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Trigger
 
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Well, we finally got one trip in this week and the vis and the "Mass" was awesome. 80-100' vis up high and a little less as you got deeper in the water column. I had two rec divers, John from Clearwater and Brett from Indiana, and a tech diver Kip, from Largo. The dive plan was to put John and Brett in, then Kip since his dive plans were either 85 or 94 minutes. Here are some pics from the first dive.
This is John, our photographer. Clay-doh, at least he kept his reg in his mouth.
Kip on his way up from the deep depths.
Wally diving with John and Brett
When the first dive was over, I headed down to check on Kip, timing the drop to get to the flightdeck (did I say Mass?) when Kip was coming up from the hangar catwalk. As I am leaving the boat I think, "there are no other divers here, I will take a gun, I might as well use the permits." I grab a gun and drop over. Kip is already up at a 130' and doing well. I look under the aft radar platform and see a jack tail heading for the starboard side of the island. I go after him and find four bar jacks at about 130'. As I take aim, this guy swims over the edge of the flght deck rail.
I took the shot and immediately thought (what the %$##^% did I just do)? More on that in the lessons learned a little later. The shot was a little low of where I had aimed so I only nicked his spinal cord. He was stunned initially but that didn't last long. After putting on a really good show for Kip, who got to see another "Kung Fu Fish Fighting" episode live, I got the fish under (somewhat) control and started back to the boat. He said he had never seen anything quite like that, especially when the cobia started heading back to the sand. I will add the lessons learned later in the post but I wanted to get this up before the games started. It was a great, fun day,a lot calmer than I figured it was going to be and the water was beautiful. Thanks guys!
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Sailfish
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Ruby Red Lip
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Not the "Mass" if he was at 130' down, I would say the "O", just a guess, especially as one of them has 2 pony tanks strapped on.
Darned nice Cobia though, sure would have liked to see that when I was last out there, although, a Cobia that size would normally call for a 2 diver shot, not into deep water wrestling myself.
Skippy
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White Marlin
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| Sweet job Teacher!!!!! That there is a beauty!!! Wish I could a been there with ya for kung-fu fightin part 3! Ummmm...can you ask Michelle when is dinner?  And yes..the Mass has definately changed a bit from the storms!!!
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Ruby Red Lip
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Great Cob Dalton! Yeah that last strom has scattered the " MASS " all over the gulfcoast My scales are drying out! cant wait to get back down.
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Grouper
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Wow - great report and pics. Wrestling that cobia must've been something to see.
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