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Mon27Jul2009

July 25-26, 2009

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Bob Diaz | SpearBlog 2009 | July 27, 2009 | Print

Seas: 1-3 feet
Winds: 15-20 SSW
Temp: 85 F
Viz: 10-45 feet
This weekend we tried to head out for some more of what we found last week and even though we did have some fun, we weren't able to find the schools of bigger fish that we were hoping for. We had to head very far east to find any visibility but when we jumped into the water in about 43 feet, we found some very nice diving for a while. We dove the area for about 45 minutes, but after only getting a single cero mackerel, we figured we would move on. We dove some shallower spots and were able to find a few muttons, and about 22 mangroves but nothing of very mentionable size. Still, we had a great morning of diving and decided to head in for a break before we tried to catch the afternoon high slack that was supposed to happen around 3:30p. Little did we know that the weather would intervene and provide us with the afternoon action instead.

After we got back to the campground, we sparked up the barbecue and made a light lunch for ourselves. Once we had eaten and were doing a little light work before heading out, a storm came in from the east and everyone seemed to be getting a little agitated. By the time I looked up, there was a very well formed funnel cloud about a mile to the east of us. We watched it for a while and it actually touched down just to the east of the campground so I went and got out the camera in case there was any more excitement. After a few minutes the water spout actually dissipated a little but it was only temporary. Long story short, I was able to get a little video of a weather phenomenon that could have been dangerous, but was definitely exciting. Unfortunately for us, by the time the excitement was all over with, we had missed the afternoon tide. Oh well, at least it made for a fun drinking weather day in the keys. That's not all bad.

We headed out Sunday morning to see if we could add a few fish to our catch for the weekend since we didn't get to go out Saturday afternoon. We headed out in search of clean water only to find that the storms from the previous day had stirred up the seas a little and finding some clean water was going to be even more challenging today. As we were driving around looking for some clean water, my brother in law spotted a weed line in about 200 feet of water so we made way towards it. There were some birds working the line so we decided to tag along to see what might lie below. At first, all we saw was some very small bonito working the bait, but after a short while of following along, we saw a single dorado (mahi mahi) leap out of the water while feeding. We broke out the flashers and headed out in front of the weed line to see if maybe I could get a shot on a dorado. I jumped in three times and hung out with the flashers  but was only able to get a view of the blue jacks that had been following the weed line. Nothing came of it, but I still enjoy jumping in the blue water for a shot at some species that I don't get to go after too often. Hopefully these storms will mix things up a little and move around some cleaner water to some spots that we frequent.

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