7/30/08 Midnight Dive

CaptainEd · 07-31-2008, 10:26 AM

Me and a friend went out just south of PE (along with 100 others) In the water at 12:00 midnight. The lobstering was tough but we managed to do well. The dive was awesome. Nice current to drift with. The morey eels were out all over the place. I saw another beautiful sea turtle sleeping on the bottom (which i didn't disturb), A few octopus and even a little bonnet head shark who followed me around for most of my dive. At day break out came the mini season lobster hunters in droves! We decided to move to a different and much more technical spot to dive. This resulted in some much bigger lobsters although fewer and harder to catch. I shot 5 nice fish too. I stopped shooting at 5 in the bag but I was amazed at the amount of potentail sizable table fare. It was one of those magic dives and after being up for 37 hours straight I need that. I also set a new personal record for times stopped by FWC, Coast Guard and the restof them...4 times! Good to see them enforcing the regs. I found over 20 Poached lobster heads stuffed under the ledges right S of PE. Not only does this suck for all of us because it's illegal but also in that when you snap lobsters in half under water it makes the rest of them leave the area which may be why the spots I saw loaded up a few days before were mostly empty at midnight, opening night. This was the hardest i ever had to work to get my limit and the longest. My spearfishing partner won the prize for biggest lobster of the Bounty. He caught another identical to the one in the photo but she was loaded with eggs and was quickly realeased back to her home under the reef. All in all a great mini season set of dives right out in front! I hope the rest of you had good dives and did well!

Captain Juan · 07-31-2008, 11:13 AM

Pretty work. That's a nice bug on the cooler.

I for one have not done mini season in nearly a decade. Will be out in a few weeks well after the start of the reg season when all the hoopla dies down.

J

Disco Lady · 07-31-2008, 01:38 PM

COÑO!!!!!!!! Capt.Ed

DL,

XXX Fishing Team · 08-01-2008, 11:25 AM

Nice job!!!!!!!

cravertosu · 08-02-2008, 06:48 AM

Nice work!! Make for some tasty meals!

Mike · 08-02-2008, 02:08 PM

sweet work capt ed... im bummed I didnt get out this year... may try when the regular season opens

surfinsteve1 · 09-01-2008, 05:31 PM

Didn't do to bad either got my limit in about 3 hours with 4 on board and followed it up on thursday with half that. just like you said poached heads pushed them out of the holes. wish people knew it hurt everybody, and we would all be better off if they took legal lobs and left.

CaptainEd · 09-06-2008, 09:42 PM

You're 100% right surfinsteve1!

08-01-2008, 11:25 AM	#4 (permalink)
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08-02-2008, 02:08 PM	#6 (permalink)
Mike Grander Join Date: May 2004 Location: Fort Lauderdale, FL Boat: Coming Soon! Best Catch: 250lb Swordfish Posts: 1,474	sweet work capt ed... im bummed I didnt get out this year... may try when the regular season opens __________________ Fishing Reports

09-06-2008, 09:42 PM	#8 (permalink)
CaptainEd Hooked Up Join Date: May 2004 Location: Dania beach Occupation: USCG Master Captain Posts: 272	You're 100% right surfinsteve1! __________________ You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.

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07-31-2008, 11:13 AM	#2 (permalink)
Captain Juan Grander Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Hollywood, FL Boat: Contender 25 with twin E-Tecs Best Catch: 63 lb. wahoo, 26 lb. mutton, 11 lb. peacock Occupation: Dir. of Communications Posts: 1,282	Pretty work. That's a nice bug on the cooler. I for one have not done mini season in nearly a decade. Will be out in a few weeks well after the start of the reg season when all the hoopla dies down. J

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Disco Lady Grander Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Miami, FL Boat: 37 Merritt Best Catch: (Blue Marlin)550 Lbs ST. Thomas (North Drop) Occupation: Charter Captain and Pimp! at night. Posts: 6,328	COÑO!!!!!!!! Capt.Ed DL,

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cravertosu Lines In Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Raeford, NC Boat: 25ft Wellcraft Best Catch: Nothing to brag about yet!! Occupation: Military Posts: 64	Nice work!! Make for some tasty meals!

09-01-2008, 05:31 PM	#7 (permalink)
surfinsteve1 Hooked Up Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Hollyweird Boat: 22' Wellcraft Best Catch: 100lb sword Occupation: Safety Inspec. Posts: 152	Didn't do to bad either got my limit in about 3 hours with 4 on board and followed it up on thursday with half that. just like you said poached heads pushed them out of the holes. wish people knew it hurt everybody, and we would all be better off if they took legal lobs and left.

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