birddog
Very nice AJ, Tom. :thumbup:

Posted: May 22nd, 2006, 5:13 pm
by devans850
WTG..TOM.. :thumbup: :thumbup:

Posted: May 22nd, 2006, 8:05 pm
by Jumptrout51
Good job Tom. We missed you Saturday.

Posted: May 22nd, 2006, 8:23 pm
by Tom Keels
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.

Posted: May 22nd, 2006, 8:56 pm
by salty_dog
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....