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Old 10-26-2019, 12:08 PM   #1
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Tomorrow . . . . . would YOU go out?

Was thinking of heading out maybe 15 miles at the most, SW of Tarpon. But given the call for 3-4 foot waves (even though the wave period is 8-9 seconds) and a decent chance of rain, I just don't know if it would be worth it. Plus the tides are pretty strong tomorrow and I wonder about viz.
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Old 10-26-2019, 05:40 PM   #2
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Re: Tomorrow . . . . . would YOU go out?

Big boat I was going on opting to stay in port. Still may pull trigger and gon on 30' boat. Won't be calm.
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Old 10-26-2019, 06:44 PM   #3
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Re: Tomorrow . . . . . would YOU go out?

Eric, we had a "sporty" day trolling for kings and macks 10 miles out of JP in a Bertram 38 today. We still caught nice size macks about a 1/2 mile off the beach on our way in. You could always bring a few rods and trolling gear for a Plan "B". Good luck.
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Old 10-27-2019, 05:29 AM   #4
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Re: Tomorrow . . . . . would YOU go out?

Decided to not risk it, especially since viz was going to be crappy.
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Old 10-27-2019, 08:00 PM   #5
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Good call. It was rough and a bit uncomfortable out there. One diver was bit ill for awhile. I had to Meclizine up.
Ran 30 miles NW out of New Port Richey. Dove in 45'. Viz on dive one horizontally was about 7'. Vertically a particulate filled 15'. Plus current ripping from E. Shot a legal Hog on rock piles. My buddy shot 2. Temp was 78. Seas all of 4' through most of day. Some 5'. Storm front briefly came through. Picked up a few fish here and there. Lots of fish. Mainly shorts. Hit a wreck to look for cobia for last dive. Seas had settled a bit. Viz was best of day. Less current. Aj's met us at surface. I didn't see any big enough. When I got to wreck, it was engulfed in bait. I almost swam into wreck. Moved away from wreck and saw some big gags. But I had line on, and they were too far away. So by time I got it off, too late. Shot another Hog. When I headed up, put line back on. Jacks came back in. All smaller side with this one mixed in. 37.5#. My buddy nabbed another one that made the cut.
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Old 10-28-2019, 05:13 AM   #6
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Nice, Dave! Glad you got out, but I'm even more glad I didn't head out - LOL. Wouldn't have been fun in my 25 foot boat. At least you got an AJ - I've been skunked on them all year.
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Old 10-28-2019, 06:51 AM   #7
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Nice AJ David. We too have been blanked on legal size AJ’s this season. We are heading out Tuesday in hopes of finding some AJ’s and Cobia and then dive a few ledges for Gags, Hogs, and Go’s. Supposed to lay down to 2’ or so.
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