Clay-Doh

It's been a while since I been out with the "Mad Monkey", DKdiver (Dalton) on here, since hes been so busy runnin charters this summer, but he was takin a fun trip tuesday, and I couldnt resist the urge to play hookie. Man, sure glad I did!

Mark, a crazy cat from Jacksonville was visiting Dalton, and Walley , and Mike from MBT went.

Well, we got the hell beat out of us on the way out to the Massacheusettes. We had decided to go there since MArk hadnt got to dive over hthis way, and well...the Mass always produces!

When we finally got there, Mark and I were goin for the first drop. Well viz was great, with a lil particulate in the water, but no cloudiness, instead colbalt blue waters. When we got to about60 feet, it actually got brighter from the reflection of the sand, and fish were everywhere again!!! Woohoo!

I quicly line up a nice Black snapper and bust em one, and start puttinhim on the stringer, while I am, I had heard Mark shoot (there is a LOT more to that story, but ya just shoulda been there), and this dill weed (you have got to meet mark, you thought I was a longhaired scraggly roughneck before I cut my hair...) pushes ME outta the way, to get to MY stringer I had just hung back on the side a the wreck since he dint bring one down! By the way...Mark is a commercial fisherman, and ocasionally commercial spearfishes, and this guy is good, and ended up pushing me outta the way a LOT during that dive. :moon

I ended up gettin 1 AJ, and 3 black snapper on the stringer. On the way up, mark was already in the boat, at about 30 feet, a school of AJ came up to say goodby....well......one of em was of size, (I made mark cary my stringer up since he was so rude and loaded all them fish on it :grouphug ) so I popped him straight down thru the top of the head. He sat there at the end of my shaft and waited patiently while I did my safety stop! :clap SO when I got to the boat, I kust handed up my rope with the shaft on the end, and let them pull in the second AJ

So good dive...I got 5 nice fish to start! (Before anyone hencesayeth any meaneth thangs that deserveth them an ath woopin, Mike forgot his meds and said he wouldn't be able to dive, so bring him up some fish) Man! Lets see what the rest of the day brings!

DK and Wally took there dive, and Dalton came up with some fish too, although I lost count of all what everybody got and when.

We went then drove to 2 other parts of the Mass, and gto in to more dives. On dive 2 I got 2 nice red snapper, and mark was tearin up fish too.

On dive 3, I didnt see any fish I really wanted to shoot, other than one 15 to 20 poundsnapper that just would NOT come into range! I aptiently waited, picked up sand dollars, and just tried top be as inocent lookin as possible, but it wasnt happinin. He would show himself every now and then and thats it. :doh

At one point during the dive, Dalton and I are both laying in the sand, eyeballin some black snapper, both of us about to make a shot on em. Well, I am being polite, and waitin for the Mad Monkey to shoot first. 20 seconds pass of him with one eye shut squintin down the barrel and I'm like WTF??? Finally he shoots and pops one in the noggin. Well on the boat I asked him what was up? HE was tryin to line 2 up at once to get em both in one shot!!!:letsdrink Now that woulda been sweet!

well........headed up slowly on that last dive, hatin to get outta the water. Got to about 25 feet, and up comes a school of respectable snapper...again to say goodby!

Well I look down, see the biggest one, line up, and BAM! thru the top of the head straight down again! He also, like the AJ, sat patiently at the end of my shaft while I made the rest of my accent. I handed my rope and shaft up to the boat, and they hauled it in!

SO total for the boat was I think 26 fish mixed bag, and Dalton grabbed on one of his dives the HUGEst shovelnose lobster I have EVER seen!

I gotta say I love that ridin rig I hooked my gun up with like the Hell Divers use. JoshH had posted a youtube link to it a while back on how to make one. Man it makes reloadin and stringin fish a breeze! No tangles ot nothin! Just make sure your gun is clipped to you when you shoot. :doh That, is again one of them stories ya had to been there. And another mark in the classic things of stupid things Ive done!:banghead (thanx for the save Mike!)

I personally shot 8 fish this trip, and what a great day! Had a good time Mad Monkey!

Heres the pics of mine...dont know if the other guys took any pics.

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Mike aka FishWerks

Clay great report and same with the pics.:letsparty Was that really at the Mass? oke

naclh2oDave

Good job Clay! Glad to hear there were some fish dying this week. I finally met Dalton the other day. Seems like a nice guy, hope his business is doing well.

Thats pretty slick you nailing those fish on your safety stop and not even having to string them, smooth operator.

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sniper

Nice trip. I need to get back out. Seems like every chance I get the seas are 6-8 or bigger.

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Murphy's Law

Good job Clay and crew :bowdown What timeis that fish fry again ??

FelixH

Nice shootin' guys!

bmoore

Pretty nice dude.

I'm wondering when I am going to make it into the water again....

IanR

Smile clay doh:letsdrink, those are some nice fish

spearfisher

Clay, your fish have something growing out of their face!?:letsdrink

flyingfishr

Clay, sounds like you guys busted up some fish out there. Glad I got a chance to read your post and see the pics. Those are some nice snapper you've got there. Good job to the divers out there.