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Snapper
 
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| Gonna have to make this quick. Headed out with Claydo, Alex (Askuropat), Chris (tightsnatch), Josh (Fender), and three others. We made it out yesterday and were met with calm seas and 50-90 ft visibility. Water temp was 68 degrees at 168 ft, and 71 degrees at 89 ft. We headed out deep to some well known public spots. Rolled two divers down deep and saw absolutely nothing, with exception to some undersized AJ's. We picked up anchor (not an easy task on my boat) and moved to another spot that was just a few miles away. Huge difference, found some nice aj's, and grouper. We moved closer in (13 miles out, 89 ft of water) and picked up some additional aj's lots of trigger, black snapper, and some grouper. Did a total of 4 dives, and everyone had a good time. Had two guys on the top fishing with hook and line who caught some trigger and endangered red snapper. Half way through the dive, one of our divers got tangled in the marker line that had been dropped by the fisherman and had to cut it. It was a very thin line that was virtualy invisible in the water. Lesson learned. In the future, we will use a thick braded line for our marker. Thanks to the Chris (tightsnatch) for all the help on the boat. 
 
On just about every dive, we had sharks show up after about five minutes. None of them were agressive and only required some gentle nudging to back off. I think we might be a little early for the grouper as of yet. We did see several very large grouper out past the 25 mile mark. We also saw some small grouper in toward the 13 mile mark. They were still very skiddish and not many of them yet. Cant wait for the water to cool down. We did notice that the trigger were holding on bridge rubble. I mean as many trigger as you cared to shoot. I didnt clean up on them because I hate to shoot them, and Clay and his group got ran off by the sharks.
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White Marlin
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Great report guys. Glad you got out and had a good time.
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Grouper
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Thanks for the report and the pics. Great read for this neophytic diver.
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Snapper
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Nice mess of fish guys. Looks like decent size grouper..
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Snapper
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| Oh yeah, forgot to mention.. We saw countless numbers of 20+ lb snappers. They really seem to know when the season is over.
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Trigger
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Very nice mess of fish guys!!
Thanks for the report and pics.
Sea ya Reese
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Snapper
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Man chris sounds like the usual good day of diving on your boat. I can't wait til I can start making some more trips. My damn school work and work work has me on lockdown right now. Is that a new fishfinder in the pic?
Take care. Kenny
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Snapper
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"We picked up anchor (not an easy task on my boat)"...I think I deserve an honorable mention at this point Chris!  j/k, glad you guys got out there and nailed some fish. I just cooked up some of those big snapper we got last time we went out and it was good...used your tartar sauce recipe, even the kid liked it!
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