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Bahamas '07 Trip

Posted: March 15th, 2007, 10:11 pm
by Speardivertampa
Spent a week with family and freinds in Treasure Cay last week. Trolling was slow but we managed to get afew nice Dolphin, Yellowfin, and more blackfin than we could handle. Spearing we got some nice hogfish, muttons, small black/nassau/and tiger grouper, and chased the big blacks and yellowfins around all day in beautiful vis with our peashooter slings. We will stay in Marsh next year over treasure, the nightlife was a little slow at the Marina Bar in treasure :) Anyway it was a good time!

Highlights of the trip included:
-Taking several 8lb hogfish w/ slings freediving in 40-50'
-Reeling a small(2lb) blackfin in that had eaten a cedar plug to have a 30lb bull come up and eat the blackfin/plug combo.
-Making fun of my dad and uncle for the last day of the trip for going out without us one day and speeding up the boat to keep the baits away from a Blue Marlin they had raised b/c they thought it was a shark :smt005 :smt005 :smt005

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Good Times...
-Chris

Posted: March 16th, 2007, 8:32 am
by Sir reel
Sounds like a fun trip.... nice bull! :thumbup: :D

Posted: March 16th, 2007, 8:56 am
by caseycook
Great trip and pics! :thumbup:

Posted: March 16th, 2007, 9:13 am
by Reel Cowboy
Looks like everybody had a great time. :thumbup: :thumbup:

Posted: March 17th, 2007, 2:05 am
by Browning Slayer
Nice Trip, thanks for sharing! :thumbup:

Posted: March 17th, 2007, 8:20 am
by Frank Bradfield
Nice job Chris ! Were the new laws we hear about in effect yet ? Looks like you had a blast anyway !

Posted: March 17th, 2007, 10:29 am
by Flats Rascal
Cool, man. :thumbup:

8)

Posted: March 17th, 2007, 10:54 am
by Speardivertampa
Frank Bradfield wrote:Nice job Chris ! Were the new laws we hear about in effect yet ? Looks like you had a blast anyway !
Yep, no more than 20lb of bottom fish and only 6 pelagics on the boat at any time.

-Chris

Posted: March 18th, 2007, 10:00 pm
by bocephus
I thought non-resident weren't allowed to spearfish? there's a artical in this months florida sportfishing magazine about this.

Posted: March 19th, 2007, 10:12 am
by dstockwell
Nice for sure.

Posted: March 19th, 2007, 1:04 pm
by Speardivertampa
bocephus wrote:I thought non-resident weren't allowed to spearfish? there's a artical in this months florida sportfishing magazine about this.
The laws over there had always said that non-residents couldn't spearfish. In order to spearfish we had to get the customs officer to approve us spearfishing in writing on the back of our fishing permits. This was always the proper procedure just never inforced.

-Chris

Posted: March 19th, 2007, 1:13 pm
by bocephus
got ya. I'd love to get over there and try that one day.

Posted: March 19th, 2007, 10:15 pm
by Eerman
Some good lookin' fish :thumbup:

Posted: March 23rd, 2007, 10:58 am
by qoutrage
Nice report and pics. :D Sounds like a great time was had.. :thumbup: