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What a great group of folks who joined us
on a Flower Garden 2 day trip. We arrived at
the West Bank to find a boat with spear guns
on-board, and they got really grumpy when we
woke them up and asked them if they were
diving or fishing. Since they weren’t going
to give up their buoy, we tied the Fling to
the stern bitt of the Spree and went diving.
We saw morays and lobsters and rays and
little stuff in the sand and grouper and
snapper and lots and lots of stuff. After
the West Bank we moved off to HI-389 for
some rig action.
We saw sharks and turtles and filefish
and big sponges, and we got a little close
to the rig and had to cut away with divers
still in the water. I hate that part, but it
does happen, sometimes. After the rig dive
we dove on the East Bank, where we saw a
goliath grouper, tiger grouper, reef sharks,
yellow headed jawfish, Sailfin blennies, a
memorial marker that isn’t supposed to be
there, and some big snapper. A school of
chubs that must have numbered a thousand
were there also, but were not being fed by
the boat. Conditions all day Saturday were
water temp 86, air temp 100, seas flat,
winds calm, and current mild.
We woke up Sunday on Stetson Bank to a
little more wind than we had seen this week.
Waves were about 2 feet, with small
whitecaps. Conditions underwater were
spectacular, however, until 9:30 AM, when
all of the sponges spawned at the same time,
right on time. Sponge spooge everywhere, but
my hair is nice and soft. The visibility
went from about 100 feet to about 3 feet in
2 minutes, but cleared up again for the
second dive. I found a new patch of
mustached jawfish, big mantis shrimp,
lobster, an adult and a juvenile spotted
drum in the same hole, and general reef
merriment. I think the beer drinkers will
set a new record on this trip, as we are all
out of Miller Lite already, and we aren’t
halfway home yet. Hi, Susie, Pete says you
read these trip reports religiously, and you
need to get him another pair of Croc’s. I
didn’t throw his old ones in the river.
Capt Frank
M/V Spree
Freeport, Texas. |
