i-10 rubble dive W/ pics

FishinFL · 08-13-2009, 01:16 PM

Despite the weather forecast of a 70% chance for thunderstorms, Me, my brother Patrick and Cliff headed to the i10 bridge rubble for a dive trip. On the way out, we saw a twenty foot whale shark just 6 miles offshore at Perdido beach. He dove before i finally got the camera out. :-(

Cliff and I dove the first rubble spot and there were on a couple legal snapper around. They, along with a TON of baitfish we swarming my brothers bait. He fished while we dove. I swam over to a dive knife laying on the bottom and flushed up a nice flounder. I grabbed the knife and found the flounder nearby and gigged him with my speargun. I finished the job with my newly acquired knife....

During our safety stop and surface interval, Patrick caught his limit of snapper. After the bite slowed, we moved over to another mound of rubble 200 ft away and fell over for a second dive. I was sizing up 6-7, five lb black snappers holding on a concrete pile. I shot a Red snapper first and the black snapper never stuck a nose out. I shot my last fish and Cliff filled his two fishlimit also.

Overall, it was decent viz and I dove in my boardshorts and a underarmor shirt. The water temp was refreshing!

My last red snappers for 09.

Hope you like the pics, Reese

B.L. Laird · 08-13-2009, 01:24 PM

Great day under and above the water!

Awesome pictures.

:usaflag

seanmclemore · 08-13-2009, 05:24 PM

reese, can you please explain to me why you would shoot a scamp with a camera and not with your gun????? that one looks to me to be legal and would likely have been in the cooler if swimming in my vicinity. oh well, looks like you guys had a great trip. congrats

i had a good run of snapper season, but seem to be the only one on the planet that didn't go the last week. we went saturday and got our asses beat to get 2 each...:banghead

konz · 08-13-2009, 05:28 PM

Cool pictures! Looks like a bre hook in the 7th pic....haha, fishing on credit.

fisheye48 · 08-13-2009, 05:39 PM

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konz (8/13/2009)Cool pictures! Looks like a bre hook in the 7th pic....haha, fishing on credit.

HAHAHAHA i noticed the same thing

FishinFL · 08-13-2009, 05:44 PM

Sean, i didn't shoot it 'cause they taste to fishy for me to eat... :-)

That, or he was too small.

You're right about my brother fishing on credit Konz! He would drop down and the ruby redlips and snapper stripped of his cigar minnow instantly! I would pull on the lead so that he would reel up and reload. He got into the beer early because we wouldn't drink yet due to the diving thing. It must have affected his reflexes. LOL... He finally put down a menhadden and caught the snapper.

You can see the empty hook in this pic too.

Ocean Man · 08-13-2009, 07:08 PM

Thanks for the report and especially the underwater pic's.

sniper · 08-13-2009, 09:21 PM

Good to get a report from you Reese. Hope all is going well with you. Thanks for the dive porn! Wish I was there.

user5505 · 08-14-2009, 12:30 AM

That is awesome!!!!! Great pics!!!

No disrespect intended, but my boys said that in one picture, the guy looked like SHREK!!!!!

Kids (mine) say the damnest things!!!! :banghead

I really like the pics!!!

Razor-BackEVG · 08-14-2009, 02:06 AM

hey mr. vines this is ean nice flounder and snapper, and ocean man nice fishen pictures

08-13-2009, 01:16 PM	#1
FishinFL Senior Member Trigger Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 260	i-10 rubble dive W/ pics Despite the weather forecast of a 70% chance for thunderstorms, Me, my brother Patrick and Cliff headed to the i10 bridge rubble for a dive trip. On the way out, we saw a twenty foot whale shark just 6 miles offshore at Perdido beach. He dove before i finally got the camera out. :-( Cliff and I dove the first rubble spot and there were on a couple legal snapper around. They, along with a TON of baitfish we swarming my brothers bait. He fished while we dove. I swam over to a dive knife laying on the bottom and flushed up a nice flounder. I grabbed the knife and found the flounder nearby and gigged him with my speargun. I finished the job with my newly acquired knife.... During our safety stop and surface interval, Patrick caught his limit of snapper. After the bite slowed, we moved over to another mound of rubble 200 ft away and fell over for a second dive. I was sizing up 6-7, five lb black snappers holding on a concrete pile. I shot a Red snapper first and the black snapper never stuck a nose out. I shot my last fish and Cliff filled his two fishlimit also. Overall, it was decent viz and I dove in my boardshorts and a underarmor shirt. The water temp was refreshing! My last red snappers for 09. Hope you like the pics, Reese

08-13-2009, 01:24 PM	#2
B.L. Laird Senior Member Mingo Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 150	RE: i-10 rubble dive W/ pics Great day under and above the water! Awesome pictures. :usaflag

08-13-2009, 05:24 PM	#3
seanmclemore Senior Member Trigger Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 345	RE: i-10 rubble dive W/ pics reese, can you please explain to me why you would shoot a scamp with a camera and not with your gun????? that one looks to me to be legal and would likely have been in the cooler if swimming in my vicinity. oh well, looks like you guys had a great trip. congrats i had a good run of snapper season, but seem to be the only one on the planet that didn't go the last week. we went saturday and got our asses beat to get 2 each...:banghead

08-13-2009, 05:28 PM	#4
konz Senior Member White Marlin Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Someplace fishing Posts: 3,100	RE: i-10 rubble dive W/ pics Cool pictures! Looks like a bre hook in the 7th pic....haha, fishing on credit.

08-13-2009, 05:44 PM	#6
FishinFL Senior Member Trigger Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 260	RE: i-10 rubble dive W/ pics Sean, i didn't shoot it 'cause they taste to fishy for me to eat... :-) That, or he was too small. You're right about my brother fishing on credit Konz! He would drop down and the ruby redlips and snapper stripped of his cigar minnow instantly! I would pull on the lead so that he would reel up and reload. He got into the beer early because we wouldn't drink yet due to the diving thing. It must have affected his reflexes. LOL... He finally put down a menhadden and caught the snapper. You can see the empty hook in this pic too.

08-13-2009, 07:08 PM	#7
Ocean Man Senior Member Sailfish Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Bagdad, FL Posts: 1,484	RE: i-10 rubble dive W/ pics Thanks for the report and especially the underwater pic's.

08-13-2009, 09:21 PM	#8
sniper Senior Member Sailfish Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: P-Cola, FL Posts: 2,254	RE: i-10 rubble dive W/ pics Good to get a report from you Reese. Hope all is going well with you. Thanks for the dive porn! Wish I was there. __________________

08-14-2009, 12:30 AM	#9
user5505 Senior Member Sailfish Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 1,206	RE: i-10 rubble dive W/ pics That is awesome!!!!! Great pics!!! No disrespect intended, but my boys said that in one picture, the guy looked like SHREK!!!!! Kids (mine) say the damnest things!!!! :banghead I really like the pics!!!

08-14-2009, 02:06 AM	#10
Razor-BackEVG Junior Member Cigar Minnow Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 17	RE: i-10 rubble dive W/ pics hey mr. vines this is ean nice flounder and snapper, and ocean man nice fishen pictures

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