craasch210

Hello all,

We will be heading out for an offshore deep trip on Sunday. We are going to be leaving extremely early, so I know this will limit how many people can go. If it makes any difference, you guys are welcome to crash at my place the night before ( I live right by the boat).

We will be leaving from Macs Marina at 3:30 am (sorry, we have a long way to go and you can sleep on the way out if you want). We will do3-4 dives (your choice). I recommend a 26% mix and2 30% mixes. We will be splitting fuel and the cost will be no more than $80 per person (i pay the rest it it comes up to more than that... and it always does.)

We have a heated enclosed cabin so feel free to bring yourself some coffee and breakfast or whatever.

Give me a call if you are interested.

Chris

850-313-0147

Sniper Spear-It

count me in dude. im itching and i need some blood to scratch it.

SSI

craasch210

<DIV class=b>Sunday</DIV>Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots becoming east. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Bays and coastal waterways a light chop. </DIV></DIV>Weather looking good so far.</DIV>

Clay-Doh

I think I can make it too Craash. Would do me good to get out in some deep blue clear....and kill the shit oughtta sumtin

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craasch210

OK Clay, I will coint you in. But you have to stay at my crash at my house the night before. Take a look at how early we are leaving.

Chris

bmoore

Well you twisted my arm.. count me in.

craasch210

<DIV class=b>Sunday</DIV>East winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 1 to 3 feet. Bays and coastal waterways a light chop. </DIV></DIV>Getting Better all the time.</DIV></DIV>Trip is full. </DIV></DIV>Thanks for looking.</DIV></DIV>Chris</DIV>

craasch210

Cant really get into all the details yet cause I'm working.

Had a great day, and tangled with the largest cobia I have ever seen in my life or in any pictures for that matterI have ever seen. Was not able to get it to the boat depsite desperate attempts by 2 divers.

The water inshore was great visibility, really 100ft + at the freighter. The water off shore was not as good, around 40-50ft.

I'll let everyone else fill in the details. We will be doing another trip next week

bmoore

Had a great time Sunday Chris. To bad about the "big one that got away"!

Let me know when you are going again.

Clay-Doh

I am so depressed right now. World record for a cobia is 135 pounds 9 ounces. I would bet my boat, speargun, and all my dive gear that this cobia was a MINIMUM 150 pounds. I thought it was a 6 foot + shark laying in the sand. The I rememebred, sharks don't lay in the sand...they keep moving so water is going past there gills (other than Nurse sharks, wich are easily edentifiable by the extra tail fins).

I went in for a closer look, and saw the white underside, and the "catfish-looking-head-with-a-big-two-foot-wide-smile". And said....Oh my god. That is the worlds biggest cobia. Then I said no, it cannot be a cobia, I have never seen a fish that big, it must be some kinda shark. Then I said Oh my god, that is a cobia. I got Craashs attention, and pointed to my weapon, and the legendary fish. He shrugged his shoulders to say "so what, that shark aint bothering us.." I violently tried to get his attention more to realize.

Finally, thru his mask, I saw his eyes get big as saucers as the realization that we were in a once in a lifetime situation right here, that we could dive another 50 years and never see a cobia, or any fish for that matter the size of this. The rest of what happened down there is depressing. We did not get the fish, due to a matter of split seconds. 3 times, we were so close to having him, had time just givin us one more second to get closer/ reload/ect.

I have caught a good number of sharks this size, and I do not exaterate for any who now me. In fact, most of my stories from diving are backed up with helmetcam footage. Unfortunately, I did not have the helmet cam on to show the proof. BUt this fish was at least 6 foot. I would guess his weight between 150# and up to 200#, somwhere in the middle. Chris made the comment that he was ddefinately bigger than me, and I weigh 210 pounds, but I know I have more bone than a fish.

However, I will say this, I would bet all of my prized possesions againts ANYTHING..that the fish was at LEAST 150 pounds....absolutely no doubt about it. I am really :reallycrying over the lost oppurtunity.

This was the fish legends are made of.Chris and Iwould have to buy a new freezer just to throw half of the meat in it.We would have to changeour avatars with pics of this beast. We would have to hire publisist to deal with all the unwanted (yeah right!) media attention. We would have to fight the federal government who would try to take it away from us for research. We would have to donate to a museamthe teradactles, borontasaurus, and whatever other dinosaur meats we found in its stomach from when it was younger and feeding back 2 million years ago. :doh

Brandy and I are going on a recon mission friday. 4 dives, same area, to find the monster. We may or may not get him, and we may or may not come back alive. BUt if I go out, I can think of no better way, than doing battle on HIS turf with this fish.

Life insurance is up to date.

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