Went out with the UWF SCUBA Club and Gulf Coast Dive Society yesterday (10/12) to the Navarre gulf side shore dive. At 8am, there were NO waves and 30-40 feet of vis. The facilities there are awesome. There's nice bathrooms, boardwalk, pavilions and freshwater showers to rinse off. There's a sign there that says "NO SPEARFISHING"...Don't know how it's illegal... Saw some cool stuff on the reef. There were even some juvenile AJ's schooling there. An entire school of spadefish came to brush up against my fins when I sat still for a moment. Finally got pictures of a juvenile african pompano. I've been trying for years to get a picture of them.
Later, we met up with Jspooney and his buddy Del. What an awesome time. Really great folks :thumbup: Water was 1-2s and a bit breezy. I did one dive at natural bottom 13ish miles out. There were some big snapper, but they were cautious. It was the first time with my new riffe C2S and it had the range to reach out and get them. Took shots I would never have taken with any of my other guns. Got 2 snapper, 1 was 28", the other 27". Total on the boat was 7 snapper and 3 flounder. Sun went down and we moved back inshore for some flounder night diving. Never tried that before, so I followed around Jspooney and got the hang of it. Fun way to dive. All in all a great day on the water. Thanks Jeff for the ride and the lesson in easy floundering. Nate and I had a blast.
Later, we met up with Jspooney and his buddy Del. What an awesome time. Really great folks :thumbup: Water was 1-2s and a bit breezy. I did one dive at natural bottom 13ish miles out. There were some big snapper, but they were cautious. It was the first time with my new riffe C2S and it had the range to reach out and get them. Took shots I would never have taken with any of my other guns. Got 2 snapper, 1 was 28", the other 27". Total on the boat was 7 snapper and 3 flounder. Sun went down and we moved back inshore for some flounder night diving. Never tried that before, so I followed around Jspooney and got the hang of it. Fun way to dive. All in all a great day on the water. Thanks Jeff for the ride and the lesson in easy floundering. Nate and I had a blast.